Colour blending with Chalk Paint™ by Annie Sloan is one of my favourite techniques to use to create a piece of furniture with a sense of drama. These two pieces have been painted in the same way and I also have had the joy of dying a piece of linen for the chair...
When I was waiting at Heathrow to board my plane for Greece, I simply couldn't wait to get creative and to make some new Greek friends. Since I became Annie Sloan's Painter in Residence, early in 2017, I have had so many new opportunities open up for me. I was...
Okay, I know I keep going on about staining natural wood with Chalk Paint™ by Annie Sloan, but this technique makes all the difference. The main body of the piece was painted in a custom mix of six parts English Yellow, one part Amsterdam Green and one...
One of my favourite patinas is Verdigris. This bust was transformed in just two hours using a variety of Chalk Paint™ colours by Annie Sloan. I used Provence and a little Honfleur on the main body. I also used Duck Egg as a runny wash to create trickles. Once...
The first of my UK painting residential course was so much fun and a huge success, and what a wonderful group of ladies with so much talent! We had the pleasure of working in the most idyllic setting in Lincolnshire at Papermill Cottages. Although a little chilly,...
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY... I would love to share this project with you all. It has the faded elegance and all the romance of a bygone era. I dedicate it to all Mums who love to paint. It's a pretty simple colour palette consisting of a base coat of Coco Chalk Paint™ by...
When one of my local furniture suppliers contacted me and said she had an old piece of furniture at the back of her storage unit that needed a little TLC, I said of course I'll give it a go. Much to my surprise how beautiful this piece of furniture was, I knew it...
The love of painting furniture for me is all in the transformation. This relatively modern sideboard came to me with some deep scratches in the top, so I decided to remove the old finish back down to the natural wood and used Graphite as a stain. It's a really...