This week is all about playing with colour through colour mixing.

This week is all about play and exploration!

January is always bursting with plans for new beginnings and new yous. How about this January, you get back in touch with your creative side? Join my month long challenge and get your imagination flowing.

That first art fair is something else, isn’t it? The first time you pack up your art work and bring it to display to the world. To drag the canvases from their safe and sacred art creation space into venues unknown…

When life throws you curveballs and procrastination and work and indecision and holidays…then sometimes the best laid plans get busted…

I think I messed up - do you ever look at a painting and think, shit, I’ve really messed it up now. And you don’t know at that point if you’ve messed it up beyond repair, or if it’s just stuck in the messy middle?

How much do you value rest in your art practice? Is taking time to pause, reflect, rest a regular aspect of how you create? In a world that focuses on producing and more, rest and relaxing is increasingly an act of defiance.

Content creation - love it or loathe it, it’s here to stay if you are operating within the online world. Attracting and engaging with your audience in a deeper manner will put you in the forefront of their minds when they think about artists that they enjoy.

In today's digital world, effective online communication is essential for any business, regardless of whether it is a hobby or a revenue-generating activity. As a result, anyone with an online presence can be considered a “content creator”.

Creating an effective content calendar can really be a game changing tool in expanding the reach of your creative practice. While some creatives can see marketing and selling as “dirty” words, I prefer to think of it like American artist Emily Jeffords puts it - they are simply ways for you to generously sharing the gift of your art with the world. If you believe in your work and the value it contributes, why would you not share it? Why hide it away?

I’m so excited to officially launch my new website!!!!

I love making bad art. I didn’t always. When I first started, whatever I made had to be good. It needed to look effortless. I needed people to look at it and be wowed, because I’d just started and yet I created this beautiful thing.

Before I dive into 2023’s 100 Day Project, I think some reflection is in order.

My theme for this year’s 100 Day Project is “Systems and Sharing”. I’ll have to get in creating work in there too but I really want to drive forward the systems and sharing concept to build my practice up in those areas.

Creative writing can become just as important to your art practice as working on the visual portrayal of your work. Here I explain how creative writing connected me more deeply to my artistic practice.

Mind map your way to success with easy tips and examples to get you started!

No seriously, it’s not even click bait.

The blank canvas can be a daunting place so here are some tips to get you over that dreaded blank canvas scare!

Texture is a tricky thing. Sometimes you just want to give the illusion of texture, other times you want a textural masterpiece that makes the viewer want to run their hands over it (maybe not that close but you know what I mean!).