Mini-Books and My 6 Part Trick
Whether it’s private or public acclaim you seek, presenting your Six Page Trick can be done with a Mini-Book.
5 Ways to Avoid Rookie Mistakes When Creating On Location
Despite all the issues, it was the best decision I made to paint on location and this sketchbook is now a treasured tactile intimate memory that I will return to and work on again and again, that no mere photo could possibly have created.
I thoroughly recommend creating on location!
Here’s 6 ways to avoid my rookie mistakes:
Libra-Brain: Choosing a holiday colour palette.
Decisions! Decisions!
Do you find packing difficult? I certainly do! I confess… I’m a planner. I make lists for everything, and I don’t feel quite at ease until the list is complete. So, when I’m holiday packing with limited space, weight and a whole lot of new rules about what can and can’t be done, my decision-making process slows down to glacial melt speed.
However, I’ve finally created my new, for me… limited, holiday colour palette, which I fully intend to share with you!
Create a Reading Ritual
Do you have reluctant readers in your family? Sometimes just getting them to sit down with a book can be a major victory. This is where having a Reading Ritual can be that little bit of motivational magic!
FREE How to Host a School Writing Competition. If you host it, I’ll donate the prizes!
FREE How to Host a School Writing Competition
If you host it, I’ll donate the prizes!
FOCUS FLOWERS - how and why to track wellness in your art journal.
Perhaps wellness is just another modern catchphrase, perhaps it’s just that time of year for reflection and making resolutions, or perhaps it’s just my optimistic heart; but life has to be about more than just getting by… Doesn’t it? I say, ABSOLUTELY!!!!
Uh Oh, Onomatopoeia! Why onomatopoeia is so important in writing.
Bang, crash, splash, whoops, boom, tick-tock, ding-dong, click, snap, poof, whomp, wham, pop, burp, honk, oops, boo, vroom and buzz to name just a handful. Onomatopoeia is the surround sound blast that can express every sound from the tiniest whisper to an all out crash boom bang sound explosion.
Metonym or Synecdoche? That is the question.
Recently, whilst having dinner with my family, I raised the question of metonymy or synecdoche. Usually enlivened by the opportunity to discover and use new words, these ones were met with blatant disinterest. And I get it! The argument is entirely academic, but as I thrive on the academics of English… I couldn’t help myself.
So, for everyone who loves the minutiae, down the rabbit hole we go…