Ideal introduction for people who are new to silk painting or would benefit from revisiting the basics. Learn about the different materials involved, then practise the techniques, leading to a finished painting to take home.  A handout will cover everything you’ve been taught and enable you to go away with the confidence to carry on painting.  Cost £70 includes all materials, two course lunch & refreshments.

The beautiful Iris in a range of colours and shapes is a joy to paint and this workshop will delight all those who love painting these showy flowers, appropriately it takes its name from the Greek word for rainbow! Cost £70 to include all materials, two course lunch & refreshments.

Inspired by a trip to Barcelona. We shall interpret and paint some of the fabulous buildings designed by the architect Antoni Gaudi. Cost £70 to include all materials, two course lunch & refreshments.

Paint a pretty long silk scarf on a frame with a design of butterflies. Butterfly templates provided for you to customise or bring your own ideas and design.  Four people only due to size of screens. Cost £75 to include silk scarf, all materials, two course lunch and refreshments.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a multi-talented architect, designer & artist. As well as the popular Glasgow Rose design, he painted stunning watercolours of flowers. In this workshop we shall use them as inspiration to paint on silk. Cost £70 includes all materials, two course lunch and refreshments.

Ideal introduction for people who are new to silk painting or would benefit from revisiting the basics. Learn about the different materials involved, then practise the techniques, leading to a finished painting to take home.  A handout will cover everything you’ve been taught and enable you to go away with the confidence to carry on painting.  Cost £70 includes all materials, two course lunch & refreshments.

We will paint several gorgeous multi coloured parrots in their natural environment.

Ideal introduction for people who are new to silk painting or who feel they would benefit from revisiting the basics. Learn about the different materials involved and then practise the techniques, leading to a finished painting to take home.  A handout will cover everything you’ve been taught and enable you to go away with the confidence to carry on painting. 

A new theme exploring flowers in hot shades of reds, oranges and pinks like gerberas, sunflowers, marigolds, heleniums, nasturtiums, poppies and more. Hopefully in hot, hot, hot June weather!

I’ve been wanting to cover this subject in silk painting for ages! A fabulous topic enabling great composition of shapes and sizes in colourful pots.

Ideal introduction for people who are new to silk painting or who feel they would benefit from revisiting the basics. Learn about the different materials involved and then practise the techniques, leading to a finished painting to take home.  A handout will cover everything you’ve been taught and enable you to go away with the confidence to carry on painting. 

A repeat of a popular theme. Pretty sweet smelling sweet peas are one of the most popular cottage garden flowers.  We’ll paint a heavenly bouquet.

Ideal introduction for people who are new to silk painting or who feel they would benefit from revisiting the basics. Learn about the different materials involved and then practise the techniques, leading to a finished painting to take home.  A handout will cover everything you’ve been taught and enable you to go away with the confidence to carry on painting. 

Paint a vase of flowers but in a still life setting with fabrics and other objects. Lots of scope for individual interpretation.

Ideal introduction for people who are new to silk painting or who feel they would benefit from revisiting the basics. Learn about the different materials involved and then practise the techniques, leading to a finished painting to take home.  A handout will cover everything you’ve been taught and enable you to go away with the confidence to carry on painting. 

Beautiful Hellebores give a welcome splash of colour in winter and early spring. In this workshop we'll paint several different varieties.

In this workshop we shall paint several images inspired by Indian art in the morning and complete a painting of a ceremonial elephant in the afternoon.

A repeat of this interesting workshop. Enjoy the challenge of painting your favourite building. Working from your photograph, I'll interpret it for silk painting. This bottle kiln in the Potteries was the choice of one student at a previous workshop (below).

An ideal introduction for people who are new to silk painting or who feel they would benefit from revisiting the basics.  Learn about the different materials involved and then practice the techniques, leading to a finished painting to take home.  £70 inc all materials, refreshments and hearty lunch.

A popular workshop which I've been asked to repeat by those who missed it earlier. A day spent painting beautiful butterflies with the odd flower thrown in as a prop!

Silk paints are the perfect medium to paint colourful exotic tropical fish, shells and coral. Explore this underwater world in this full day workshop.

An ideal introduction for people who are new to silk painting or who feel they would benefit from revisiting the basics.  Learn about the different materials involved and then practice the techniques, leading to a finished painting to take home.  £70 inc all materials, refreshments and hearty lunch.

Inspired by the recent Mucha exhibition, we'll look at elements of Art Nouveau style and produce silk painted cards in the morning and painting in the style of Mucha in the afternoon. Cost £70 inc all materials, refreshments & hearty lunch.

This workshop concentrates on painting what grows in our vegetable plot, crops like onions, marrows, lettuce, beetroot, tomatoes, leeks, cauliflowers etc. Paint your own vegetable plot. Cost £70 inc all materials, refreshments & hearty lunch.

Extra date due to demand. Delicate, papery Iceland Poppies in a range of pretty colours make a superb subject for silk painting. Lots of blending practice in this workshop. Cost £70 inc all materials, refreshments & hearty lunch.

A workshop beyond paint & gutta, in which you'll experiment with other products and techniques available to the silk painter including anti-spread, thickener, lightener, white liner plus using stencils & how to create ombré. Cost £70 inc all materials, refreshments & hearty lunch.

Learn techniques for depicting rugged hills, rocky outcrops and ancient stone formations. Choose from several familiar Peak District locations for your final piece. Cost £70 inc all materials, refreshments & hearty lunch.

 Delicate, papery Iceland Poppies in a range of pretty colours make a superb subject for silk painting. Lots of blending practice in this workshop. Cost £70 inc all materials, refreshments & hearty lunch.

An ideal introduction for people who are new to silk painting or who feel they would benefit from revisiting the basics.  Learn about the different materials involved and then practice the techniques, leading to a finished painting to take home.  £70 inc all materials, refreshments and hearty lunch.