Paint these explosive flowers with me... Hey ReaderThis one's a pure joy...Honestly this is what watercolours are all about for me. When you paint with lots and lots of water and simply drop the pigment in and let it take control...Watch the video above - even if you choose not to paint this one. It's a total escape for a few minutes to just watch what the watercolour paint can do...And...I've just gone live with the date and info for my next in-person Summer Watercolour Workshop (it was an...
11 days ago • 1 min read
Wouldn't it be freeing to focus on just one thing? Hey ReaderIs it just me or do you feel this too?The urge to simplify. To bring your focus back to just doing one thing?To be completely honest with you all - some days it feels as though my head is going to pop with how much the world seems to demand my attention! 🤯And when I feel like this - I ALWAYS come back to watercolours - ALWAYS!It's part of my toolkit. Part of my grounding practice I guess. Because...When you pick up the brush and...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
I don't want to do this on my own... Hey ReaderI'm hosting my Spring Floral Watercolour Workshop on March 21st and I'm hugely grateful as it's all sold out. I'm truly excited to share the day with everyone who's booked on and it's made me realise something...There's just as much joy in watching someone else discover the beauty of watercolours than just painting them alone...And...Over the past few months, through growing creative community, I’ve received so many messages from people saying...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Just now...The world just feels a bit too heavy! Hey ReaderSome days the world just feels… heavy.You wake up, scroll the news, listen to conversations around you, and it can feel like everything is loud, urgent, and slightly too much. Your mind fills up with worries that aren’t even yours and before you know it your shoulders are tight and your carrying the anxiety of everything inside your head. 🤯I think we all feel that sometimes. Especially just now…And when the world gets noisy, I’ve...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Nature's messy right? Hey ReaderI live in the UK. It’s wet - Most of the time! But wow - the past 6-7 weeks have just been dark, damp and damn right depressing. There I said it and if you’re here in the UK with me too. You’ll know what it feels like when it actually stops raining.I feel like the daffodil at the bottom of my garden “Can we come out yet? Has it actually stopped!”So…This week it stopped. For a little bit and I actually got to go for a walk - in nature. Cup filled right there....
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Start with what you've got... Hey ReaderI just had to tackle this topic this week. I watched a Youtube video yesterday, from a pretty established watercolour artist and honestly their work is just beautiful. But...she was talking about supplies - paper, brushes, paints.The video kind of went like this...Buy the best if you wanna get better. Spend all of your spare cash on paper and that's the only way you'll make something from your art - I call a big bold BS to that - I really do.And here’s...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Two fingers up to Valentine's Day.... Hey ReaderHave you ever sat down to paint… and instead of it feeling freeing, it feels completely forced? Well, that's what the prospect of Valentine's Day has done to me this week.You see...I share a studio space in Cardiff with a whole bunch of beautiful, creative people - all doing their own thing to find a slice of joy - and to share it. And this week I felt the need, guilt, pressure to paint for Valentines Day!But...Every single time I sat down and...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Spring Floral Workshop - March 21st at Parc Slip Nature reserve. Hey ReaderMarch 21st at Parc Slip Nature Reserve, Bridgend. CF32 0EHJoin me for an in-person workshop where you'll get to learn to paint stunning loose, watercolour florals.Zero pressure, zero judgement, zero comparison. (ONLY 7 spaces left)Just a friendly and relaxed workshop where I'll teach you how to paint Spring Florals in watercolours and some tips and techniques for using watercolours and creating from a place of...
2 months ago • 1 min read
There's something amazing that happens when you mix things up.... Hey ReaderWhen things get boring the saying is GO LARGE...But I say the opposite.Time to go small...Mini in factThere's something amazing that happens when you mix up your art practice and try scaling up or down...It begins to feel exciting again, a challenge and a way to create something new. Never underestimate the effect of a new challenge on your brain.Neuroscience tells us that the act of starting a new artwork activates...
2 months ago • 1 min read