A collection of life drawings of model Sophie in conte crayon and charcoal on sugar paper. Gestural figurative drawings and portraits by artist Rachel Crawshaw from @mushroommoondesigns
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Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery Open 2026
“Portrait Gallery” by Rachel Crawshaw I was very pleased to hear that my submission for the Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery Open 2026 was given “highly commended” at the opening on Saturday. I was unable to attend the opening but am looking forward to visiting the exhibition and witnessing in person all of the fantastic …
Mini collage a day sketchbook
Miniature collages in a tiny sketchbook- creative rituals to help show up to your practice everyday
Life drawing
A collection of Rachel Crawshaw’s life drawing sketches from January 2026 in pencil, colour pencil, watercolour pencil and ink
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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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 …
Life Drawing: collage and watercolour pencil sketches
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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25 blog posts in 2025 plus some life drawings
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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Painting of the Farne Islands
Rachel Crawshaw : The Farne Islands at sunset In this painting I used a photograph from a recent trip to Northumberland and the Farne Islands as inspiration. We went on a sunset cruise around the Farne Islands to see the local wildlife particularly seals, puffins, arctic terns, shags, gannets and other sea-birds. We managed to …
Mushroom Moon Designs 