After I left school....oooh...a long time ago, apart from doing lots of other crafty things, such as jewellery making, sewing, knitting, crochet, card making etc etc, I didn't really do much drawing and no painting at all. That was until a year and a half or so ago, when I was going through a stressful time and I got into Art Journalling, as a means of expressing my feelings and documenting what I was going through in a positive way. I found it very freeing and because it was personal and only really meant for me I didn't care whether it was "rubbish" or not. Because I was drawing and painting every day and I watched alot of You Tube videos that were inspiring, my skills developed and I could see big improvements in my abilities. Practice makes perfect they say. Well, I don't think my work is perfect and on the other hand I don't think it's rubbish either. I'm getting better all the time and best thing of all is I'm proud of my achievements and I've done it for me, not for anyone else. One of the most valuable lessons that I learnt that "it's not ability I lacked, but confidence". I've been saying this alot lately, when I I'm delivering my workshops as some people are sometimes a bit timid, and so far, I've been able to coax even the shyest newbie crafter to create something wonderful that they can be proud of. That's such a good feeling.
With all this in mind, I've decided to create a gallery of my art work. I admit I'm no DaVinci, but I find Art Journalling extremely therapeutic and there's something very cathartic about getting all messy with paint and inks. It's helped me through some very difficult times and I just wish I had been more confident when I was at school. But, if I can help others to be inspired as I have, then all that teenage creative angst will not have been in vain.
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| Buildings - Collage and doodles |
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| Townscape - Collage and doodles |
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| Girlies - Neo-Colour II and acrylics |
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| Love to Grow Art Journal Page - Mixed Media |
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| Hearts Journal Page - Mixed Media |
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| Art Is Where My Heart Is Journal Page - Mixed Media |
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| Workshop Prep - Mixed Media Girlies |
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| Art Heart & Healing Journal Page - Mixed Media |
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| A Room With A View - Art Journal Page - Mixed Media |
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| Handmade Art Journal - All About Me |
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| Myself - Art Journal Page - Mixed Media |
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| Angel of The Morning - Doodles in Biro |
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| Art Heart & Healing Lesson - Watersoluble Wax Crayons and Acrylics on Canvas |
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| Beads From The Art - Art Journal Page - Mixed Media |
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| All About Bethany - Counting My Blessings Art Journal - Mixed Media |
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| All About Bethany - Counting My Blessings Art Journal - Mixed Media |
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| Fly Away - Counting My Blessings Art Journal - Mixed Media |
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| The Street - Art Journal Pages - Mixed Media, Collage and Doodles |
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| ButterflyArt Journal Spine |
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| Butterfly Art Journal Front Cover - Stamps, Stencils and Collage |
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| Quick Sketch of Claire's Clamatis - Art Journal Page - Fineliner and pencil crayons |
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| Move Over Shadow Lady - Art Journal Page - Mixed Media |
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| Art Heart & Healing Workshop - Mixed Media |
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| Art Journal Page - Fineliner Doodles |
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| Art Journal Page - Fineliner Doodles |
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| Fruit Bowl - Art Journal Page - Testing out my new Neo Colour II's |
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| I Am Blessed - Counting My Blessings Art Journal Page - Mixed Media |
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| Through Glass - Art Journal Page - Soluble Wax Crayons and Biro |
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| I Was Lost - Art Journal Page - Mixed Media |
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| Under The Milky Way - Art Journal Page - Soluble Wax Crayons and Biro |
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| Just The Way I'm Feeling - Art Journal Page - Soluble Wax Crayons and Biro |
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| Mum & Dad - Counting My Blessings Art Journal - Pencil Sketches on Stamped & Painted Background |
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| Mum - Counting My Blessings Art Journal - Pencil Sketches on Stamped & Painted Background |
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| Shadow Lady vs Creative Goddess - Counting My Blessings Art Journal - Mixed Media |
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| I'm Like A Bird - Counting My Blessings Art Journal - Mixed Media |
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| Back Cover of Art Journal Page - Pencil & Soluble Wax Crayons |
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| Selfie - Art Journal Page - Soluble Wax Crayons |
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| Town to Town - Art Journal Page - Mixed Media |
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| Front Cover Art Journal and also the picture on my debit card - Acrylics |
