Arandeco – a homegrown art & design brainery, based in the west of Scotland, serving young people (home schooled, home educated, home learners and otherwise) wanting to develop their knowledge and understanding of art and design. 

Visit us in person in Ayrshire for an in-person course, or enjoy our online offerings wherever you are!

Kitty currently runs a range of art & design classes, is continuously enrolled in CPD courses, and spends as much time in her home studio as possible.

~ Member of the Scottish Contemporary Art Network
~ Member of the Society of Scottish Artists
~ Member of the National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies / The Arts Society – Ayrshire
~ Member of The Scottish Society for Art History
~ Member of The Scottish Society of Botanical Artists  
~ Member of The Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture
~ Friend of the Royal Scottish Academy
~ Friend of The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour

Growing up in Canada, Kitty’s parents were both artistic, and art & design very much ran in the family:  Kitty’s father was a cartographer and Kitty’s mother was a graphic designer.   Kitty and her sister were both encouraged to be creative and artistic from a very young age, and both won numerous arts competitions as children.  As a teenager, Kitty spent her spare time sketching, developing her photography skills, and wanting to be an architect ‘when she grew up’.  Kitty was regularly told off by her English teacher for having notebooks full of floorplans, rather than ‘notes’ in English class – but she won the award for the highest English grade in her final year anyway.  
Unfortunately, Kitty did not achieve the mathematics requirements needed for a career in Architecture, so went on to study Business at University – with a special interest in product design, packaging design, ergonomics and advertising design.   After an award-winning career in business, she went on to teaching at College and University level.  And later, she completed 1 year of a Masters in Art at the Central School of St Martins.  But then, parenting and home education took hold. 

During her many years as a home educator to her two children, Kitty has organized and run hundreds of youth classes, courses and workshops in art&design for home educated children, from Christopher Wren at St Paul’s Cathedral to Jewelry Making to Sustainable Design.

Kitty has been an amateur artist for over 4 decades, and an educator for more than 15.