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 …
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 …
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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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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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, …
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 …
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 …
I am very pleased to have a painting accepted for this years Bury Open 2025. The exhibition will run from 15 November 2025 to 21 February 2026 so there is plenty of opportunity to go and see all of the incredible works from local artists. In the last Bury Open they had over 400 high …
In a recent life drawing session at Hush life drawing in Clitheroe I tried something a bit different to my usual pencil sketches. In preparation for this session I made a rudimentary accordion sketchbook using mixed media paper. I then collaged the paper using pages from a vintage nurses dictionary. To help with drawing onto …
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At the start of this year I set myself a few challenges such as "read 25 books in 2025" and "paint 25 paintings in 2025". The other challenge I set myself was to write 25 blog posts in 2025 and you are now reading my 25th! This has been a difficult challenge for me. I …
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