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on the final afternoon parents are invited to a work-in-progress screening of the movie. Then once the finished piece has been edited, everyone will get a digital copy of the movie to download and keep.
Week long courses The magic takes place in four, week long courses this summer starting from 23 July and takes place at either Joseph Hood Primary or the Mansel Road Centre in Wimbledon.
Steve can draw on some inspiration from elder brother Paul, father of two, also based in Wimbledon Chase. Paul has been making art all his life and started his own creative business three years ago.
From evening art classes at the age of 10 to a BA Hons in fine art. He has a passion for the creative process and alongside his art making has enjoyed a 20-year career as a professional photographer.
Through the Occasional Press he offers a personal design service creating bespoke art and unique personal keepsakes for family and loved ones.
Creating memories It all sprang from a realisation that life whizzes past and it is important to create memories along the way. As a father of two young children, Paul experienced first hand how quickly they grow up and change. He devised his unique illustrated children’s portraits to capture their growing personalities and
immortalize their current crazes in stunning contemporary portraits.
One of the most familiar dilemmas facing parents these days is we have phones and computers full of photographs of our kids, and yet we never get to see them. They sit there hidden away, and the job of doing something with them gets put on that ever-growing ‘to-do’ list.
Spending this time with my kids has been amazing and building the business around that, so that I can be the one who picks them up from school and gets to go on the school trips,” explains Steve.
Inspired by his own enormous collection of family pics, and the need for a special gift for his wife, Paul made his first ‘Illustrated Family Album.’
Fusing your favourite family snaps with your stories and mementos of your busy family life and Paul’s especially made illustrations, these books are ideal gifts for a partner’s birthday or your wedding anniversary. “The family element Is Important, explained Paul. It Is reason that I wanted to be self-employed and I love the fact that I am helping other families to capture precious moments.”
Work/life balance Between them the brothers juggle being hands-on dads alongside the demands of running their own businesses. It is a tricky balance that often requires working evenings and weekends.
With both brothers and their families still based in Wimbledon, it does give them the option to support each other with childcare. It also has the added advantage of the cousins growing up as part of a close-kit family in Wimbledon. With such creative dads, we wonder what the next generation of the Tanner family will do?
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