Art making ideasi
Ideas. Inspiration. A little creative mischief.
If you’re drawn to abstract and semi-abstract art, sketchbooks, colour and a little art-related mischief, this is your corner of the internet.
Here you’ll find stories, videos, inspiration, art making advice and small creative nudges. I share thoughts from my creative practice in the hope they may be interesting or helpful.
Creative play: making art without expectation
This is about creative play and expectations. Sometimes I am guilty of expecting my play to deliver results...which isn't particularly playful is it?
Sketchbooks: the accumulation and the connections
There is a freedom in a sketchbook that I relish. Somewhere to welcome an eclectic mix of stuff and that accumulation can be revelatory.
A tiny analogue rebellion
Summer has me craving a little less screen time and a little more ink-on-my-fingers time.
A place for ideas to gather
A sketchbook is a little like a waiting room or a filing cabinet for your creative ideas and inspirations…
There is no single route to becoming an artist
There is no one right way to become an artist. This is simply the path I took.
The art of not knowing
I’m in the middle of a series of new paintings and I’ve been thinking about the process of creating paintings.
What a sketchbook practice has given me
I’ve been thinking about what my sketchbook practice has brought to my life and creative life beyond the actual pages…here I share some reflections.
Bring an improvisational spirit to your art making
A chat about art books and sketchbooks and what improv comedy taught me about art making…
Cutting, sticking and colouring in…
I’m welcoming in a gleeful disregard for how my sketchbook pages turn out. I’m craving cutting, sticking and colour.
Is this good enough?
Earlier in my art career, I always seemed to be asking, "Is this good enough?"
I've been thinking about what's underneath that question and the one that's replaced it.
Pleasing yourself in your art
Thinking about the energy we bring to our creative practice…