A collection of Rachel Crawshaw’s life drawing sketches from January 2026 in pencil, colour pencil, watercolour pencil and ink
Sketchbook Explorations: Vessels
Recently I have been interested in exploring vessels in my art work. Here is a sneak peek into my sketchbook to see some of the ideas I have been playing with. I have a dedicated vessels sketchbook that I have been working in for a few months to collect ideas. Enjoy!
Capturing everyday joy
This week I focused on my word of the year RECEIVE by honing in on small moments of joy. This included moments of joy I'd created for myself as well as moments that occurred naturally in my environment. One of those sparks of joy that I received this week was the simple act of buying …
What I’m working on
Rachel Crawshaw: sketch book page Rachel Crawshaw- sketchbook page exploring negative space, collage and mono printing Rachel Crawshaw - collage and mono print on paper in progress - vessels and birds My current art explorations are centered around vessels- like vases, cups and bowls. I am also interested in bird imagery. The Vessels and birds …
RECEIVE- my word of the year for 2026!
Photograph by Rachel Crawshaw Word of the Year Many people I ask say they no longer do New Years Resolutions because they can never keep them. I no longer set myself New Year's Resolutions. But I love to start my year with some clear intentions about how I'd like my year to feel. A ritual …
A Collaborative Magical Mushroom Adventure!
One of the things I have really enjoyed this year is creating collaborative art works. During a recent Thursday Art Club session we had a fantastic time creating these fabulously fungal collaborative drawings! The idea for the session came from a video I had seen on Instagram a while ago by Jenny Muncaster which you …
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Exploring Color with Watercolor Pencils in Life Drawing
During a recent life drawing session I took the opportunity to explore colour in the form of water colour pencils. I played with layering drawings on top of each other in different colours, drawing in one colour tone and using a limited palette of just two colours. I enjoyed this process of experimentation moving away …
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Life Drawings
A collection of recent life drawings! Some I did in my usual evening sessions and others I did as part of an all day life drawing event at Hush Life drawing in Clitheroe. Life drawing from imagination practice with charcoal on long stick Ruby modelling- 1, 2, 3 and 5 minute poses Ruby modelling Ruby, …
Pottery Pumpkin
In October I got the opportunity to have a go at creating my very own pottery Pumpkin. I attended a pottery pumpkin making workshop with my mother in law at the Pendle Pottery studio in Barrowford. I am very pleased with the results especially as this is really my first proper go at pottery since …
Collaborative Sketchbook
I am very excited to be taking part in a collaborative art challenge with my fellow artists at the Thursday Art Club. Together we are filling a collaborative sketchbook. The process is that an artist (in this case me) starts the sketch book with a two page spread, the book is then passed on to …
Mushroom Moon Designs 