This one is just about the colour'... Hey ReaderI noticed an IG reel this week showing how our world is losing its colour!!I know right...What used to be super colourful - think old cars - they used to be bright yellow, orange, even brown (Yuk! My friend's first car was a brown nova called toffee!! Even our clothes and buildings are becoming more neutral - boring! 😂Even Apple's brand logo...Once multicoloured, now white!How does this idea make you feel? I'm not sure I like it!Colour plays...

It's so important to surround yourself with your 'arty tribe'... Hey ReaderSo, this week I was lucky enough to take two days out and head up to Shropshire for the International Watercolour Masters...I did a workshop with Watercolour Master Bjorn Bernstrom - That's me and Bjorn up there in the photo (Me looking pretty chuffed, him a little confused) 😂 But the thing is...As much as the workshop was great, and the techniques and skills I learnt from him were invaluable - he wasn't the most...

There's garbage and gold is us all... Hey ReaderI was thinking the other day about the expectation I see people have with painting.They try it once… maybe twice… it feels a bit awkward, a bit messy… and then quite quickly comes the label...“I’m just not an artist.” And it got me thinking about other skills. Like… Do you pick up a violin and instantly expect to play Mozart?Do you pick up some pipe and think “yep, I’m totally a plumber now” Nope. 🤷♀️So why is it that with art - and especially...