Held in Bradley on Monday mornings and Gnosall on Thursday evenings.
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Relax and Paint the Seasons at Mitton Manor – New Workshops for 2019
Relax and Paint the Seasons at Mitton Manor Mitton Manor sits in a 7-acre country garden that was started in 2001 and has been developed from an overgrown wilderness. The garden surrounds the Victorian manor and contains a range ofRead More »
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Hi I’m Debbie and I’m spirited about being creative…creativity makes me smile! “I truly believe that everyone has a creative side, no matter how well they hide it.” Debbie Chatfield Please feel free to look around my website but before
Art Classes
As an art tutor and artist I run Staffordshire art classes in Bradley near Stafford on a Thursday morning and Gnosall on a Thursday Evening. Have you ever wanted to try acrylic painting, combine materials in a collage or learn
Painting Holiday 2019 – Châteauponsac, France
France Painting Holiday – Châteauponsac Tuesday 9th – 16th July 2019 Join us as we explore the delights of the Châteauponsac Village and surrounding area on this painting holiday in beautiful rural France. Flying out on Tuesday 9th July we will spend a
Workshops 2019
2019 Workshops I will be running a series of 2019 Workshops in Staffordshire using lots of different media and techniques including Acrylic, Brusho, Alcohol Inks and Encaustic Wax, I will also do other Workshops for individual groups on request, here
Commissions
There are four stages in the commissioning process: Stage 1 We will discuss your requirements and I will need several photographs of your subject to work from. The photographs will have a great influence on the finished painting and full details of
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Relax and Paint the Seasons at Mitton Manor – New Workshops for 2019
Relax and Paint the Seasons at Mitton Manor Mitton Manor sits in a 7-acre country garden that was started in 2001 and has been developed from an overgrown wilderness. The garden surrounds the Victorian manor and contains a range ofRead More »
Acrylic Mediums – Transferring Print to Wood
How to Transfer Print to Wood In class we have been using Acrylic Mediums to transfer Print to Wood and I thought I would show you a video of various ways that this can be done. We have been usingRead More »
Painting with Encaustic Wax – Workshop 24th November
Painting with Encaustic Wax Encaustic Wax is an interesting medium; learn how to create landscapes with an iron and wax. This workshop will be an introduction to this medium we will learn how to paint with the iron to produceRead More »
Acrylic Mediums – Blending vs. Glazing Medium
Blending and Glazing Mediums What is the difference between a blending medium and a glazing medium? Why would you use a glazing medium as opposed to a gloss medium mixed to a very thin glaze? This blog addresses these issues. Read More »
Fluid Art Workshops – Materials
Fluid Art Workshops – Materials I thought I would do a quick blog on some of the Materials that I use for my fluid art Workshops. This post contains links to these materials on Amazon. I have an affiliate accountRead More »
Acrylic Mediums as Glue
Acrylic Paints and Mediums can be used as glue. When I am referring to mediums here I mean gels as well, anything with a polymer binder. So in your mixed media or collage project what is there to consider whenRead More »
Acrylic Mediums – Matt vs. Gloss
Gloss vs. Matt There are so many acrylic mediums and varnishes out there it can be ‘bamboozling’. So lets look at a quality found in all acrylic mediums – Matt vs. Gloss. All paints or mediums either have a MattRead More »
What is an Acrylic Medium?
What is an Acrylic Medium? Your a beginner, you’ve just started to paint with acrylic so you go to the shops to buy paint, brushes, palettes and all those things you expect to be using, but then… You spot aRead More »