You see things differently in person than you do in a photo. Have you ever been awed by a landscape, snapped a photo to capture the memory, and then when you get home that same photo just doesn’t do your memory justice – it hasn’t captured what you remember...
How many times do you have to do a thing for it to become a habit? The book ‘Atomic Habits’ talks about ‘habit stacking’ – “One of the best ways to build a new habit is to identify a current habit you already do each day and then...
I loved receiving this question from Louise in the UK: What do you do with all the paintings! If you paint something every day for 30 days that’s a lot of art! If you’ve ever wondered the same thing, here’s my reply: Hi Louise, great question! I...
Don’t know where or how to start when it comes to art? Try a few of these ideas on for size. 1. Have Art Kits for all occasions Just like meal planning, set yourself up to succeed. My real-life art kits include watercolours, a brush, pencils and a sketchbook....
Linda and I were chatting today, about how many months I’d been doing an at-least-12 sketch Demonstration Collection (18!) and thinking up new and fun ways to entice you to join in and get that fabulous ‘I painted that!’ feeling for yourself. Our...
If you’ve ever wanted to the confidence to sketch out and about, here are two tips: 1. Start practicing at home. Draw your own table. Your window view. Your hands. Your favourite coffee mug. 2. Have friends who are happy for you to sketch while...
