Pebeo Workshops @ NEC Birmingham 22nd – 25th March 2012

Hi everyone. This week I will be teaching 5 FREE workshops a day at NEC (National Exhibition Centre) Birmingham for Pebeo UK. I’m busy making samples at the moment and here are a few pictures to show you how I’m doing.

I have painted these buttons with Pebeo Fantasy Prisme and Moon paint

The lovely Catherine was my assistant this morning and painted these acrylic fragments for me. We added a few star, hearts and some glitter as well.

I outlined a heart shape with Pebeo Cerne Relief and then filled the inside with Pebeo Fantasy Prisme.

I drew my outline with Pebeo Cerne Relief and filled the heart with Pebeo Prisme in two colours. I hadn’t made too good a job and it leaked out a bit so I went around it again to contain the leak!!

Catherine outlined the heart with Pebeo Cerne Relief and filed it with Pebeo Moon.

Catherine outlined this heart with Pebeo Cerne Relief and filled it with 2 colours of Pebeo Fantasy Moon.

For this little canvas board I scraped the Pebeo Studio Acrylic paint colours across the board with a palette knife, added Pebeo Deco Touch and finished it off with Gold Leaves.

Another little sample using Pebeo Studio Acrylic, Pebeo Deco Touch and some gold and silver leaves.

I love this little sample. I tried to make it look like a fantasy garden. I used Pebeo Studio Acrylic, Pebeo Deco Touch and silver leaves.

I used Pebeo Studio Acrylic with Pebeo Deco Touch and Gold Leaves. I used a palette knife to add some texture and added gold leaves to finish. I rubbed in the Touch with my finger around the edges to highlight the texture. The gold frame was created by applying dots of Touch and then I used a cocktail stick to drag the paint.

I had fun with this sample. I cut out some flowers with Funky Foam and stuck them to cardboard. I then printed these flowers with Gesso and scored them with a cocktail stick. I added Pebeo Touch Deco paint to add some interest to the flowers.

These flowers were printed with my homemade foam stamps and Pebeo Studio Acrylic and Pebeo Deco Touch. I also added some cabachons for a bit of glitz. I made the leaves by cutting a flower in half.

Well I haven’t a lot of spare time at the moment. This has taken all afternoon to load these shots but I thought you would all like to see what I am up to. If you can get to the NEC this week come and say HI and stop to play at one of the FREE workshops.

Stamped Brayered Landscape

Would you love to make a picture like this? Why not come for a 2 hour session and learn how to turn a blank piece of paper into your own little masterpiece.

 

Card Making Classes in North Tyneside

I did a Google search for card making classes in North Tyneside and there weren’t any listed! Well look no further there are, I teach here in Tynemouth Village in my well stocked Home Studio. I charge £8.00 for two hours tuition all materials and a cup of tea provided, and guess what your first lesson is only £5.00! WOW! What a bargain. Below are some cards that I and my students have made. Why not get in touch and come and join in with the fun? Just click on CRAFT TUITION INFORMATION at the top of the page for my contact details. I can’t wait to meet you!

This lovely card was made by Sheelagh. She wanted a special Mothers Day card and I think we achieved that don’t you?

I made this card for my daughter’s birthday, she loved it and so do I.

I made this easel birthday card for a family birthday. Red and green are usually associated with Christmas but I think it works really well in this colourful card.

Here is a more traditional use of red and green. I made this card for the lovely Eunice last Christmas, she was thrilled with it!

12 Tags of 2012

If you follow Tim Holtz blog you will know that he has decided to produce 12 tags for 2012. One of my lovely ladies Eileen has made this gorgeous tag and managed to upload it to his blog! Hurrah Eileen….. I think she was a little fraught to say the least and it involved joining Flickr, but it was all worthwhile I’m sure as she has done a splendid job. I’m really proud that she succeeded in achieving her goal. I hope you agree with me that she has made a very beautiful tag. Well done Eileen !!!

Complete Beginner

My lovely friend Anna made this!! I’m sure she won’t mind me saying that she is a complete beginner. She was thrilled to bits when she made this masterpiece, and couldn’t believe that it was a blank piece of white paper when she started. I think it is a fantastic piece of art whether she was a beginner or not. Well done Anna!

We made these

A small selection of my students beautiful work completed over the last year.

“Something Different”

Lesley came a couple of weeks ago asking to make “something different” ……… Well I think we fulfilled that brief.

This is  a closer look at the picture she created. I must also add that this was her first attempt at this technique.

Here she is admiring her handiwork. Job well done I think.

Welcome To My Studio

Welcome to my wonderful studio. This is where I teach and create. The photo above was taken with my i phone just before Christmas. This is my usual creative clutter, as I find that seemingly unrelated items often spark ideas or colour combinations that don’t  readily present themselves and happy accidents occur . I was making Christmas cards and everything was spilling over my desk and the one beside me as well!

Believe it or not these are the same two desks clear of mess and incredibly tidy. It doesn’t happen more than a couple of times a year, but I get a great feeling of satisfaction when all four desks in the studio are tidy.

So Welcome to my little slice of “Creative Heaven”.