For Jenny Aitken, teaching painting is an absolute passion – her main aim is for students to be encouraged, informed and creatively enthused. She began tutoring and demonstrating ten years ago, and now runs online courses and art holidays in the UK, Italy and France. 
Since graduation in Art & Art History from Aberstwyth University, she has exhibited widely and won many awards. She was elected an associate member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists in 2021, and won the Topbond Marine Award in 2022.

Jenny is a regular contributor to The Artist Magazine, course tutor, and an online tutor, with a series of 25+ modules on painting in oils and acrylics. She also produces shorter painting videos on YouTube (@jennyaitkenart) .

Jenny lives in Derbyshire in the UK.