What I've learnt being creative every day for a year

What I've learnt being creative every day for a year

In 2016 I created more art than ever in a year - so much that it is taking over my storage space, and my shop is overflowing with originals! I found that developing a habit of creating...
My daily art in December

My daily art in December

My creativity in December has been fantastic, apart from when I felt too ill to draw for few days at the end of the month. There was a spike in...
My daily art in November

My daily art in November

In November, I was all about mushrooms! I started a watercolour painting series of British woodland fungi. I researched the most common ones found in UK and then painted several of them....
My daily art in October

My daily art in October

If you were following along, you will know that I tried to be a 'wild sketch-er' using pro markers I very rarely use and fine liners, without overthinking and using pencil...
My daily art in September

My daily art in September

September wasn't my good month in terms of painting every single day. I had to miss 5 days because of my road trip to Idar Oberstein, Germany with my sister - she needed...
My daily art in August

My daily art in August

In August, I was finishing my butterfly series and as many of you know, I turned them into a print. Read all about them here. Small tortoiseshell butterfly in particular...
My daily art in July

My daily art in July

I was slowly improving from feeling uninspired few weeks before. I think starting my butterfly series helped a lot, and it was a hit! I wanted to do more oil paintings...
What I've learnt being creative every day for 6 months

What I've learnt being creative every day for 6 months

Last year, if you asked me if I could be creative every day, I'd laugh and tell you that I usually create something once weekly or sometimes fortnightly and that I couldn't possibly...
My daily art in June

My daily art in June

June was a good month but I noticed that my collection of work is lacking development. I've just realised that from reflecting on my work, which I do monthly. I don't really...
My daily art in May

My daily art in May

I mentioned in my daily art in April post that I struggled to come up with subject ideas but things got easier in May as I found my rhythm again after...
My daily art in April

My daily art in April

April is my hardest month to date. I struggled to come up with subject ideas to paint, but this has led me to explore my surroundings and draw from life...
My daily art in March

My daily art in March

We were still stripping wallpapers, painting walls and building shelves but as our to-do list got smaller, it got easier to stay creative every day. I managed to schedule my work wisely...