Hi everyone! Just though I would touch base with some thoughts on creativity and staying inspired during these strange days of being stuck at home in ‘lockdown’. Please stick with me – there are 5 TOP TIPS listed below…. Two Weeks of Lockdown We have been at home now for …
It’s week two of our lockdown here in the UK and I have been busy creating and making with little one. We do at least one thing per day that is crafty and creative and I have also realised that sharing my own art activities with her is a great …
So this week I have fully shut my pottery café (due to Coronavirus and government instructions) and our family has confined itself to the home. Luckily we have just moved house and we have some space and a lovely garden to play in, although around 100 boxes to unpack. All …
Wow – another year of fabulous sketching on my annual 30-Day Sketchbook Challenge! Thank you to everyone who took part in 2020. It has been another creative and super-inspiring year and I am pleased to see so many people picking up their sketchbooks and embracing the challenge! Feedback Please! I’d …
In my blog post today I wanted to discuss Positive Language and Sketching and share with you a recent mindset video that I have recorded all about this subject. Over the course of January 2020 I have been running my annual 30 day sketchbook challenge and as usual this brings with …
I have some very exciting news… The TedX talk that I delivered in December 2019 at the WWF Living Planet building in Woking is now live on YouTube. This was quite a big step out of my comfort zone, and very rarely do I say that I am proud of …
Printmaking Workshop : Print a Tea Towel Thursday 20th June 2019, 7-9pm Join Susan to learn how to print your own unique tea towel using linocutting. Learn how to create an effective design, transfer this into the lino, cut the lino and finally print onto the white cotton tea towel. …
Linocut Workshop : Linocut Greetings Cards Thursday 16th May 2019, 7-9pm This printmaking workshop is the perfect opportunity to learn how to make high quality, hand printed greetings cards using linocut. The workshop will focus on developing and creating some simple designs and ideas that then can be printed or …
The cube is a six-sided, three-dimensional shape that is a useful shape to learn to draw to master the art of creating three-dimentional shapes on paper. It is a subject matter tackled by most people learning to draw in art classes and art college and something I would like explore …
Linocut Cards and Wrapping Paper Saturday 16th March 2019, 10am – 4pm This workshop is the perfect opportunity to learn how to make high quality, hand printed greetings cards and wrapping paper using linocut. The workshop will focus on developing and creating a series of different designs and create ideas …
