Who We Are
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Every class is led by a practising professional artist. Our artists don't just teach—they actively create their own work, exhibit regularly, and many are represented by galleries and recognised within the art community.
When you join one of our classes, you'll receive personal guidance from an experienced artist who is passionate about helping you create something you'll be proud of. Whether you're painting for the first time or have experience, we're here to support and encourage you every step of the way.
Today, Paperdoll Art Studio is proud to have a team of 10 professional artists leading our classes, supported by a dedicated Customer Support Team who are always ready to help with your booking and answer any questions.
More than just a fun activity, Paperdoll Art Studio offers the unique opportunity to learn from real professional artists in one of London's most inspiring creative communities based in Wimbledon Art Studios SW17.
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At Paperdoll Art Studio, we believe that creativity should be welcoming, inclusive, and accessible to everyone. We value kindness, professionalism, and creating a space where guests feel comfortable expressing themselves. Every experience is designed to encourage confidence, connection, and a little joy through art.
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Paperdoll Art Studio was founded & own by Alma Tipon, a practising artist based at Wimbledon Art Studios.
Alma has been teaching art workshops for a number of years, covering a range of creative techniques. Nearly two years ago, she introduced Splatter Painting Classes, and as their popularity quickly grew, Paperdoll Art Studio chose to focus entirely on creating fun, high-quality splatter painting experiences.
Today, Alma's vision is bigger than just running art classes. She is passionate about creating opportunities for practising artists at Wimbledon Art Studios to share their skills, inspire others, and earn from doing what they love.
Whether it's a date night, a hen do, or just a Tuesday — we're ready for you.
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Founder & Lead Artist
Alma Tipon is the founder of Paperdoll Art Studio and a professional artist based at Wimbledon Art Studios in London. Her artistic journey began with a deep passion for self-expression and a fascination with the beauty of textures, colours, and layers. Over the years, Alma has developed her craft, specialising in textured art and birds-eye view seascapes. Her work is known for its captivating blend of metallics, turquoise blues, evoking depth and serenity.
For Alma, art is more than a profession—it is a way of life, a source of healing, and a means of empowerment. Through Paperdoll Art Studio, she shares the joy and freedom of creativity with others, offering a range of workshops designed for beginners discovering their artistic side and experienced creators aiming to refine their skills. Alma also takes pride in mentoring aspiring artists, helping them turn their passion into successful careers.
Alma collaborates with other well-trained artists, empowering them by providing a platform to share their skills & talents while ensuring her students receive diverse, high-quality instruction. From a young age, Alma has been driven by her desire to create art and share it with others. Today, she proudly runs four art studios, fulfilling her dream of building a creative and supportive community.
At Paperdoll Art Studio, Alma leads hands-on classes in a welcoming and supportive environment, encouraging participants to explore new techniques in a relaxed and inspiring atmosphere. Outside the studio, she draws inspiration from the everyday textures of life—architecture, peeling paint, industrial walls, and the natural flow of water. These influences are evident in her work, which balances raw elements with a touch of golden brass to add an elegant, glamorous finish.
Alma looks forward to welcoming others to her studio, sharing the transformative power of art, and creating meaningful works together.
In sessions, Alma creates the kind of space where first-timers forget they were ever nervous.
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Art Instructor
Kat Vestgard is a Norwegian-born artist who found her creative home in South West London. After traveling the world, she settled in London in 2004, where she explored painting, interior design, makeup artistry, and hairdressing. Her art is inspired by the pulse of urban life and the timeless appeal of vintage aesthetics.
Kat studied art in Norway before refining her craft at Central Saint Martins in London, developing her bold, vibrant style, which she calls “Glam graffiti.” Blending rich colors, metallics, and textures, her work fuses vintage charm with modern edge. Based at Wimbledon Art Studios, her paintings range from abstract shapes to nature-inspired pieces, each sealed with her signature wax initials, adding a personal, handcrafted touch.Get to know Kat better click here
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Art Instructor
Fanny Roche is a French abstract painter based in London, working from her studio at Wimbledon Art Studios. Her work is intuitive and expressive, shaped by layers of colour, emotion, and gesture.
She paints mainly with acrylic on canvas and wood panels, allowing each piece to unfold organically through a process of exploration. Rather than starting with fixed ideas, she follows what feels exciting and alive in the moment.
With a background in architecture, Fanny has a sensitivity to space, structure, and atmosphere that subtly informs her compositions. Her practice is rooted in curiosity, process, and a desire to create work that resonates on an emotional level.
