Surrounded with the beautiful china paintings by her grandmother and
photograph paintings by her mother, Jillybean grew up in a world of arts
and crafts. Jillybean is a nick name for Jill and was affectionately
called this by her family and friends since she was a little girl. She has
taken great pleasure in drawing since the day she was born. Her love of
painting burst wide open in the 1970s when she was introduced to
decorative painting by a Bavarian Folk Art painter named Pipka. The easy
way decorative painting can be taught was so exciting she began
incorporating her own designs into this method of teaching. Her four
children served as inspiration for her first designs and now her first
granddaughter will help fill that position.
Today Jillybean is internationally recognized as a top Designer,
Instructor and Author. She has been deeply involved in art education and
has taught drawing and painting to everyone from children to TV audiences.
Her popular teaching methods and easy to learn drawing and painting
techniques have been incorporated into instructional materials,
educational seminars and products.
Jillybean's passion for teaching has taken her to many exciting places
including 45 of the states withing the USA plus parts of Canada and
Europe.
