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Taking time out for art, being mindful in nature, and bringing that back to our creativity…
Inspiration from nature
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It's been back to school for me this autumn - I'm currently just over halfway through Victoria Johnson's wonderful Create Collections class - and I'm enjoying taking a new look at colour and creating my artworks and designs with a collection in mind...
Here's some of what I've been up to so far, with more to come!
My Celtic Ivy art - plus I explore the ivy symbolism, stories, myth, meaning and folklore that's shaped the way we understand ivy today...
Celtic Ivy art by Lotti Brown
And climbing walls and buildings where, far from common misconceptions, it actually seems to prove beneficial keeping buildings dry and warm in the winter and cool in the summer – and it’s certainly seen as very lucky to have ivy covering your home!
Learn how to easily measure drawing angles and proportions to help develop your drawing skills...
My best drawing techniques for beginner drawing and drawing from life - step-by-step guidance - follow along with me as we learn to draw together... 
Learn to draw accurately - measure angles and draw proportions correctly
In this earlier blog post, we looked for simple shapes in our drawing to get us started. This is a fantastic drawing technique that you can use when you’re drawing absolutely anything…
But not everything we want to draw is as simple as a single leaf and sometimes we need to use additional techniques to help us draw more complex things. We’ll start looking at these here… Have you ever seen artists holding a pen or pencil up at arm’s length when they’re drawing something?
Celtic greyhound knotwork art plus gifts for greyhound lovers, greyhound-design fabrics and loads more…
Greyhound artworks - Celtic knotwork and art nouveau style
I, myself, used to own a rescue greyhound and I still consider myself a greyhound lover, so I was keen to create a Celtic artwork and have a go at intertwining knotwork around those lovely long legs and tail. The greyhound is such an elegant dog that perfectly suits the Celtic knotwork style...
Why keep an art sketchbook?
Whether you’re feeling inspired to draw, draw, draw… or have been told to start a sketchbook habit, here we take a look at some reasons why you might keep a sketchbook and think about what format that sketchbook might take… Your sketchbook is there to serve you so use it in the way that’s most useful for you personally! How do you feel about the idea of keeping a sketchbook? Is it something you’re keen to get started doing? Or do you feel you ‘should’ keep an art sketchbook? Perhaps you searched online for sketchbook ideas and now feel intimidated by the perfectly-coiffured sketchbook pages gracing Instagram and Pinterest? Yep! Me too! 
Your sketchbook is there to serve you
Bear Meaning & Symbolism
My Celtic Bear art plus a dive into bear meaning and symbolism, now and through the ages...
Celtic Bear artwork by Lotti Brown
The bear is a powerful symbol for us - even today, when bears have not been living wild in Britain for hundreds of years…
And indeed, bears are generally seen as symbol of strength and power – but the story is more nuanced and interesting than that and bears definitely have a different side to show us, too…
My beautiful Celtic Hazel artwork - part of my Celtic Tree Calendar collection - plus I take a deeper dive into hazel folklore, history, tales and hazel meaning...
Celtic Hazel art by Lotti Brown
Exploring self-expression in art and creating meaningful drawings…
The objective of this particular drawing lesson is to understand that art is expressive and personal…
…and NOT an exercise in technical drawing. So that you will feel confident that, actually, you ARE an artist.
Celtic knotwork art - Humanity & Kindness...
Celtic knotwork art - Humanity - Kindness - Patience - Together
I created this colourful Celtic knotwork design on the theme of humanity and kindness and based on a traditional Celtic knotwork design -
I actually created it in the first weeks of lockdown (late-March 2020) for a book on kindness, 'Be Kind' by Tecassia Publishing - thinking about how we're all interconnected across the whole world and how we need to cultivate our kindness and patience towards each other so that we can all live together effectively, especially in those most difficult moments when we sometimes feel anything but patient and kind... |
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