
Welcome to my website!
I am Gillian Hebblewhite, an artist / Illustrator from Kingston upon Hull in the United Kingdom. I have a background in nursing, health research and community, adult and higher education in visual arts, illustration and health-based subjects. In 2021 I decided to focus on my own artwork alongside supporting others who are interested in learning more about art.
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Sketchbooks – Work in progress – Exhibitions

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How art can improve your sense of wellbeing?
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Latest from my Blog…

Acrylic Landscape Painting on a Black Solid Underpainting
Starting with a solid black underpainting, see this landscape painting of rural Cambridgeshire fields take shape.
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What is a Cabinet of Curiosities?
An introduction to cabinets of curiosities, what they contained, what their purposes were and why they fell out of fashion in the late 18th Century.
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The Far Away: Exploring Abandoned Virtual Environments
The Far Away, DreamWorld North was one of the first places I stumbled upon when I returned to Second Life in 2021 to explore abandoned places, isolated landscapes, the old and decaying and forgotten corners of virtual worlds as part of a cyber-landscape art project I’d been thinking about…
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A Guide to Blind Contour Drawing
Learn what blind contour drawing is, how it can help you improve your own artwork and follow a step by step guide to start your own blind contour drawing.
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Reflections on Exhibiting at the Ferens Art Gallery’s Open Exhibitions 2002 and 2022: Would I Submit Work Again to an Open Exhibition?
This blog reflects on exhibiting at the Ferens Art Gallery Open Exhibition 2002 and 2022 and considers whether I would submit work to an open exhibition again.
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Praying Mantis Character Illustration Work: From Initial Contour Drawing to Final Illustrations
This blog shows my finished illustrations in mixed media (Oils and pencil) that came from a rough contour sketch of a praying manta character in a sketchbook that I drew years ago
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