Peggy A. Dean

PEGGY DEAN is the best-selling author of Mindful Sketching, The Ultimate Brush Lettering Guide, Botanical Line Drawing and Peggy Dean’s Guide to Nature Drawing & Watercolor. Peggy is a self-taught artist “born into creativity through a struggle with mental health.” She promotes the embrace of imperfection and is devoted to ensuring that everyone who wants to feels empowered to be able to create. To that end, Peggy teaches online in and in-person classes, which to date have reached more than 500k students. Peggy blogs at ThePigeonLetters.com. A long-time resident of Portland, Oregon, Peggy's deep connection to the Pacific Northwest shines through in her artwork and teaching.