Held in Bradley on Monday mornings and Gnosall on Thursday evenings.
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Debs January News
I’ve always thought that January is a time of resting when Spring and frenetic growth is just around the corner; its a cosy time with the shorter days starting to grow, crisp but sunny mornings beckoning us outside. And with theRead More »
How to Paint People in a Scene – Watercolour
In class we are currently painting a rainy scene in Watercolour, I have challenged them to change the weather (the photograph they have received is on a sunny day) and to paint some people within the scene. Here are threeRead 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
I run Staffordshire art classes in Bradley near Stafford on a Thursday morning and afternoon as well as a Gnosall class 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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Debs January News
I’ve always thought that January is a time of resting when Spring and frenetic growth is just around the corner; its a cosy time with the shorter days starting to grow, crisp but sunny mornings beckoning us outside. And with theRead More »How to Paint People in a Scene – Watercolour
In class we are currently painting a rainy scene in Watercolour, I have challenged them to change the weather (the photograph they have received is on a sunny day) and to paint some people within the scene. Here are threeRead More »
Complementary Colours
Colours that Complement In our previous colour blog we discussed Secondary Colours and how we might mix them from the Primary Colours that we all think of when mixing paint Red, Yellow and Blue. I discussed how not all Reds,Read More »
Secondary and Tertiary Colours
What are Secondary Colours? In the first blog in this colour series we produced found out how to use the colour wheel and started to mix the primaries together. We noted that if the colours leaned towards each other theyRead More »
How to Choose Primary Colours Using a Colour Wheel
What is a Colour Wheel? A colour wheel is simply… “a circle with different coloured sectors used to show the relationship between colours” You see many types of colour wheel but the ones that I find most useful when mixingRead More »
A Few Photos from the Encaustic Art Workshop
Encaustic Wax Workshop was great last Saturday - thank you all, here are some pics...Read More »
New Workshop for 2019 – Turn Your Alcohol Ink Paintings into Jewellery
I often make Jewellery from leftover Acrylic Skins. I thought it would be a fun idea to run a Jewellery Making Workshop using Alcohol Inks as a base… After covering the basics of how to use Alcohol Inks you willRead More »
Relax and Paint the Seasons at Mitton Manor – New Workshops for 2019 – SPECIAL OFFER
SPECIAL OFFER – GET £10.00 OFF WHEN YOU BOOK BOTH WORKSHOPS 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. Read More »