I have a place on my Beatrice Bear workshop next Monday evening 7-9.30pm. This is going to be a fab class where I will show you how to paint my bear onto fabric which is mounted on a wooden heart. The fabric we use will become her dress and bow in her hair. Bears are […]
One glass or two…workshop photos
Am feeling guilty…..we painted fab wine bottles last night but I didn’t offer a glass of the real stuff!! We layered paints to reveal shadows, embossed to give our bottles a shiny top (just like the real thing lol), blended shadows and dry-brushed highlights, and made vintage french labels too, well done girls, you did […]
Cute Folky Girls :-)
Today was such fun in my studio as I shared with my students how easy it is to create a face using simple steps. Once we had our basic face we then used Prismacolor Premier pencils to shade and bring them to life….these are wonderful coloured pencils, used by many artists as they have a […]
Private Bottle Workshop
Last night I had the pleasure of sharing my Upcycled Vintage Bottle workshop with five friends from Walton Cardiff near Tewkesbury. Liz had been to a few workshops before and loved the idea of bringing along her friends for a workshop that was just for them. After choosing their designs and colours, we worked through […]
Girls, girls, girls
Morning blog followers! I have had a cancellation on my Folky Girl workshop next Tuesday which was fully booked. This is a one day mixed media workshop where I will show you how easy it is to draw cute faces and combine them with simple clothes on a layered background. We will have fun practicing […]
Hydrangeas Workshop
Yesterday was fab…..four wonderful students who painted beautiful hydrangeas onto canvas. After base coating the canvas’s, we painted our vases and then added dry-brushed leaves. It was then time for a ploughman’s lunch before learning how to paint a crescent stroke, the basis of our hydrangeas. I love it when students think they can’t achieve […]
Tuesday’s Egg Cups!
I had a fab morning, sharing my Egg Cups design and it was great to welcome Maureen, Sandra and Marion to my studio for the first time. Faye had treated Sandra (above left) to my class for her birthday and Sandra didn’t think she would be able to produce anything good enough to hang on […]
LOVE workshop photos
Today I had the second of my two LOVE workshops where we all enjoyed upcycling old junk jewellery on an MDF cutout. We also got to play with paper layering, stenciled glass beads medium, crackle, and antiquing medium. What I love best about mixed media classes is that everyone starts with similar products but uses […]
LOVE workshop space
Morning everyone I have a space on tomorrow afternoon’s LOVE mixed media workshop. Both classes for this project were fully booked and suitable for all levels, so if you fancy joining me for a fun afternoon playing with paint, beads, stencils, crackle etc….oh and home made cake too….get back to me asap. Full details on […]
Beautiful Wild Pansies
I had a great day yesterday, sharing my wild pansies canvas as a one day workshop, it was lovely to welcome Linda to my studio for the first time, all the way from Cardiff. After basecoating our canvas’s and adding our design, we painted each petal blending our acrylics with Jo Sonja Gel Retarder which […]
Summer for a day!!!
It was freezing outside yesterday but in the Paint Palette studio it felt like Summer as we painted beautiful butterflies! It was lovely to welcome Deb to my studio for the first time…..she had received a Paint Palette voucher for Christmas and was thrilled with her finished piece, and Mandy used to come to my […]
Ready for my ‘Butterflies’ workshop…..
Am so excited….tomorrow I get to share my ‘Butterflies’ canvas at my one day workshop. I just love this piece….it started as a pencil on paper design which I played with over a few days….small butterflies, larger butterflies, flying this way and that. Then I looked at colours I liked and how they would work […]