Mar 22, 2020 | Colour Palette
As the world is in Coronvirus crisis this Mothering Sunday with millions of mums across the world spending it alone, including mine, I want spread a bit of ‘Painted Love’. I want to share some spirit-lifting inspiration with what can be achieved by...
Oct 23, 2019 | Decorative, Paint Techniques, Teaching
Create your own lead planter with decorative ironwork embellishment! How would you like to make this charming rustic planter? It’s a design, build and paint DIY project that has taken me so long to launch because I have had such a ridiculously busy year! Firstly I was...
May 30, 2019 | Colour Palette
“Jonathon, how on earth do you paint fabric to look like leather?” This is the question I’ve heard most on my travels over the last 2 years traveling the world teaching my furniture painting techniques. At last, the Fabric Painted Leather Look Chair...
Apr 22, 2019 | Colour Palette
If you’re in London on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th May then please come along to Grand Designs Live at London ExCel. You’ll find me in the Upcycling Hub demonstrating 1 – 4pm these days with my friend Nick from the Rocky Crystal Interiors. Nick has...
Feb 15, 2019 | Colour Palette
Now that I finally have my own workshop, not far from home in the historic Georgian market town of Caistor, Lincolnshire, UK, it was a pleasure to host my very first real life workshop in this exciting new creative space. Learning to prop and photograph your piece is...