“Indian yellow used to be produced by feeding cows mango leaves and using the colour produced in the urine to make the paint pigment! The...

Now sometimes things do not go to plan, I start on one track and end up on another ...with something quite different. So I left you in...

Or how I created my latest fabric design for Spoonflower. I read the contest brief – Using at least two of the colors from the palette...

Yes, green! The colour of lavender buds before they turn blue, the leaves and the stems – the palest and softest of blue grey greens....

Indulging in more Bootcamp loveliness with Lilla Rogers over at Make Art That Sells, and this month's mini assignment had us...

Another of my favourite colours and one which I tend to wear in summer, with faded indigo blue, pale greys linen and silver. A pair of my...

Bootcamping again with Make Art That Sells, and this months assignment was Suffragettes. I was given Madeline (Madge) McDowell...

Yesterday I went to see the John Piper exhibition at Tate Liverpool and it got me thinking ...what would I put in an exhibition if I had...

Such economy of line and distillation of form - pure genius! To find out more about the man and to see more of his work click on Julius...

Most of you know I love to draw, and a fair few of you know I love pattern, and there are even a few of you know that I love to draw the...

One of my favourite colours is Prussian blue, it's very versatile, hints and tints, washes heavy and dark to light and bright I love it!...

I wrote this some months ago and just found it languishing in the drafts folder! So without more ado I give you Alice and Martin...

I've just discovered Tziporah Salamon via a search for all things related to tea! Tea to reading the leaves, to Tarot, to the Empress, to...

The brief was to create an animal for a small child's T shirt. My first idea was a giraffe saying Hi! and the second was an elephant in a...

Part of a Global Interactive Art Library which contains over 36,000 sketchbooks, from more than 100 countries, within the walls of the...