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Coloured pencils

With lot’s of coloured pencil choices out there, which ones should you buy? I opted for Polychromos by Faber Castell. I chose these...

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Jan 2, 20211 min read

Practice

Merry Christmas! New coloured pencils have arrived and I am excited about colour again! My first three coloured pencil drawings are here...

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Dec 27, 20201 min read

Bring back the colour!

I’ve been incredibly busy with life over the past few weeks that my creativity has taken a back seat. Now with a couple of weeks off to...

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Dec 23, 20201 min read

It’s so hard!

Portraits are incredible difficult! I either get a likeness but I’m unhappy with the painting or I like the painting but I’ve lost a...

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Nov 22, 20201 min read

Inked

This week I have continued to explore using ink with different tools to create textures. I am enthusiastic about drawing portraits again...

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Nov 15, 20201 min read

Picture perfect

I love drawing people and used to draw portraits frequently. However I found that drawing success was determined by a really good...

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Oct 31, 20201 min read

Layering up

This is the current version of this piece. I’m not sure whether it’s finished or not but the ideas that have stemmed from this process...

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Oct 25, 20201 min read

How to work with Quink ink

Quink ink is a great medium to use, especially if you like monochromatic pieces. The colours seperate when ink spreads into water, giving...

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Oct 11, 20201 min read

Mindfulness lines

I started this piece with little expectations, I just wanted to get creating. I found it almost meditative as I slowly began the line...

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Oct 4, 20201 min read

Pattern evolution

This weekend I was inspired by the beautiful Willow trees along the banks of the Grand Union Canal. I used my photo and created two works...

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Sep 20, 20201 min read

Here it is!

I’ve been exploring the Derwent Graphitint palette to paint fading hydrangea petals. After painting them I used procreate for this...

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Sep 13, 20201 min read

Derwent Graphitint

I finally have my hands on the Derwent Graphitint paint palette! I love the muted tones and I will be using them to paint some faded...

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Sep 13, 20201 min read

Website refresh

Thanks to the wonderful Millie from @outofthemudmeditation for refreshing my website. I hope the content is easy to view and that you...

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Sep 6, 20201 min read

Tight lines

I’ve been spending alot of time at the fishing pond with my husband recently. Maybe that’s what inspired the tight lines on this piece!

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Aug 16, 20201 min read

Be more bumblebee

My lavender is looking glorious, I had to capture few sprigs. Then I noticed this bumblebee going about it’s business it reminded me to...

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Jul 19, 20201 min read

Flowing lines

This gorgeous cosmos from my neighbours garden was the perfect study for some flowing lines and new unipin pens!

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Jul 12, 20201 min read

Ink

This pine cone artwork was created by manipulating my pine cone photos. By altering my photo and reproducing it in ink I have created...

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Jul 5, 20201 min read

Curious

It’s been a hectic week and my focus has been on work rather than art. However I am still making some time for me and my pens! I’ve been...

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Jun 28, 20201 min read

Serenity

The ink pens are out, I’ve treated myself to a set of Uni pin pens and some sakura micron pens. I’m still exploring where I want to be...

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Jun 21, 20201 min read

Balance

I’m still exploring where I want to be with my ink. So this week I have delved back into my ink box and found my fine nib pens. I’m...

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May 30, 20201 min read