I’ve made the decision to start a series of posts about people I’ve been lucky enough to meet on this long and winding journey into creativity and health. Through emails, research, recommendations, and websites, I’ve found people that I’d never have met outside of ‘Steph Writes and Illustrates’. They are exciting, charitable, talented, creative, inContinue reading “Wonderful People on my Writing Journey Part 1”
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Treat everyone how you want to be treated…even when you’re low 🖤
It’s been a hard week. My creative juices have completely dried up at the hands of some careless people who choose to be unaccountable for their actions. I’m not a bitch, let’s just lay that on the table. I’ve spent my life trying to treat people with the same care, thought, love and attention thatContinue reading “Treat everyone how you want to be treated…even when you’re low 🖤”
Pain, creative pain and terrible ideas 😞
Just like my post with the Hello Kitty drawing, tonight I’ve found myself pained, desperate for sleep and unable to find a workable solution for either. So, once again, it’s now 3.39am and I could cry. Working hard to keep tears at arms length, I desperately needed a distraction, so I turned to drawing. Again.Continue reading “Pain, creative pain and terrible ideas 😞”
Sleepless nights and Hello Kitty
As I sit here it’s 3.56am. I’ve not slept. No, I’m not drunk. I haven’t had alcohol for years…I might even be ‘t-total’ now (is that still a thing?). No, I’m not writing all night, consumed by a flood of ideas. No, I’m not being kept awake by an unwell child or partner. I’m awakeContinue reading “Sleepless nights and Hello Kitty”
Drawings that festered part #4
Part 3 of this series caused my blood to boil at my own lack of finesse, creativity and ability to finish a job. So today I’m bringing it back with a picture that I think might have some merit. This time I’d been inspired to elaborate on a drawing I’d already created of some raindropsContinue reading “Drawings that festered part #4”
Bird of paradise & finding peace
Let’s start with credit where it’s due – someone else gave me the idea to draw this beautiful and incredibly unique flower. Pictures on the internet were used as a reference – I could imagine the flower in my minds eye, but with no real detail. The Bird of Paradise can grow up to 3mContinue reading “Bird of paradise & finding peace”
My third eye 👁!
I’ve gone from having no creative ideas at all to being overrun by them. As a result my iPad is currently bursting with pictures I’ve started but not finished. In desperation I picked my favourite and forced myself to finish it today. This project was something I wanted to go back to and approach differently.Continue reading “My third eye 👁!”
Drawings that festered part 2
Ahhhh, this is wildly inappropriate for this time of year, but it’s been so long since I even tried drawing anything fun that I had to post this and comment on my thoughts with the benefit of hindsight. Cruising TikTok I came across a drawing by someone else with tomatoes that had been given characterContinue reading “Drawings that festered part 2”
Drawings that festered part 1
October is a busy busy month for writing. Honestly it can be tiring trying to come up with new, quality, interesting and original prose. So I’ve decided to take a step back for a few days, let the creative mud in my brain settle down a bit and use the opportunity to go back toContinue reading “Drawings that festered part 1”
Creative Steph 