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Warm invitation
Paint a Tiny Sewing Room
A gentle mixed media painting course with Denise Daffara
Create a small, soulful painting filled with colour, tenderness, pattern, memory, and your own creative touch.
In this course, I’ll guide you through painting a tiny sewing room scene with a little beloved companion, patterned wallpaper, a sewing table, flowers, fabric, and all the small details that make a painting feel alive.
Includes over 2.5 hours of gentle creative guidance, painting demonstrations, story, and sanctuary support.
Early Bird: $47 USD
available until 20 June 2026
Standard price: $57 USD
This is a small painting course, but it holds a lot of heart.
Tiny paintings have become a precious way for me to meet myself when I may not feel ready to paint large. They offer a gentle container, a place to play, experiment, layer, tend, and discover.
This course is for you if you’d love to make something small, meaningful, colourful, and full of personal charm.
What you'll paint
Together, we’ll paint a tiny sewing room inspired by:
a little sewing table
a beloved pet or small companion
wallpaper, flowers, fabric and pattern
a picture within the picture
your own colours, memories and details
You can follow my version closely, or use the templates and demonstrations as a doorway into your own tiny room.
What's included
A full real-time four part painting lesson demonstration series 4 videos, approx. 1 hour 42 minutes total
Part 1: 29 mins, Part 2: 36 mins Part 3: 28 mins
Part 4: 9 minsA bonus shorter painting demo
'Blonde Chihuahua in a Sewing Room' (21 mins)
The meaning behind the Tiny Sewing Room (10 mins)
Printable 'Sewing Room' drawing templates
Printable encouragement squares
A gentle "Soft Place to Begin" video (14 mins)
A short Tea Ceremony / intention-setting audio
Materials information and guidance
25 years experience infused into the 'transmission'
Lifetime access to the course
Who it's for
This course is for sensitive, creative people who:
want a gentle way back into painting
love little details, colour, pattern, animals, homes, flowers, fabric and story
feel overwhelmed by big blank canvases
want to make art with meaning, not pressure
enjoy being guided by a warm, encouraging teacher
want to create something small enough to begin, but rich enough to matter
Why tiny?
Small paintings invite us to lean in.
They create intimacy.
They let us experiment without the pressure of a large canvas.
They can hold memory, humour, tenderness, colour, and story in a beautifully manageable space.
You can paint loose and it adds to the personality of the piece, less angst more fun.
You can begin gently, and let your little artwork surprise you.
I’ll guide you gently through the process, showing you how I layer colour, collage, line, pattern and detail.
You’ll see how I make decisions as I go, how I respond to what’s appearing, and how a little painting becomes more alive through tending.
This is not about copying perfectly.
It’s about letting a tiny painting become a doorway into creative confidence.
Reflections from students of Denise's workshop
“Denise created such a beautiful and safe space for us to paint. I felt supported and guided by Denise's wisdom to paint something out of my comfort zone and felt so much joy doing so!!”
“Denise leads a very heart centred workshop with such a gentle spirit she is able to lead everyone from exactly where they are at, to create something beautiful of their own.”
“Absolutely love Denise's work. What a beautiful environment she creates to share, learn, experiment and grow. ”
Come and paint a tiny room with me
A little place of colour, memory, tenderness and creative permission
You are warmly welcome
You do not need fancy materials. You can use what you have, and I’ll show you the supplies I use and possible alternatives.
You do not need to know exactly what you’re making before you begin.
You are allowed to start small.
