This year I’ve been dipping into the treasure trove that is Fodder School One. This is an inspiring online mixed media art course that runs over eleven months. Fodder School is a collaborative workshop featuring a different teacher each month, focusing on both "making fodder" (the raw materials of collage) and "using fodder" (turning those …
Continue reading Fodder School One: February Assemblage Magic
Are you an artist who loves life drawing? A passionate scrap-booker? A dedicated junk journaler? Then my Life Drawing Junk Journal Kit is designed just for you! Featuring my own hand-drawn life sketches, this printable kit is perfect for adding an artistic and expressive touch to your creative projects. What’s Inside the Kit? This digital …
Continue reading Unlock Your Creativity with the Life Drawing Junk Journal Kit
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 …
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 …
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 …
Continue reading Post-impressionism- exploring the style of the post impressionist artist Cezanne
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 …
Continue reading Exploring Geometric and Organic Shapes in Collage
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 …
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. …
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 …
Continue reading Exploring Narrative Techniques in Collage Art
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 …
Continue reading Week 6: Exploring Mixed Media techniques in 100 Days of Collage
Mushroom Moon Designs 