Acrylic Lampshade Painting workshop at Woodmill Coffee & Kitchen in Southampton, 17 October 10am - 1pm. £40 per person.

Join us at Woodmill Art Studio for a relaxed evening of colour, pattern and design as you create and paint your own contemporary lampshade.

In this three-hour workshop, we’ll take you through the process of developing a design from scratch — so there’s absolutely no need to arrive knowing what you want to paint!

We’ll begin with a series of simple creative prompts to help you find inspiration, before exploring how everyday ideas can be transformed into bold shapes, patterns and abstract forms. You’ll experiment with composition and develop your own colour palette before bringing everything together into a final design for your lampshade.

Think bold botanical forms, playful geometrics, repeating shapes, flowing organic patterns and contemporary colour combinations — but what you create will be entirely your own.

We’ll guide you through:

Finding inspiration using creative prompts

Simplifying ideas into shapes and motifs

Creating repetition, rhythm and pattern

Choosing a limited, harmonious colour palette

Planning a design that works around a lampshade

Painting your finished design onto fabric

The emphasis is on exploration rather than drawing ability, so you don’t need any previous art or design experience. We’ll provide examples, inspiration and plenty of guidance throughout, while giving you the freedom to develop something that feels completely personal to you.

By the end of the evening, you’ll leave with your own hand-painted contemporary lampshade, ready to take home and display.

What’s included

All materials and equipment are provided, including your lampshade. Just bring yourself — and clothes you don’t mind getting a little paint on!

Woodmill Coffee & Kitchen, Southampton

Saturday 17th October

10am - 1pm

£40 per person

Places are limited to keep the workshop relaxed and allow plenty of individual guidance.

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