Going with the flow – floral pattern
Part of the new calmer lifestyle I'm trying to adopt, I'm throwing out all my design career goals and schedules and plans and 'going with the flow'. That doesn't mean I'm not going…read more
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Peace, calm and embracing single-tasking
I’ve been suffering for a year and a half with numbness down the left side and almost constant dizziness. The severity would change, but it would be there most of the time.…read more
Holiday Flowers: New Colouring Book and FREE sampler
While on our holidays this year (in a very beautiful Cornish pair of villages - Kingsand and Cawsand), I did quite a bit of drawing full pages of stylised flowers – this seems…read more
Another colouring book – and a free sample
Here's my second (downloadable) colouring book - "A Bunch of Flowers" ...
Colouring for grown-ups
So... it seems grown-ups are getting totally into colouring now. Awesome! I've always loved colouring, and used to spend hours as a very young child colouring in Altair Design books using my…read more
On gratitude and the blues
This weekend, Chris and I both had to do a lot of work. This meant we didn’t have time to take the girls out to cinemas or swimming or to hang out…read more
When it all just flows
I don’t really have a problem with artist’s block (touch wood) but sometimes it takes a while to get into a brief, especially if you’re trying to do something that’s a little…read more
The Landlady – Patternmash project
I joined up for Hannah’s Patternmash project at the start of January. Hannah provides monthly briefs to create patterns/collections for. Not hugely unusual, I suppose, but… her briefs are really well-thought out…read more
Drawing, drawing, drawing
Much of my December designing was all done in Illustrator – though almost always starting with sketched ideas and plans. I then squeezed in some painting at the end of the month,…read more
Goals, tasks and accountability – NOT resolutions
Continuing on the ‘I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions’ theme, I am still looking to start the new year with a fresh attitude and raring to go. Because the girls start back…read more
Word for 2015
I used to make New Year Resolutions. I’d resolve to give up smoking, lose weight, save money, learn to drive… And I’d quickly fall at the first hurdle with most of them.…read more
Summer School with Make it in Design
The Make it in Design team very kindly provided a fantastic pattern design summer school over the last few weeks. We had three sets of assignments, about two weeks apart and there…read more
Artists Around the World Blog Hop Linky
I keep reading one or two of the Artists Around the World Blog Hop posts and then don't have time to go finding them all (because it's like a massive tree, branching out…read more
A Mini a Day: Week 1
So, this was the first week of doing my 'A mini a day, a letter a day' and it wasn't a full week. I definitely enjoyed having a bit of a focus to…read more
A Mini a Day; A Letter a Day; A Colour Palette a Week
I've decided to do a mini (*) and a letter a day for a while (I'm not going to set a specific time limit - I might do it for a couple…read more
MATS Bootcamp – Jelly!
March has been all about jelly. I found the topic a little less inspiring than last month's cuckoo clocks, but still ended up having fun with it (despite a crazy 'other work'…read more
MATS Bootcamp – Cuckoo Clocks
I am so very glad that I signed up for the Make Art That Sells Bootcamp, from the awesome and inspirational Lilla Rogers. It's a long-term (runs over a number of months)…read more
Colours
I've been finding analogous palettes quite appealing lately and find you can still get a bit of pop without needing contrasting colours. ...