Tag Archives: digital art

NSUN Creative Exhibition – I’m an artist!

I feel incredibly lucky that, even though life hasn’t been wonderful this year, my creative outlets have really blossomed into a way of managing the worst days. With time and effort I’m starting to learn more about the parts of writing, learning and illustration that I adore, and the parts I hate. That means thatContinue reading “NSUN Creative Exhibition – I’m an artist!”

I’m officially Outside In!

It’s always a treat to offer up some good news amongst the doom and gloom that seems to be following us all around at the moment. It’s one of the reasons I never feel able to rest – I want to achieve more than being physically unwell, mentally taxed, negatively effected by the news, andContinue reading “I’m officially Outside In!”

Instagram #DTIYS Challenges

I’ve loved taking part in my Creative Coping Strategies campaign by using Weird Words, Crap Poems and Haiku Hope to show you all how silly, random and fun creativity can be. But all of these projects have focussed on writing, when sometimes I want to spend time drawing with my best friend – my iPad.Continue reading “Instagram #DTIYS Challenges”

Learning… 📚 👓

Twenty years ago I probably thought that education was finally a pastime that I could let go of. I hated school and only had negative memories of my time there. Looking back I think I had other things distracting me from what was truly important and despite my mums desperate pleas for me to keepContinue reading “Learning… 📚 👓”

Cover Girl! 💋

Art was never the primary function of this website. As time has passed it’s become more about the mental well-being of others and showing that creativity can help with stressful symptoms. It’s been a wild ride so far. But by default of the writing and drawing I do for the site and the messages IContinue reading “Cover Girl! 💋”

Hats

You’re a wearing a hat. Yes, you. You’ve got a hat on right now, even if you don’t realise it, even if you don’t like hats. I imagine you in a deerstalker with the obligatory pipe too. And now you’re frowning, creating thick lines above your eyebrows as you wonder what the fu*k I’m onContinue reading “Hats”