I'm a new member of Bishop's Stortford Art Society and delighted to be a part of this wonderful, creative society, writes Gabrielle Vickery.

As a student many years ago I thought that my degree in audio visual design would take me into the world of animation, but the industry was too difficult to get into. Instead, I navigated towards graphic design/websites/illustration and that's where I've been ever since.

Over the past couple of years I've been focusing more on illustration and more recently I've started using watercolours again. I also now run acrylic pouring workshops in my studio. Although these don't require any artistic talent as such, they can evoke quite a creative response in the pourer!

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BSAS is a lovely way to meet other creative people. It has lots of events and demos you can go along to and there's always something new to learn.

I hope that more people come along and get involved with the society. For those that aren't sure about their own artistic talents, I would reassure them that you don't have to be an established artist to enjoy creating art yourself, you just have to try!

Go to www.gabriellevickeryillustration.com and www.thearthouseoasis.com to see more of Gabrielle's work.