Cuteeee Red Panda in Pastel and Coloured Pencil
Welcome to my post about creating a red panda in pastel and coloured pencil. It is a follow on from my last post about creating lilies in pastel and acrylic. …
Isn’t she lovely?
Lily She’s Lovely
Welcome to my post about creating vibrant lilies with pastels. I am going to be taking a loose and spontaneous approach rather than a detailed, highly realistic portrayal of these…
An Awesome Stag in Pastel
Welcome to Creating Loose Pastel Stag Artwork on Acrylic Hey folkies! Welcome to this post about creating loose pastel stag artwork on acrylic. It’s been a while hasn’t it? My…
A Rose By Any Other Name
In this post I will be looking at layering techniques for rose art journal pages with a focus on one strategy specifically. Last week I got stuck into pastels after a…
5 Adaptable Character Design Ideas from Everyday Life
So, you’re looking for character ideas you can steal? What if you just need to look around you? How do you come up with character design ideas? This post looks…
The Creative Process Deconstructed
This post aims to deconstruct the/my creative process. The creative process can refer to any period/series of actions/thoughts that lead to the production of anything and in some cases nothing…
5o whole years
Giveaway to Celebrate 50 Whole Years on Earth
I turned 50 on June 15th 2023 and I wanted to celebrate with a giveaway. For a while it was an impossibility that I would reach such an age [depression…
Little cuties
Creative Mixed Media Jewellery Range with 4 Materials
This new range of creative mixed media jewellery has been really fun to make. I have developed it because I was asked to run a jewellery course for Flintshire Wellbeing…
Bold little flowers
Intimidated by Oil Paints? 5 Reasons Not to be Hesitant
Oil paints need no introduction; they have been used in many celebrated paintings by ‘the masters’. It may be this status as the medium of the masters that causes them to be regarded with such reverence that they feel just out of the grasp of the beginner painter. But they are just a medium and I want to show how you can overcome that initial barrier. Because oil paints are a lot of fun ;)
Serendipity in Art – 5 Ways to Heighten Your Creative Experience
What do I mean by serendipity in art? I’m talking about the art making process rather than an art buying serendipitous experience or serendipity relating to selling art and world events. What even is serendipity? I take it to mean fortunate, accidental occurrences that cause the right thing to happen at just the right time.