Stay Creative While Travelling: 5 Easy Ideas for Your Analogue Art Practice
Are you looking for ways to maintain your creative practice while travelling? In this post, I share five simple ideas for creating art while travelling — no fancy tools required! All you need is a sketchbook, some pencils and a few other portable supplies to capture your impressions and experiences, and create unforgettable memories.
Rediscovering Creativity Through Play: A Year of Weekly Art Prompts
In the rush of deadlines and creative demands, it’s easy to lose touch with the joy of making. This blog post is an invitation to slow down, reconnect with your creative practice, and make space for play. I’m challenging myself to create once a week—52 simple prompts focused on analogue techniques like mark-making, ink drawing, and paper cutting. No pressure, no perfectionism—just 30 minutes of pure creativity each week. If you’re craving a more playful, mindful approach to art-making, I’d love for you to join me on this journey.
What can you learn by revisiting your own artwork over time?
In this blog post, I reflect on the evolution of four illustrated maps of Tenerife created between 2017 and 2023. From sketchbook drawings on holiday to digital map illustrations for They Draw and Travel, each version taught me valuable lessons about refining style, choosing focus, and building a cohesive collection. This journey highlights how revising past work can support your creative practice, improve efficiency, and unlock new ideas—proving that creativity often thrives through iteration and reflection.
Ten methods to choose a colour palette
Do you find it difficult to choose colours for your artwork? If so, here are my ten favourite methods for choosing a colour palette for surface design or illustration. In this blog post, I demonstrate easy and playful ways to create original colour combinations.
My creative process from sketch to pattern
Have you ever wondered what the steps are for creating a design repeat pattern? Using my oleander design pattern as an example, I will show you my complete design process from beginning to end. From observation and drawing to designing a collection.
How to plan a virtual surface design & print show?
Planning and organising a show (in person or virtual) is a lot of work, and timing is everything. There are various deadlines for submitting files, putting together a portfolio, and running promotions.
This blog post outlines my approach to planning the Blue Print 2023 spring virtual event.
Creative & business courses for surface designers & illustrators
Here is a selection of the classes I attended from 2020 to the present day, which I found helpful. The list includes creative classes such as colour palette creation, lettering, creating pattern collections, making mock-ups and look books, licensing, POD and editorial illustration, as well as business and income for creatives.
