Yesterday afternoon saw the first of my September taster sessions, and this week’s project was creating an accordion book, using some simple gel-plate printing techniques. I love the striking designs that were created on yesterday’s workshop!
There are still three more sessions to come in this taster series, see what’s coming up on my scheduled workshops page.
I was thrilled when the lovely Angela Reed of Creative Calligraphy invited me to teach her regular calligraphy groups how to draw simple Celtic knots as part of their Inspired by Lindisfarne project. I showed the groups how a basic Celtic knot was formed, and they practiced simple 2×3 and 3×3 knots, before moving on…
Come along to the first ever Open Art Studio exhibition at The Lodge in Blackhill and Consett Park on Wednesday 3rd December, from 1pm to 3pm. My community art group, who meet weekly, have been preparing artwork over the last year to exhibit to the public. Work includes: Please come along and support the event…
I had another great afternoon with the lovely folks at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert. This week I showed everyone how to make my metal embossed Christmas tree ornament. As you can see from the pictures, lots of beautiful ornaments were made, with some people putting their own take on the designs, which I love…
On Monday I taught a lovely art group who meet just around the corner from me in Annfield Plain. I showed everyone how to do simple white line lino carving and then how to print out their carvings using both plain and gradient colours. As you can see from the photos, they all took to…
I had a wonderful afternoon with three lovely ladies on my ‘Mindful Messy Mandalas’ workshop. The whole aim of the workshop was to play with paints and drawing mandala motifs and to relax and enjoy playing and experimenting with the materials. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the process and created beautiful mandalas, as you can see. We…
Yesterday’s private studio workshop was a full house of five people, who all came along to make some decorative coasters. I loved the designs they brought along to recreate in metal, with their pets and other animals making an appearance. They also used some of my nature and Celtic knotwork templates. Everyone put their own…
