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 stamp on their pieces and I love how they turned out. Fantastic work, everyone.
This afternoon saw week 3 of a six week lino printing course that I’m teaching for a wellbeing centre in Witton Gilbert. This week we moved on to creating a large design, and also using a couple of extra U-blades. I also showed everyone how to print up a two colour piece using just one…
Due to bad weather and the proximity of the Christmas holidays, there was a smaller class than usual at my six week lino printing class for beginners for a wellbeing centre in Witton Gilbert today. However, as you can see from the photos above, there were some wonderful lino prints made on this afternoon’s class!…
I had a great one-to-one session in my workshop today, teaching the art of metal embossing, whilst make decorative coasters. We started off by going over the tools and materials and working on a piece of scrap aluminium to get a feel for how the metal and tools worked. Then we moved on to making…
Over the past two weeks I’ve had a great time with Angela Reed of Creative Calligraphy and her two groups that meet regularly on Thursdays and Fridays. This is part of Angela’s larger Calligraphy and Creative Wellbeing project, that you can read all about on her blog. In the first week I took everyone through…
On Tuesday I was back at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert to run a ‘sketch and stroll’ workshop. The workshop was designed specifically for beginners and for those who say they ‘can’t draw’! We started off with a few simple drawing exercises in the church, and then made our way outside to sit in the…
I had a great afternoon yesterday with two lovely ladies on my Mindful Messy Mandala workshop. We were supposed to be a group of four, but unfortunately one lady had to cancel at the last minute. I hope you’re feeling better soon. The whole aim of the workshop is to play with colour and pattern…
