Sam Pickard

Sam Pickard trained as a printed textile designer at Camberwell School of Art and has an MA in Textile Design from Bath Spa University. Her designs have been short-listed for the British Design Awards and she designs and prints both digital and screen-printed fabric collections from her North Devon studio.

Peter Bishop has extensive experience of graphic design having worked for most of the top design agencies both here and in Europe including Coley Porter Bell, Wolff Olins, WPP and Saatchi & Saatchi. He has been using Photoshop since 1990.

Both Sam and Peter have considerable experience in teaching Photoshop courses. Sam lectured in Photoshop skills at Bath Spa University and Peter is an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop.

Describe your approach to teaching;
We like to create a relaxed and friendly environment, which enables students to enjoy, experiment with, and discover the extraordinary possibilities Photoshop presents to the textile designer.

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