My mother, Doreen Wilcockson, who has died aged 90, was a painter and art teacher who inspired many of her pupils to work in the arts.
In the 1950s she studied in London at Central Saint Martins art school (1952-55) and the Royal College of Art (1955-58), where her drawing skills were much admired. Doreen’s sketchbook chronicled her lifelong adventures, but her vocation was for teaching.