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| Skaterboy - Counting My Blessings Art Journal - Pencil Sketches on Stamped & Painted Background |
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| Just colouring in a pre-printed sheet with water colour pencils (without adding the water!) |
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| Shadow Lady - Counting My Blessings Art Journal - Pencil Sketches on Stamped & Painted Background |
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| Retreat - Art Journal Page - Mixed Media |
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| College Project - Acrylics |
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| The Pea and The Princess (the pea is on the top and the Princess is lost underneath) - Art Journal Page - collage and water colour pencils |
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| My Twitter Girl - Counting My Blessings Art Journal - Pencil Sketches on Stamped & Painted Background |
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| College Project - Acrylics |
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| Tree - Art Journal Page - Mixed Media |
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| Art Journal Page - Neo Colour II, Acrylics & White Marker |
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| Snow Angel - Acylics |
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| Retreat - Water Soluble Wax Crayons and Acrylics |
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| ...and Relax - Art Journal Page - Mixed Media |
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| Sail Away - Art Journal Page - Mixed Media |
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| Lilac - Sketch Book - Neo Colour II and Acrylics |
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| Art Journal Page - Mixed Media |
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| College Project - Acrylics & Pastels |
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| Sketch Book - Neo Colour II and Acrylics |
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| Sketch Book - Neo Colour II and Acrylics |
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| Belonging - Life Book Lesson 1 - Mixed Media |
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| Life Book Warm Up - Mixed Media |
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| Bear Girl - Sketch Book - Neo Colours II & Acrylics |
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| Ginger Girl - Sketch Book - Neo Colours II & Acrylics |
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| This is just the piece of paper I put under my work to use up leftover paint on my brushes and stencils etc...but I like it and I use them to back journals and for backgounds and stuff! |
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| Angel & Stars - Sketch Book - Neo Colours II & Acrylics |
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| Bunny Girl - Sketch Book - Neo Colours II & Acrylics |
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| Cat Girl - Sketch Book - Neo Colours II & Acrylics |
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| Life Book Week 2 - Doodly Page |
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| This is just the piece of paper I put under my work to use up leftover paint on my brushes and stencils etc...but I like it and I use them to back journals and for backgounds and stuff! |
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| Art Journal Page - Prep for Art Tutorial - Mixed Media |
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| Art Journal Page - Prep for Art Tutorial - Mixed Media |
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| Art Is Where My Heart Is - Art Journal Page - Mixed Media |
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| Serenity - Art Journal Page - Prep for Art Tutorial - Mixed Media |
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| Art Journal Page - Prep for Art Tutorial - Mixed Media |
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| Life Book 2014 - Week 3 Folder - Mixed Media |
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| Life Book 2014 - Week 3 - Making animal pictures out of paint splodges |
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| Life Book 2014 - Week 3 - Drawing objects without taking your pencil off the paper!!! |
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| Life Book 2014 - Week 3 - Cutting up a paragraph from a book and re-arranging the words to make a poem!!! |
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| Life Book 2014 - Week 3 - Drawing objects with my non-dominant hand - I quite enjoyed this!!! |
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| Life Book 2014 - Week 3 - Drawing objects with my non-dominant hand - think I'm ambidextrous!!! |
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| Life Book - Week 5 - Loved doing these! |
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| Life Book - Week 5 - Experiments |
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| Life Book - Week 5 - Loved doing these! |
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| Life Book - Week 5 - Loved doing these! |
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| Life Book - Week 5 - Loved doing these! |
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| Life Book - Week 5 - the finished piece!!! |
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| Dolly and Me - Art Journal Page - Experimenting with crayons Doodle Heart - Neo Colours II |
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| Art Journal Pages - Neo Colour II |
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| She's Got The Whole World....in a string bag!!! - Art Journal Page - Acrylics & rather nice spotty Washi Tape |
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| In Bloom - Mixed Media & Experimenting with Ink |
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| Sometimes... - Art Journal Page - Doodles & Experimenting with Aqua Colours |
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| Art Journal Page - Experiment with Dylusions Inks (Ghosting Technique) then outlining in Black Fineliner |
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