After 6 months of hospital appointments it’s so exciting to be feeling well again and looking forward to sharing some art with you all 🙂 I have planned some new Autumn workshops and these are available to book now! The first one later this month is mixed media layering using pastels, paints, inks, papers etc…..lots […]
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. Â 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!! Â 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 […]
Latest workshop photos…..
It was lovely to welcome Shirley and her team from work for a private workshop on Tuesday where we decorated glass pieces with napkins After choosing a design we loved from my extensive collection of napkins (I can’t believe I now have over 100 designs!!) we layered them onto our glass in reverse, finishing with […]
*New January 2017 Workshops**
I’m so excited….I have just uploaded three new projects for January which are now available to book 🙂  A mini art course for beginners and up, where I will teach you how to paint a beautiful comma stroke and build it into my design of daisies and chrysanthemums, my Mixed Media Tree canvas which I […]
New Autumn Workshops 2016
It feels so good to have sorted my workshops for this Autumn and now have them available to book 🙂 I have lots of exciting projects some as workshops which run during the day or evening including a mixed media project on canvas, painted candles and my upcycled vintage bottles. My one day workshop in […]
New September 2016 Workshops
Hi everyone I have some exciting news…….September workshops are now ready to book 🙂 For those of you who wanted to come to my Creative Scroll mixed media workshop in May but were unable to due to it being very popular and in the school holidays (my teacher students were very happy) I am running […]
Bargain offer from Cass Art
Just had to share this offer from Cass Art….this is such a bargain and full instructions on how to use these wonderful pencils are in my ‘Love my Garden’ Inktense pencil pattern pack …my favourite media especially when travelling 🙂 Have a great bank holiday. Dawn x
New Summer Workshops :-)
Hi everyone There are so many projects that I want to share with you all that it’s been hard choosing which ones to teach this Summer….. Projects range from beautiful grapes to boho bunting, a blackboard with hens and insects, my whimsy home canvas, decorated glass and following my recent classes with Dina Wakley, a […]
Dina Wakely visit 2016
Well it’s over 24 hours since I arrived home from Yorkshire and I think I have just about come down to earth! Â For me the last few days have been absolute arty heaven. Â It’s very easy when you teach classes, to not get round to going to some yourself and my resolution for 2016 was […]
*** New Spring Workshops***
I have just launched more half and one day workshops for April and May so go on over to my workshops  page for full details.  Why not join me for a fun creative time in the Paint Palette Studio….classes range from a gorgeous floral jug design by Debbie Cotton to my own designs including a decorated […]