Alicia Coombs

Alicia is the director The Edinburgh Drawing School. Alicia has a long experince in mentoring and teaching children, and is an alumna of The Florence Academy of Art (2014-2019). Her first degree is in The History of Art from The University of York (2005 - 2008).

She is a classically trained painter often taking on portrait commisions. Her career spans numerous hospitality positions and wokring in charities, as well as working in international schools, and privately hired to teach aboard yachts.

Upon graduation in 2008, Alicia volunteered at The Royal Insitute for the Blind and assisted art classes to the blind and visually impaired.

When she is not painting or looking after the school, you can find her somewhere in Scotland, probably on a beach walking her dog, the school's mascot Teba, a sweet little whippet who is a friend to all students who come to learn with us.