My botanical themed art work- Rachel Crawshaw Recently at TAC (Thursday art club) the artists made a group still life display with the theme of "Botanicals". I love it when we do these collaborative displays as you get a real mix of interesting and unusual items and everyone approaches the theme differently. For this theme …
Collage—the art of assembling different materials like paper, photographs, fabric, and found objects into a composition—is a powerful medium for self-expression. Its layered nature mirrors the complexity of identity, memory, and emotion. By combining disparate elements, collage allows artists to tell stories, evoke feelings, and explore inner landscapes in ways that are intuitive, symbolic, and …
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My Red and Green Digital Kit, is now available to download for FREE! This kit is full of bold elements in classic red and green tones. While it could work beautifully for Christmas and holiday crafts, I wanted to show just how versatile it can be year-round. So, I used it to create a set …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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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 …
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