Painting the Queen Mary ocean liner

A manuscript from the 1930s, recently unearthed by the author’s son, provides a fascinating insight into the detailed decoration of one of the world’s first ‘express’ transatlantic passenger ships.

Painting the Queen Mary – John Christie’s lecture

If you enjoyed our feature on the painting of the Queen Mary ocean liner, here is the full transcript of John Christie’s lecture from 1936. John oversaw the decoration of the entire ship between 1935 and 1936 while he was working for Glasgow decorating firm Guthrie & Wells.

Painting exteriors

It’s time to get outside. Tony Pearson-Young, AkzoNobel Skills Development Consultant at Dulux Academy explains how to get to grips with tackling exteriors. 

Linseed paint

Michiel Brouns has rejuvenated the interest in traditional painting techniques through his linseed oil based products.

Meet our Members – David Borthwick

In our regular feature, we find out about members of the Scottish Decorators’ Federation. This time, it’s David Borthwick Jnr, from Borthwick Decorators Ltd, which has offices across central Scotland.

Decorators help charities

Neil Braidwood shines a light on the students and decorating centres from all over Scotland that are getting stuck in and helping charities in need of some help.