Drawing and Painting Tips

This week let’s talk about the roller-coaster ride known as ‘the Learning Curve’. Whenever I try to learn something new, and the process becomes a bit difficult I sometimes become what I call ‘a squealing prawn’… but I’m fine with that because its perfectly normal to be a squealing prawn sometimes. You might even become […]

Pencils and paper are ordinary. Even a child can scribble and doodle. Courage not required. BUT… when you mix a pencil and paper with the conscious decision to really learn how to draw then drawing can potentially become a powerful act of CLAIMING, DEFIANCE and even BRAVERY. Lets see why: First steps and Transformations Cindy […]

Many years ago I remember visiting a wonderful shop on Brisbane Southbank in Australia. It specialised in book illustration and contained many illustrated books, mainly for children, and a lovely gallery display featuring original illustrations from the books in the shop. Up until that point I had never really thought that much about childrens book […]

Do you struggle with procrastination? Some artists call this ‘Artist’s Block and it can really prevent you from creating the work you love and need to express in order to feel complete in life. It really is serious and worth discussing. Let’s first of all look at what this Artist’s Block is. When we know […]