I think we could all do with something relaxing. Don't you think? So I have an easy and relaxing art project for you this week and if you want to join me then you can find the materials I used below as usual. So go grab what you can and come and do some relaxing art with me! The butterflies I…
Let's make some abstract bookmarks! So this is a really easy but also fun and challenging creative exercise. Challenging because you are working on a really small piece and working with as many colours as you can muster to make these abstract bookmarks. And of course the other benefit of these is that they are functional art too as you can use…
I have a new, fun, abstract faces exercise for you today and all you need for this one is some paint and some pens, oh and paper too! So keeping it simple again, just like we did for the creative exercise from the weekend. How did you get on with that Scribble exercise? I hope you had fun scribbling away and I…
Mini-doodles on coloured backgrounds is like one of my go-to creative tricks for creating when I am in a hurry and don't have much time, or for those moments when I am actually feeling not that creative. And I have been having both of those art-troubles this week so I have a watercolour paint and pen doodle to share with you today.…
Welcome to a New Year and some New year mixed media art! I thought I would kick this year off with another layered, abstract, hopefully relaxing page from my junk journal. I did this page the same time as last week's page so spot that lovely mint color again! So let me know what art you are focusing on this year and…
I did not intend this to be a festive mixed media art piece but that is where I think it turned up! Well, a festive mixed media art piece in that it has many traditional Christmas colours and some non-traditional Christmas colours too! I was very pleased with that mint colour that I mixed in the video. Might be my new favourite…
I am back in my DIY journal this week with another page and jumping off where I left off last time. It is really fun working in a varied page DIY journal like this because it is challenging to make new art that is both different from the last, but also works with that original art that is peeking through. So what…
If you missed the Life Book Creativity and Wellbeing summit that ran back in September and you wanted to do all those amazing mixed media art activities, and learn all about next year's Life Book 2020 teachers, but you didn't get the time. Well you have another chance! It's back for the next week and you can watch the summit replay, for free,…
I'm working on two art journal pages in my video today. It's in a DIY journal that I made with my Patrons over on Patreon a few months ago. You might recognise it even if you haven't joined me on Pateon, because I recently decorated it's denim cover over on YouTube, well when I say recently I mean back in August! That…
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…
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…