Courses

Annie Sloan has been teaching courses on how to use paint and similar materials to make decorative effects for more than twenty years. She has taught all over Britain, USA and Europe, but now teaches exclusively from her shop in Oxford.

Annie, whose initial training was in fine art, is a decorative painter and Interior designer.

She is the author of 20 books on colour and decorative painting and has appeared on TV many times in both Britain and the USA. In her shop in Oxford you will find her own range of paints, unpainted and painted furniture and a range of colour inspired fabrics.

With the publication of her new book 'Creating the French Look' Annie is now running Curtain Making courses to help create the French style of decorating.

How To Paint Furniture (full day course)

On the full day course you will learn how to achieve the look of old Swedish, Italian and French style of painted furniture.
The techniques learnt are distressing paint using one and two colours, crackled paint, crackled varnish, a wonderful damask style of stencilling, decoupage and decorative gilding.

Annie, whose initial training was in fine art, is a decorative painter and Interior designer.

She is the author of 20 books on colour and decorative painting and has appeared on TV many times in both Britain and the USA. In her shop in Oxford you will find her own range of paints, unpainted and painted
furniture and a range of colour inspired fabrics.

No more than 8 people are taught at a time to ensure time can be spent with each individual.

Price: £150.00

Dates:

Saturday 5th June 2008   
Tuesday 24th June 2008   
Tuesday 16th August 2008   

How to Create the French Look Using Fabrics ( full day course)

How to Create the French Look Using Fabrics ( full day course)
Using French vintage and new ginghams, linens, voiles and cottons single and double width,
learn how to make simple curtains lined and interlined
and with buckram headings and clips,
narrow gathered set down curtains,
folded over heading with narrow tape and integral pelmet
slotted headings and trimmings including buttons, braid and ribbons.
We will explain how to measure for curtains, including estimating for curtains,
matching pattern repeats, working with curtain poles and tracks

We will also show you how to make French style cushions using patchwork and vintage fabrics.

We take only a 6 people on a course.

Price: £200.00

Dates

Tuesday 13th May 2008   
Tuesday 12th June 2008   
Tuesday 5th August 2008   

The Full Day hours are 10.00 to 4.00 with a break of about 45 minutes.
Courses are practical so please wear suitable clothes. We do supply aprons.

How to find us

By car -
From the Oxford Ring Road - follow the Ring Road to the roundabout (Green Road) with the A40, then take the A420 into Headington (signposted Headington and Oxford City Centre). From the A40/M40 (Junction 8) - follow the road westbound past the Thornhill Park and Ride to the roundabout (Green Road) with the Oxford Ring Road, then go straight across and take the A420 into Headington (signposted Headington and Oxford City Centre). Our shop is situated just before the first major traffic lights, on the right. Parking is in Somerfield Supermarket’s Car Park. Turn right at the traffic lights, drive past the supermarket and it is on the right.
By coach -
from London, Heathrow or Gatwick - alight in Headington centre.
From Oxford City Centre -
either take a taxi or a No. 7, 7A, 8 or 8A bus from Queen Street to Headington shops.
By train -
from Oxford station, either No. 22 bus or by taxi (approx £4.50).