Garden tools
These sketches are inspired by my brother's garden in Osbaldwick, near York. Pen and ink, brushpens and watercolour crayon.
Tea Room
The Tea Room in the Cheshire market town of Knutsford is a lovely place for a lunch on a wet Monday afternoon (home made potato and...
Flowers
I used a photograph of one of Lymm in Bloom's floral displays for this painting. I used watercolour washes - rose madder, cobalt blue,...
Fruit
I sketched this dark plate holding bananas, apples and a grapefruit in the kitchen of my brother's house, using biro. The shapes of the...
Resilience
A Welsh poppy has sprung up from a pot on our balcony. Sketched in pen and ink. We have had stormy weather recently, and it is...
Painting Christmas cards
Eight people met in the Sanctuary hub today to experiment with watercolour crayons, paints, felt pens and oil pastels. Some have been...
Men, craft and wellbeing
The Ardington School of Crafts Wellbeing Study 2018 received over one hundred responses from people aged 25 to over 75. Strikingly,...
How to use felt pens in handmade cards
Looking for simple watercolour techniques to use for Christmas cards, I found these wonderful ideas on lyssycreates.com. These two...
Bringing the outdoors in
After a creative pause through August the 64 Million Artists team are back and so is The Weekly Challenge! Here is the challenge for this...
Global Roots
Launched in 2021 in Canada and now in the USA and Europe, Global Roots is a project run by Mural Mosaic which aims to connect the world...