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21 Ways to Reignite Creativity
gentle, practical guide for navigating creative slumps, this collection of prompts and ideas is designed to help you reconnect with your practice. Focused on curiosity over perfection, it offers simple ways to get your hands moving and creativity flowing again.
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When Inspiration Runs Dry:
Creativity isn’t always a constant flow — sometimes it arrives quietly, and sometimes it disappears altogether. When I feel uninspired, I’ve learned not to force finished work, but instead to return to simple, grounding creative habits: read my top 21 tips. These small, low-pressure actions keep my hands moving and my mind open, and more…
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Transform Goals into a Plan
Turn your goals into action.You’ve reflected on your year, set your intentions for 2026 — now it’s time to make them happen. Transforming Goals into Plans is the final part of my Plan Your Year Ahead series. It’s designed to help artists turn creative goals into achievable, step-by-step plans. Inside, you’ll find tools, templates and…
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The Year Ahead
Turn your ideas into action.The Year Ahead 2026 is your guide to setting clear, achievable goals for your creative practice. It walks you step-by-step through exercises that will help you define your direction, stay focused and bring your artistic ambitions to life. This is your chance to: You’ve reflected on 2025 — now it’s time…
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2025 Review
Set your art practice up for success in 2026.Before you dive into another busy year, take time to review where you’ve been.The 2025 Review is the first part of my three-part planning series, created to help artists build a more intentional, sustainable and fulfilling creative practice. You’ll work through three sections to: Download the free…
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Inspiration Board Checklist
Sometimes it’s easier to get started with a simple, structured plan. That’s where this printable checklist comes in. Designed as a practical companion to my full guide, this worksheet helps you brainstorm what inspires you, choose the right format for your board, and gather the images, colours, and textures that will bring it to life.…
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How to Create an Inspiration Board for your Art
If you’ve ever found yourself stuck in a creative rut or overwhelmed by too many ideas, an inspiration board can be the perfect way to bring focus and clarity back into your practice. In this comprehensive guide, I share how to create inspiration boards that help you to reconnect with themes that truly excite you,…
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Finding Clarity, Community and Beauty in Imperfection
For years, I’ve tried to squeeze as many studio hours into my week as possible. If there were spare hours to be found, I would be in front of my painting wall, mixing paints or working in my sketchbook. Recently, though, that rhythm has shifted. Some of it has been due to circumstances beyond my…
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How to Create an Inspiration Board for Your Art
Over the past couple of months, I’ve experienced a burst of creative focus and productivity, which, quite frankly, is unusual for me. Before this, I found myself painting without much direction, hopping between different ideas, and struggling to commit to a project or series that truly sparked my passion. During some much-needed reflection time over…
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Artists Sketchbooks
I’m rarely organised enough to get a post out on the first of the month, let alone a few days earlier but this is my February blog post. I have a rather busy February planned so thought I should get my butt in gear. Today I am kicking off a 30 day sketchbook challenge and…
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