Powertex Bister is a beautiful range of pigments that can create stunning effects for your Powertex fabric sculpture and wall art. If you’re wondering what you need to get started with Bister this post is for you. You can also download my free digital Quick Guide to Bister. Powertex Bister Read more…
Autumn will soon be here and I love the change of the seasons. This project was originally created for the Powertex UK design team and was published in the online magazine back in 2018. I dusted off my wreath to display for autumn and thought I’d share it here. Bronze Read more…
I want to talk about something that came up for me this week. The artist, the crafter and the disappearing line between them. Am I an artist?
It’s time for the Summer Exhibition 2019 in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. The Collective has over 150 artists working in a variety of materials and techniques from oil painters and award winning watercolorists to sculptors, photographers and jewellers. This year I will have a mixed media painting on display and despite the Read more…
My home city is covered in rainbows this weekend as we celebrate our biggest annual event. I’m feeling colourful so I’m sharing how I made my Powertex rainbow fairy houses, in fact I created a whole village of multicoloured mini homes for the garden.
In July I got my hands on my first Powertex UK Secret Art Box. I was asked to create a project using the box for my Design Team blog. Firstly, I was really surprised how much was packed into the box. (more…)
I’m elbow deep in paint while I study an intensive three month art course. It’s been an extraordinary journey to week 10 and I’m using all my creative time and energy on it. The most frustrating part is that there’s no beautiful finished paintings to share. Let’s talk about the Read more…
For the next article about how I use Powertex Bister, I’m revisiting an old favourite technique. Creating a stone effect with Stone Art and Bister is an impressive technique that looks amazing on craft projects and can amaze people with it’s realistic finish. However, it’s also a useful technique for mixed media art. (more…)
If you’ve been following my series of articles on using Powertex Bister in mixed media art, you might be ready to see some in action. This Powertex Bister planets painting was created for the Powertex UK design team and was published in the online magazine in June. It’s a fun example of how Bister sprays can be used to create interesting effects on a canvas. (more…)
