How to be a bad artist

Get crafty with step-by-step, illustrated craft projects

Book covers featured in Making Magazine

These book covers are featured in the January issue of Making Magazine…Read more about making a book cover

Make a Christmas tree card

This Christmas Tree card is really easy to make and if you don’t have a sewing machine, use glue instead and draw on ‘stitches’ with a gel pen. You can use whatever type of paper you like…Read more about making a Christmas Tree card

Make a snowflake Christmas card

This snowflake card is really easy to make and enjoyable too. I used a technique that I remember from my school days to create the snowflake shapes. You can use whatever type of paper you like…Read more about making a snowflake Christmas card

Protect your cards with this handmade envelope

You can make this envelope using any paper of your choosing and you can add an extra layer of protection. I wanted the envelope to have an old-fashioned parcel look…Read more about making a handmade protective envelope

Try out new art techniques and follow my experiments

The Artist’s Way

Sometimes the inner critic can dominate your thoughts, making it difficult to be creative and productive. Many years ago, I read The Artist’s Way, an inspirational book for people who feel ‘blocked’ and want to be creative again. One of the things that the author suggested was a weekly ‘artist’s date’…Read more about The Artist’s Way

Memories from my sketchbook, part III

Another sketch from my notebook. I’ve used Inktense pencils again, which is why it’s so garish…I mean vibrant…Read more about memories from my sketchbook

Memories from my sketchbook, part II

Here’s another of my sketches.This is a tree I drew in the rain near Frenchman’s Creek. It brings back memories of seeing the rain splash off my sketchbook making the drawing a little blurry. It was fun to spend a whole afternoon making sketches.

I used Inktense pencils, which have the vibrancy of ink and can be mixed with water or used on their own…Read more about memories from my sketchbook

Memories from my sketchbook, part I

I carry a sketchbook everywhere I go. Often I dislike what I’ve drawn, but then months if not years later, I decide I do like some of the sketches after all. It’s not that I think they are brilliantly drawn, I just like the memories that they evoke….Read more about memories from my sketchbook