Fill your art journal with another idea share to hopefully get you arting! This one is perfect for junk journals where you already have something on your page to get you started. But you can do it on a clean page too, say in your art journal, by adding some ephemera collage. The idea is not to plan it but to let…
I always find adding words to my projects difficult. I would love to be able to be good at storytelling and using words and connecting with the viewer of my work on an emotional level. I mean let's face it, that is really what we hope for with our art isn't it? Today I wanted to share a piece that became an…
I have deconstructed my art journal page today into 10 mixed media art prompts to help you get into your art flow! 'Coz sometimes it just helps to add a bit of focus to help us get into the our pages and get us arting doesn't it?! I hope you enjoy them and enjoy the video going through them too. Of course…
Mark making and paint smushing is sometimes all you need to fill an art journal page! Honest! It doesn't have to be complicated and it is a lot of fun! To show you how, and get you started with it, I am in my junk journal having a play and you can watch the whole process. I've gone very mixed media with…
I thought that we could do some relaxing art today. Grab your watercolour pens, if you have them, some paper, maybe a paint pen and let's get doodling. Doodling is definitely meditative and relaxing isn't it? Circles make up most of my doodling today, nice and simple. But it is the colours of the watercolour pen doodling that sets this piece off…
Sometimes you just need to splosh down some paint, collage and doodle don't you? And this is one of those days! I am sharing a recent page from my junk journal that is all about the collage and doodle. For the collage I have used old book pages and one of my expressive paint florals from my download available on Patreon. The…
I wasn't actually sure if following random art prompts would work for my piece today. But I filmed it and thought I would share it with you as part of my art prompts series of videos. I mean where is the fun of not taking the risk or taking it and then not sharing it with you! It actually turned out to…
If you have been having trouble creating and needed something to get you through your blocks and overthinking then come and art with me in this week's video. I have 6 art prompts to get you working through a page this week and it is going to get doodle-y so if you have paint pens then grab them. If not try coloured…
Grab a coffee, or a tea, maybe some biscuits too and let's chat! I'm sharing a colourful acrylic paint abstract from my junk journal and talk about my art process and the art session that this project came from. Do come and share your art process at the moment I would love to hear it! Support and get behind the scenes, chats…
I hope you have been enjoying my Art Prompts series so far because today I have 9 mixed media art prompts to get your art flowing and get you creating. Go grab your art journal or junk journal, the acrylic colours that are really making you happy today, a water-reactive pencil and some things to collage with, like my October Digi-Delighfuls art…
Rubbish art is a fact of the artist's life. Yep, that is right, you make rubbish art, I make rubbish art, everyone who has ever tried to do something creative has messed it up at some point! But you know what? Making rubbish art is a great tool that we can use to help us to make better art. I am sharing…