This year I decided to start 2025 with a few guiding aspirations. In the past years began with either no specific goals, or with huge goals. The huge goals seemed impossible to tackle after the first few days and so I gave up. Having no goals also left me floundering and not achieving as much …
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Discover Your Core Values: A Guide to Finding What Truly Matters, plus a mixed Media art exercise!
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZgDgB1pxACs?si=qfXkkaMntKQ2Qaw8 Visit HERE for the you tube video Have you ever thought about what truly drives you? What qualities and principles shape the way you live your life? These guiding principles are known as core values, and they play a crucial role in helping us lead fulfilling, authentic lives. In this post, and in my …
Three paintings inspired by the Post impressionists
https://youtu.be/VzthNRpG7SU A Post-Impressionist Journey Today I am exploring how the Post impressionists have inspired my three most recent paintings. These paintings have been inspired by the bold and expressive work of the Post-Impressionist masters—Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, and Suzanne Valadon. Each of these artists had a unique approach to color, form, and …
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Post-impressionism- exploring the style of the post impressionist artist Cezanne
During 2023 and 2024, I became interested in the Cubist movement and spent a lot of time incorporating Cubist elements into my paintings. I experimented with a structured geometric style, fractured surfaces, hard edges, and geometric shapes. Pendleton Church by Rachel Crawshaw 2024 This year, I have taken a tentative step away from Cubism and …
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Exploring Cubism: From Photos to Art
Creating a Cubist-Inspired Acrylic Painting: From Reference Photos to Finished Piece There’s something deeply rewarding about exploring new styles and techniques. In the past few years I have embarked on a journey to create Cubist-inspired art works. I'm enjoying exploring cubism through landscape, figure painting and still life. I’m excited to share the process of …
Exploring Geometric and Organic Shapes in Collage
Welcome to 2025! I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas! Are you well rested ready for a new year filled with creativity and collage!? I'm on week 8 of the 100 days of collage skill share course. It is run by Froyle Davies and you can find out more HERE. This takes us up …
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Christmas Collage Freebie!
I am having a short break over Christmas from my 100 days of collage challenge. As usual, I have been run down and poorly during December so far. I've been unable to keep up with my usual arts and crafts activities. So I'm taking a break. I am just doing some easy arts and crafts …
A selection of recent life drawings
Here is a collection of some of my recent life drawings. If you would like to see more of my life drawings please head to my Instagram page HERE. I try to attend a life drawing session at least once a week. I go to Hush Life Drawing in Clitheroe or to Life Drawing Blackburn. …
Exploring Narrative Techniques in Collage Art
Hello and welcome back to the 100 days of collage challenge! I am undertaking the 100 Days of collage course on Skillshare run by Froyle Davies. You can join the course here! In this week's class, we explored using text in our work to give our collages narrative. Day 43: Crafting Dynamic Storytelling In this …
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Week 6: Exploring Mixed Media techniques in 100 Days of Collage
Can you believe it? We have reached day 42 of 100 days of collage?! If you'd like to do your own 100 days of collage why not join the Skill Share class HERE. I have filled one art journal and have started a fresh new journal this week! Day 36: Celestial Skies In this class …
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Mushroom Moon Designs 