‘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 […]

Let the Jackson 5 kick start your weekend :-)

7th July 2017 Dawn Catmull Leave a comment Acrylics, Mixed media, Papercrafting

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 […]

Mixed Media Youtube Video

15th March 2017 Dawn Catmull Leave a comment Acrylics, Mixed media, Papercrafting

My latest Youtube video is a project called ‘In my Country Kitchen’ where I take you through the process of creating a mixed media collage on canvas using magazines as inspiration. Go to my Youtube channel and take a look and more importantly…have a go…would love to see what you produce. Happy painting… Dawn x

Private….Turn the Page

10th February 2017 Dawn Catmull Leave a comment Mixed media, Papercrafting, Workshops

Just got to love being inspired by magazine articles….on Thursday I taught a private workshop of my Turn the Page project where we were inspired by words and images in glossy magazines and combined these with acrylics, stamps, Washi tape and more!! All so different and all so fab 🙂

Linda Lock Butterfly

10th February 2017 Dawn Catmull 2 Comments Acrylics, Mixed media, Workshops

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, […]

Upcycling Workshop Photos

4th February 20173rd February 2017 Dawn Catmull 4 Comments Acrylics, Mixed media, Napkin Decoupage, Workshops

This week I held an Upcycled Frame workshop….the idea was to renovate something that was looking a bit past its prime using different products, paint and napkins. I upcycled a yellow and blue photo frame with a picture of my Jon on his 18th…he’s 25 now so that was definitely old!! We prepped our pieces, […]

New Mixed Media Tree workshop

25th January 2017 Dawn Catmull 3 Comments Acrylics, Mixed media, Workshops

As my Mixed Media Tree workshop was such a success last week and I know lots of you would like to do this project, I am running it again on 9th May. This is a fab project with lots of layering and interested techniques, giving you a chance to really be creative. Places are sure […]

Upcycled bottles….

24th October 2016 Dawn Catmull Leave a comment Mixed media, Napkin Decoupage, Workshops

Hi everyone Last Thursday I ran another upcycled bottles class where my ladies produced fab pieces from used wine bottles. I love this workshop as everyone gets to produce something so individual and apparently Waitrose recycling have great bottles!!!! Have a great week. Dawn x

Decorated Glass class

22nd July 2016 Dawn Catmull 2 Comments Napkin Decoupage, Workshops

Last night I held a Decorated Glass class and as always HAD to share the fab finished pieces 🙂 I am running another Decorated Glass class in September, pop over to my workshops page for full details about this and the other classes I am teaching…would be lovely to see you after what will hopefully be a […]

Boho Bunting Books

15th June 2016 Dawn Catmull Leave a comment Mixed media, Workshops

Yesterday morning saw the first of my Boho Bunting Workshops…… Inktense pencils, acrylics, patterned papers and permanent ink…….with lots of ribbon thrown in 🙂 I LOVE Inktense pencils as they are so easy to use and can be taken anywhere for when the urge to be creative hits! I think I have shared my passion […]

Girls, girls, girls

12th April 2016 Dawn Catmull Leave a comment Acrylics, Mixed media, Workshops

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 […]

New Summer Workshops :-)

7th April 201610th April 2016 Dawn Catmull Leave a comment Acrylics, Mixed media, 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 […]