Worrying about what other people think of you can affect how well you can create art

Bubble wrap. An environmental no-no, but unfortunately essential if you want to post paintings long distances without worrying about...

5 reasons to use a coloured ground instead of working straight onto a white canvas

In an effort to try and make my larger paintings as texturally interesting as my smaller paper works, I looked at Golden's Fiber Paste to...

This list of the obligatory steps in the Creative Process has been doing the rounds on the internet for quite some time now, and every...

The perils of scaling up Translating a small study up to a larger painting has always been a huge challenge for me. There are several...

I’ve listened to this book twice now, and simply want to tattoo its entirety onto my soul for future reference. I never knew how much...

The series secret A secret that experienced artists often tell you, is to work on more than one painting at a time, that way when you get...

I was chatting with a friend today about painting, and why she loved painting loosely and why I enjoyed a tighter polished picture. My...

Finding flow Often associated with sports stars, dancers, musicians, drivers... flow is the state you’re in when you lose sense of time...

Are you the kind of person who looks for the trap door at the magic show? Or do you sit there enthralled, waiting to be wowed? Magic is...

Popped up to Montville this morning to deliver the 5 canvases I've been working on over the past few weeks to the gallery. It's always an...

I noticed yesterday while painting, that it was possible to get furry line edges on my brush stroke marks by wetting the canvas and then...

As we enter our nth day of lockdown, we're starting to see some of the restrictions begin to ease. Case numbers are falling, and people...

One of the great things about being creative is your vision. You have the amazing superpower of being able to see many outcomes, multiple...

A happy accident I was watching a video of artist Lola Donoghue while she was painting a giant canvas, and was really surprised when she...

I recently did a pottery throwing class, where I got to make a range of mugs (or cups - not to be size-ist), jugs and a bowl. It was...

I've noticed that a lot of artists (be they painters, writers, or anyone creating anything) have said they have a fear of the blank page....

I was speaking with some friends the other day about what kind of music they listen to when they're working. I'd noticed that when I do...

I regularly listen to podcasts about creativity, innovation, ideas and enthusiastic people building businesses from scratch. What...