PAINTING LAMPSHADES with Mary Blue

Join artist Mary Blue in North Norfolk for a joyful and painterly workshop creating your own hand painted lampshade. This workshop is all about colour, mark making, and expressive brushwork, resulting in a truly unique piece for your home.

Using a lampshade as your canvas, Mary will guide you through her relaxed and intuitive painting approach. You will explore how to build colour, texture, and movement using paint and simple brush techniques, allowing the design to grow naturally rather than following a fixed pattern. The emphasis is on painterly freedom and enjoying the process, not precision or perfection.

You may choose to work in an abstract, landscape inspired, or loosely floral style, taking inspiration from Mary’s own painted lampshades. She will demonstrate how to work confidently on a three dimensional surface, how to layer colour, and how to step back and assess your work as it develops.

This workshop is…