Carte Blanche offer workshop classes for both the professional painter and artist and the DIY and leisure painter.
Our workshop in Perth is usually busy with projects and this is where painters, artists and clients old and new can learn at first hand how to recreate some of the finishes currently supplied by the Carte Blanche team of professionals. At Carte Blanche you can purchase paints, tools and materials required to carry out the work.
Cait Whitson who teaches most of our classes has been involved in the decorative arts since 1985. She trained in London at Leonard Pardon’s School for Specialist Decoration and then latterly at the late Bill Holgate’s school. Cait continues to regularly takes classes to improve her skills and most recently has had the chance to learn from Gert-Jan Nijsse and Christian Martincourt and is looking forward to a class with Matts Carlson in the near future.
Cait has taught at art colleges, technical colleges and at private faux finishing schools both here and internationally.
Cait and Gibson are working professionals which means the teaching is practical, commercial and realistic. They teach small groups in a way that enables students to grow in their ability after they have left the class.
Cait is a trained Annie Sloan workshop trainer
For those that would like to stay overnight in Perth while attending our classes please find a list of recommended accomodation here
All Day Chalk Paint™ Furniture Painting
In this class you will learn all the basics of hand painting furniture: tools, preparation, and how to get the best results from Chalk Paint™ decorative paint by Annie Sloan. We also turn our hand to a number of paint finishes: pretty distressing and antiquing techniques, stencilling, gilding and decoupage. This class suits the beginner and those who have painted furniture but feel they could use some professional tips and techniques to save time and achieve great results simply.
Cost - £105
Class cost will include a delicious deli-spread lunch.
Next classes:
Saturday April 20th 2013 - FULL
Saturday May 18th 2013 - FULL
Saturday June 15th 2013 - FULL
Saturday 27th July 2013 - FULL
The new class schedule will be posted soon
Class times are 10am for coffee (sharp start time of 10.30) finish around 4.30pm
All details can be found in the shop
To find out about dates, times and location for this class please visit the Shop where you can also book and pay for a place.
Wonderful Walls
A comprehensive 1 day workshop on broken colour and metallics using water based products, includes dragging, cheese cloth rag, moire, metallic suede, flake fairytale finish. This class would suit a beginner as well as an experienced DIYer or professional.
Cost - £125
Class cost will include a light Deli-Spread lunch.
Next classes -
6th July 2013 - 6 places available
To find out about dates, times and location for this class please visit the Shop where you can also book and pay for a place.
The Ultimate Furniture Painting Class
If you have been painting furniture for a while but you are stuck in a rut, you have lots of ideas but are confused as to how to move forward or finding it hard to work out what to do from books and youTube then this is the perfect place to get the confidence to branch out.
This class offers a lot of 1:1 tuition as there are only 4 places
To find out more and see the class day by day breakdown please visit the shop
Cost - £660
Class starts at 9am and finishes at 5pm. Class cost includes lunch
22nd - 25th April 2013 - pay in full before March 31st and recieve 10% discount - FULL
29th July - 1st August - pay in full before June 30th using code UFP10 at the checkout - 4 places available
To book a place pay a deposit of 50% (please check our cancellation policy)
You can pay for it all up front in the shop and get your discount or just pay half just now and half any time before the start of the class
To find out about dates, times and location for this class please visit the Shop where you can also book and pay for a place.
Pizza and Painting - Open Studios
Bring a smallish piece of furniture and paint it in our studio with our paint and with our help.....make the mess in our place not yours, forget the freezing garage and come to our cozy studio and paint and we will feed you and make sure you don't go wrong.
You will have the use of all the studio brushes and the paints we use when teaching the Chalk Paint™ classes plus the stencils, gilt waxes, gilding materials and many other things too and we will guide you.
This is the perfect opportunity for someone who wants to try the paint out with some help, or maybe only has one piece of furniture they want to paint so don't need a full class.
Cost - £35
Your piece of furniture must be easy to get into the studio as we are limited for space.
The studio opens at 10am, If necessary work can be spread over 2 sessions if (both sessions will be charged)
25th May 2013 - FULL
1st June 2013 - FULL
22nd June 2013 - 4 places available
To find out about dates, times and location for this class please visit the Shop where you can also book and pay for a place.
The Chair's The Affair
This class teaches you how to paint and cover a pre-approved chair with a simple drop in seat pad. The cost includes tuition from a wonderful traditional upholsterer on recovering a seat pad that is in reasonable condition i.e. perhaps it needs some padding out with horsehair. If the pad is in poor condition and needs extra work then there is a surcharge that will cover the extra materials.
You will paint your chair using Chalk Paint™ and waxes and you will have access to gilding materials, gilt waxes, stencils and whatever else you need to complete your chair in a finish that you want.
Cost - £65
You must submit an image of your chair seat pad (top and bottom) to be assessed - if you need extra work done to it to refurbish it we will allocate extra time and you may need to pay a surcharge
You will need to bring fabric suitable for upholstery. We carry a small amount of the Annie Sloan fabric range in stock but if you would like to use Annie Sloan fabric to match the lovely paints you will use it may be a good idea to come in and see the swatches and order your material
Next Class:
Saturday 11th May 2013 - 6 places available
To find out about dates, times and location for this class please visit the Shop where you can also book and pay for a place.
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