Are you ready for a really challenging art challenge for your mini abstracts this week? I hope so, because this week we are going to make mini abstract faces! Don't worry I have some very simple steps to get you started and once you do start, well it is a little addictive, making abstract faces, so you will soon have a whole…
Having fun with your mini abstracts? Ready to try another mini abstract challenge? This one is in four parts and it is about layering and working from unrefined to fine detail so watch the video below then give it a go! Once you have tried it one way why not shake up the parts and do them in a different order to…
Are you ready for a mini abstract challenge? This week I have some more mini abstract inspiration for you plus something to add in to you mini abstract practice. You can approach this mini abstract challenge in any way that sparks for you. And there are a lot of different ways you can do it. In fact I mention another way to…
Colour is one of our favourite things isn't it? So how do you use your colour? There are just so many ways to use colour and how you use your colour can grow and develop as you grow and develop over time. It is actually a question that I get asked about a lot, how I use colour, and most recently from…
So it is halfway through Inktober 2019 and I have a sketchbook tour of my Inktober shares so far for you. If you have been following along on Instagram than you will know that my journey so far has been both lagging behind everyone else and also a little bit higgledy piggledy! Just how I like it! Oh well! I hope your Inktober…
I hope you have been getting stuck into my easy mini abstract exercise and have been having fun with it! This week I have another mini abstract inspiration but tell you what, let's spice things up with a color challenge! Yep, I have some color combo ideas to get you started this week and I hope you have a lot of fun…
If your managed to catch my Life Book 2020 Summit interview and activity, or you have been following me for a while, then you will know that I have a few different art practices that I try to keep doing regularly. On Life Book I shared my Daily Doodle Diary with some exercises and tips to get you started on yours. Today I…
Grab your paints and paint with me! I have an easy abstract summer meadow painting tutorial for you today and I thought I would take you step by step through how to put this piece together. Everything you need is listed below the video, but don't feel you have to get exactly the same as me to make it work The list…
Today is the day! My interview with Tamara Laporte, the creative force behind the Life Book Creativity and Welbeing Summit, is up! You can learn some more about me in the interview then have a go at my activity! For my activity I thought I would share more about my Daily Doodle Diary practice. Since I started doing it I have found…
I thought that I would work on one of the backgrounds I have been making recently. So this piece starts on an acrylic paint background and I layer it with a whole host of different materials. Acrylic ink, brush pens, ball point pens and watercolour paint all go into the layers on this piece today. But even though it uses a lot…
Hey lovely creatives, I am giving away a free spot on the year long, mixed media course Life Book 2020 over on my Instagram. Oh and did I mention that I am teaching on it?! Ok, so maybe I have, a few times! If you want a chance to win, hop right on over to my Instagram feed now and look for…