Productive, convenient, efficient. The Moleskine pen is a thing that has improved my project and personal work process. Possibly, most likely, extremely biased review, as I have never used anything like it – besides a tablet. You can use it offline (disconnected from Bluetooth), you can email the document at stages of editing, and you…
Taking a holiday, a break or declaring some timeout from work is 100% recommended. Time to reflect and refresh is key to personal and professional growth, and it does not matter if you travel half way across the world or just shut off all your devices and curl up in bed to do it –…
Sometimes I have the ability to start and finish a piece within 8 hours and other times it’s more like 8 weeks, or even months. This only goes for personal projects, I will always try to complete these with a given deadline within a month. It is all down to poor self management – unless…
This was not a planned visit – it has been a long time since a spontaneous trip has been orchestrated. The last time I was in Stratford-Upon-Avon was when I was a child. I can never remember exactly what event took me there but I know it was on a school trip. This time it…
A friend of mine made the suggestion to “write any 100 words, and when you need some inspiration just pick one out at random”, as previously mentioned in another blog. This suggestion came from something that they were going to do themselves. I had seen something similar to this but had never got around to attempt…
So last year, I did not use or post for all the colours for the year. I think I started to fade away around November, and at times I was posting way past some of the deadlines, weeks late in some cases – I basically felt that I had fallen so far behind that I…
Some of the best advice I ever received from a friend, was to: “Carry a sketch book with you, wherever you go.” and it has always come in handy. When you can take it out of your bag or flip it open onto a desk and just start, it is so comforting to know that…
Last year we went to the Botanical Gardens in Birmingham, to see what I can only explain as being a wonderful outdoor art exhibit. Not only was this a great photography opportunity for me, I learned some things along the way. The event is constructed based on Chinese culture and heritage, it was all colourful and…
Whether you actively celebrate Christmas and the new year or not, we should all try to take this opportunity to enjoy the break. As most places start to wind down, we can take this time to relax and take reflection upon 2016. But be prepared to start right back up, and work towards achieving your 2017…
This is a collection of some of my favourite artwork, with description behind some of the pieces. Being the first of many I want to print, it will definitely change a little each time to reflect specific pieces. My style of art is to: 1) draw a quick sketch of what I want, with notes (known…
OK, let us see if this translates… I suggested to a fellow artist that I could create a playlist of music to aid my art inspiration and incorporate each song, to improve my personal art pieces. Are you still with me? Basically, using associations with the current song playing to create a story. In my…
A new ink design, every day from October 1st to October 31st… Not only am I looking forward to creating these pieces but I also can not wait to see all of the other contributions. It is very hard to describe my excitement so I will just draw it all out, over the 31 days. One…
