I had a wonderful afternoon showing a lovely lady how to make a copper house number plate. She was making it for a friend, who lives in a place with ‘olive’ in the name, hence the olive branch. In keeping with the olive theme, she aged the house number with green paint and added a…
I can’t believe how quickly the weeks are going by, we’re already in week four of my Celtic knotwork drawing course at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert! This week we worked on adding even more details to Celtic crosses and borders, and also had an opportunity to play as well. As you can see, lots…
This week we moved on to creating simple Celtic crosses and borders. We were a bit shorter on participants due to various reasons that couldn’t be avoided, but as you can see, there were still plenty of fabulous knots created! There was time for a bit of experimenting too, for those who wanted to try…
In this month’s studio vlog I take you through some lino printing, Celtic knotwork drawing and show you my first ever drypoint print. If you would like to support me and buy one of the 15 limited edition lino prints of my ‘Moon Dreams’ lino print, shown in the video, then you can buy it…
This afternoon saw week 2 of my six week Celtic knot drawing course at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert, and wow!, everyone did fantastically well! We moved on from the basic knot I taught in week one on to how to make the knot more intricate. Once they had learned the technique everyone was free…
I had a lovely couple on my Celtic Knotwork for Beginners workshop today. We went through how to create the basic knot, and then moved on to how to start creating more intricate patterns. There was time to play and experiment and have a go at creating their own patterns too. As you can see,…
I had a lovely couple book a bespoke workshop with me today to celebrate their copper wedding anniversary. We work in copper to create these metal embossed plaques, so it was perfect for them! Obviously they did not need two house numbers, so one created the house number and the other created a plaque featuring…
I was thrilled to be asked back to Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert in order to run a six week course on Celtic knotwork drawing. We started off this first week learning how to create a plain knot. Once everyone had learned the basics, they were free to play and create knots of their own,…
This month’s vlog mainly concentrates on drawing mandalas – I’ve drawn lots of them this month! Mentioned in the video: My Mindful Messy Mandala workshop:https://craftsforwellbeing.co.uk/mindful-messy-mandalas-workshop/ My three session, four skills journal making course:https://craftsforwellbeing.co.uk/three-week-journal-making-course/ #100daysofcolorenergymandalas by Louise Gale:https://www.youtube.com/@louisegale Barbarella tote bag kit by Bargello-A-GoGo:https://www.youtube.com/@bargello-a-gogo Come and learn Celtic knotwork with me:https://craftsforwellbeing.co.uk/introduction-to-drawing-celtic-knots/
I had a wonderful morning teaching a Celtic Knotwork for Beginners course with a very lovely lady. As well as learning all about the basics of creating Celtic knots, we also had lots of interesting chats. This even ended up in me having homework to do, being given lots of interesting info about topology! Lots…
The final video of my free five part course on Simple Flower Drawing, is up now. This course guides you step-by-step through drawing five different flowers. This course is suitable for beginners, as I take you step-by-step through the drawings.This week we’ll draw a simple poinsettia motif.You can get started right now, just pop over to my simple…
An absolutely stunning Junk Journal made by a lovely lady on my workshop today. She used old magazine pages for the interior, and some old cardboard packaging and left over wrapping paper for the covers. We added a few papers and a piece of fabric from my own collection to finish it off. We had…
