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…
Yay! The Free Life Book 2020 Creativity and Wellbeing Summit has started! You can find out more about it in my video today whilst watching me doing one of my Daily Doodle Diary doodles and maybe being a little silly too *wink! Oh and I have a new pen to show you, that I am just trying out. It is a brush fountain…
I have some fun backgrounds in my art video today for you to try in your next art session. They look like watercolor backgrounds but they are all done with acrylic paints. But why do them with acrylic paint instead of watercolors? Well, you can of course do them with your watercolors but if you like to layer your pieces, like I…
I've done it! I have finished my FREE Creativity E-book! It is called 'Get Creating' and did I mention that it is FREE! What?! A FREE Creativity E-book?! Before you rush off to get a copy I have a video to tell you more about it below and how you can actually get your copy. But I also have some really big…
It is art challenge time and I have teamed up with Gerry van der Velden from Gerry's Craft Room to bring you some inspiration for using fabric in your art and craft projects. So in this collaboration we both went off and made some projects and the only rule was that they had to include fabric. And it was kind of lucky because…
Today's abstract painting speedpaint video starts with some painted pattern making and you think everything is going to be calm, and pretty... then it takes a bit of a nasty turn! But I don't want to spoil the abstract painting process for you! I just thought I would tease you before you watch the video. Hope that you enjoy it, go grab…
Sometimes I plan my art, yes I do, and I've talked about the power of planned art before in my videos. It can be a really useful tool to have in your creative process repertoire. So I'm chatting about it again today, because this piece is partly planned art and partly unplanned art. But I have some other things to share with…