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Art Instructor
Louisa Tebbutt is a London-based mixed media artist renowned for her imaginative and technically precise work. She combines traditional figurative art with urban influences, creating original pieces on oxidized steel and watercolor portraits. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including in London, Edinburgh, Chicago, Tel Aviv, Budapest, and Vienna, and is held in private and corporate collections worldwide. Louisa has been commissioned by celebrity clients, including musicians and Hollywood A-listers.
Her debut collection gained recognition at the Saatchi Gallery, and she has won awards like the Sotheby’s Young International Art and the Jerwood Drawing Prize. Louisa’s unique process involves sgraffito, where she grinds the oxidized steel to reveal previous layers, creating depth and texture. Her latest work pushes the limits of the oxidation process, allowing nature to help form the image.
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Art Instructor
Ishbel Fleming-Boyd is a Scottish artist bringing the vibrancy of Botanical beauty to South West London, dedicating herself to the captivating world of flowers and plants.
Producing delicate and beautiful artwork in watercolour, graphite, pen and ink. She creates scientifically accurate representations with exact colour, size and detail. She works from living, moving subjects which adds an intriguing challenge to her craft.
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Art Instructor
Trained in Graphic Design; 20 years of teaching experience across all ages
After training in Graphic Design , Jane eventually followed her passion and became a painter, before choosing screen printing as her medium. Janes work is typically playful and characterised by graphic interpretations and bold colours that marry perfectly with the medium of silkscreen printing. She often works with variable printing techniques, using stencils and painting directly onto silk screens in many layers to create depth and texture. This also results in each print within a series being slightly different. She has a fascination for nature, light, pattern and scale, often supersizing her chosen subject, be it a flower or a bird, a slice of cake or a piece of fruit.
Jane has been teaching Art for 20 years to all ages and currently teaches art in Servite RC Primary School one day a week.
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Art Instructor
Driven by a desire to understand both herself and the world around her, her creative practice embraces the natural world as a co-creator. Lana’s work is imbued with imagery passed through time from myths, folk tales, and alchemy, alongside her own symbolic language inspired by her nightly dreams, through which she explores her inner world.
Lana examines emotional expression through mark-making, shape, and form. By drawing on shared symbols handed down through generations, she hopes to evoke emotion in each viewer and spark conversations that cannot easily be expressed through words alone.
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Artist
Hanna Fischer is an Austrian-born artist based in South London. With a background studying art in Vienna, her work draws inspiration from a variety of travel experiences to places such as Malawi, Zambia, Morocco, Vietnam and Scandinavia. These travels exposed her to diverse landscapes and environments, all of which have become a rich source of inspiration in her artistic practice.
Hanna’s work is defined by her fascination with texture, the tactile quality of paint, and the deep, atmospheric layers of colour she creates. Each piece invites the viewer into an immersive, almost otherworldly space, where unexpected details and Through the organic flow of paint, Hanna’s compositions balance the tension between control and chaos, embodying a quiet yet profound drama. Rooted in intuition, her practice embraces both the beauty and the unpredictability of raw materials, resulting in abstract pieces that are at once grounded and ethereal.Instagram: hannafischer_art
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Artist
Wanita is a creative upholsterer and textile artist with a passion for transforming furniture through colour, pattern and craftsmanship. Through her practice, Deco Upholstery, she gives pre-loved pieces a fresh identity while celebrating their original character.
Her work combines traditional upholstery techniques with bold fabrics, playful colour combinations and carefully considered details. Each piece is approached individually, allowing the fabric, shape and history of the furniture to influence the final design.
Wanita brings this same practical and creative approach to her teaching, encouraging people to experiment, develop confidence and enjoy the process of making something with their own hands.
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Artist
Liz is the newest addition to the Paperdoll team, bringing fresh energy and perspective to our studio. More on her practice coming soon.
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Client & Bookings Coordinator
Marilou oversees all correspondence related to our classes and serves as the primary point of contact for clients. Her role includes managing bookings, pricing enquiries, rescheduling, and general administrative coordination, ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of our classes.
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Marketing & Operations Coordinator
Rom leads Paperdoll Art Studio’s marketing and operational management. He oversees the planning, delivery and performance of all marketing campaigns, using detailed reporting and analysis to guide strategy and support business growth. He also manages instructor accounts, internal systems and day-to-day operations, ensuring every area of the studio remains organised, efficient and aligned with the company’s objectives.
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