‘Smile amongst the Daisies’ pattern pack

26th October 2017 Dawn Catmull 1 Comment Acrylics, Mixed media

Hi everyone Last week I finished another mixed media piece using similar techniques to my ‘Ellie-May’ elephant, but with a different theme and lovely warm colours. I have always loved painting daisies and creating this piece was great fun 🙂 This project is now available in my shop so you can grab yourself a canvas and have […]

Lets get Creative…photos

24th October 2017 Dawn Catmull 2 Comments Acrylics, Mixed media, Papercrafting

It was great to share my ‘Let’s get Creative’ mixed media canvas yesterday and lovely to welcome Sharon to my studio for the first time. We had fun playing with texture paste, stencils, pastels, acrylics and embossing powders, with everyone choosing their own theme and colours. Apparently my Victoria sandwich cake wasn’t bad lol […]

Love to paint loosely!

16th June 2017 Dawn Catmull 4 Comments Acrylics

Over the last few weeks I have been creating a canvas based around my name using a loose style of painting which I have built up with layers. I started with the letters and then thought of designs that began with those letters, weaving them through the text. Even though I wanted this to be […]

Who says girls can’t do woodwork!!!

10th March 2017 Dawn Catmull Leave a comment Mixed media, Napkin Decoupage, Workshops

I think all those that came along to my Floral Driftwood classes yesterday will agree…WE HAD FUN 🙂 From prepping our wood with hammers and chisels to layering paints and mediums, and using decorated napkins and stamping…it really was a fab project from start to finish. I managed to find some gorgeous chicken napkins too […]

Upcycled Vintage Bottles

12th November 2016 Dawn Catmull 2 Comments Mixed media, Workshops

Fun times in The Paint Palette studio on Thursday evening, when I shared my Upcycled Vintage Bottle…only thing missing was a glass of wine!!! Have a great weekend 🙂 Dawn x

Girls, girls, girls….Woyww 349

10th February 2016 Dawn Catmull 22 Comments Acrylics, Mixed media

It feels so good to be writing this post….I have been really poorly with flu the last 10 days and had to cancel my classes and two workshops…..even now I am quite weak, but on the mend which is the main thing! I was feeling a bit better at the weekend so thought I would […]

Finished whimsy birds….

28th January 2016 Dawn Catmull 5 Comments Acrylics, Mixed media, Papercrafting

Yesterday one of my classes finished their Whimsy Birds project, a fun mixed media piece on a canvas panel. We worked through this project over a few weeks, choosing papers, colours and stencils that appealed to us, and layered acrylics to make our design work as a whole….it was such fun, and every piece was […]