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.
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…
Sketchbooks: Process, Play & Practice
A new solo sketchbook exhibition at Endicott College, USA
Getting back into making: sketchbook pages & low expectations
This video is about picking up the thread of my creative practice after a bit of a pause…
Vessels of Colour
A new collection of 18 small acrylic paintings on paper, inspired by sketchbook explorations.
Art, growth, change and sketchbooks
Notes from my studio, a year of sketchbooks and a sneak peek at my new series of paintings…
Colour and comfort zones
This week I’ve been thinking about creative comfort zones and the small ways we can choose to step beyond them.
