Hello Amazing Artist, I have some big workshop news for you: I have a new teaching gig! Yay! I will be one of the 15 art teachers sharing and teaching on Kaleidoscope 2021 hosted by Tamara Laporte from Willowing Arts, and I am super excited about it. If you are one of my amazing patrons then you will know that I have…
Hey, just a quick drop in to let you know I am on a podcast! Come and listen to me chatting away with the lovely Tania Ahmed on her The Craftermath podcast about art, craft, the industry, video making, maybe some cat chat too! You can probably tell that we have known each other for a while and we do LOVE…
A Month of Colour has started over on my mixed media Art Membership club! If you are looking to explore your colours and how to make colour work for you in your art then I have exercises that will help you do that. My Art Membership club starts at as low as £4+tax / month ($5+tax / month) and you…
Do you want 6 prompts to keep your art flowing? Yes? Then you have got it in today's free art video! Yay! I have an art video for you today, I mean it has been a while since my last video on YouTube but to be honest, I needed a break from the schedule and from YouTube. But I am back…
I am so excited to be part of the Art For Earth project from Willowing Arts. It launches today, YAY YAY YAY! So if you haven’t heard about Art For Earth, it is an amazing collection of over 85 art products – workshops, ebooks, downloads – from over 45 mixed media artists, including some of the most popular artists and…
I have four abstract watercolour exercises to help you loosen up today. These are great for freeing up your watercolour play and stay to the end for a bonus exercise too! Today I am also testing out a set of the Black Tulip synthetic squirrel hair brushes too. This is not a sponsored video bit I was sent the brushes for free…
I am sharing an art journal process this week. It is a new page from my junk journal and it has a very purple feel to it! Sometimes you just have to go where the colour takes you don't you?! I haven't broken this page down into prompts but taken you through the process as it grows and happens. Even without…
I have another project from my Art Prompt series to help keep your art flowing today. I've broken this page from my junk journal down into 9 prompts to help get you working and hopefully help cut down on your overthinking. These art flowing prompt videos are all about letting you play and experimenting in a safe structure that gives you…
Have you ever wondered if your art routine is actually getting in your way and not helping you to grow your art? I don't know if I am overthinking this but I have been having this thought recently about my art routine. On one hand it has been so helpful. It has helped me to get art done, having a routine to…
I've been playing with the watercolour paint colours that I picked out in last week's art video a bit more and doing some watercolour abstracts with them. So this week you can see how I go about doodling with my watercolour paints and maybe it will get you in the mood to get your own watercolour abstracts doodle practice started? It…
This week I thought that we could get started with watercolour abstracts. I mean it has been a while since we last played with watercolour paint hasn't it? I want to do a series of watercolour abstract doodles but first I need to do a couple of things before I can get started. So grab your watercolour paints and join me…