It’s Friday and we all love a bit of feel good Jackson 5 music don’t we? If you fancy being inspired to get creative this weekend, pop over to my youtube channel and watch my Mixed media Collage on Canvas ……In my Country Kitchen…..lots of fun with magazines, acrylics etc and a project you can easily […]
New Butterfly Canvas Workshop
As so many of you are keen to do this design by Linda Lock I am running this one day workshop again at the end of April. Go to my workshops page for full details and get back to me asap if you would like to come along, some places have gone already as I had a […]
Linda Lock Butterfly
On Tuesday I taught a fab design by a favourite artist of mine, Linda Lock….Silver Butterfly is a mixed media project using texture paste, acrylics, silver leaf and stamps. Lots of my students have been wanting me to share this design for a while and I’m so glad I did!! We blended our backgrounds, […]
Finished my latest poppy :-)
I can’t believe I started this large poppy over a year ago….I drew and painted the first layer, added the background and then lost interest!! A couple of weeks ago I fancied having a go with it again and I’ve loved playing with nice warm colours in the middle of winter! Moral of this story….if […]
How to paint a Bear….on youtube
Over the last couple of weeks I have been filming and editing a youtube video of a gorgeous bear laying in some daisies. I uploaded it to youtube a few days ago, breaking it into two parts….. How to paint a Bear – Part 1 where I demonstrate using just two colours for your bear with […]
Girls just want to have fun!
I love drawing faces and using them in mixed media designs and I am really pleased with how this project evolved. I experimented with lots of techniques……some worked, some didn’t but that’s what having creative fun is all about, you never know…….I was very pleased with her hair! Would you like to create a Georgie […]
Celebrity for an afternoon :-)
I have decided it is hard work being on the other side of the camera…so much smiling to be done, it’s exhausting!! With 5 mins warning, my son Robert arrived to take some photos of me in my studio with his posh camera….I couldn’t say no…it was great fun and I was thrilled with […]
French Shops are Finished!
Just had to share the wonderful French Shops that my Weekly Art Club ladies have finished. This design by the very talented Linda Lock from the States combined many techniques with acrylics, from dry brushing, floating, and liner strokes to working with texture paste and painting in miniature!! We could have done with another week […]
Holly’s Hat Shop Pattern Pack
As promised, my Holly Hat Shop design is now available to buy as a pattern pack. It comes with full instructions, pattern and step by step photos, as well as a Techniques Guide which explains how to do the different techniques I mention. This is a great opportunity for you to have a go at […]
Holly Bears
Today I had the fun of sharing my gorgeous Holly bear with 5 lovely ladies, one of whom had never painted before….they all did such a wonderful job! Studio was all ready for my students to arrive….I’d even made a coffee and walnut cake, which when you’re being good is very tough! I demonstrated how […]
Our Creative Scrolls…….
Today was amazing….total….100% free painting that gave everyone the chance to be a creative artist! After spending two wonderful days with Dina Wakley from the States back in March, I couldn’t wait to share what I had learnt. We started by gessoing our canvas which we then hung on the line to dry lol. Then […]
Pitcher a Bouquet workshop
The weather was beautiful yesterday for my Pitcher a Bouquet one day workshop, a design by Debbie Cotton. I had adapted her design slightly by using Jo Sonja Texture Paste on the jug rather than just painting it which gave it great form and also added ‘rust’ with Decoart Texturising Medium which can be added […]
