Learn pencil drawing techniques and ideas to improve your drawing skills…

The graphite pencil is our basic drawing tool, so it’s well worth learning how to draw well with pencil.
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Whether you prefer to just draw with pencil for sketches and rough outlines, or if you love to create your finished artwork completely in pencil, there are different pencil drawing techniques that can help you.
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How to use being mindful in nature to collect meaningful and personal inspiration for your expressive art drawings…

Nature lover gift ideas for friends and family who love nature, plants, trees, flowers, wildlife and birds.

Give the gift of nature and inspire a love of our natural world with these pretty and colourful nature lover goodies...
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Ideal Christmas decor or a Christmas stocking-filler gift...

Beautiful ceramic ornamental hangings for tree, wall, doors, and more - makes an excellent stocking filler or gift for a friend...

• printed both sides
• comes with a red ribbon
• optional gift pouch available

Browse more products with these designs...

Perfect pet lover gift ideas for this Christmas - because our furry friends are part of our lives and our family...

Stocking-fillers and little gift ideas for anyone who loves their pet...
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A fun and colourful apron gift idea for a pug lover - use for cooking, baking, BBQ, arts and crafts etc - or perhaps bathing the dog!

A practical and fun pug lover gift idea:

• one size fits most adults
• machine washable

Browse all pug products here...

Cuddly cat coasters and placemat set - perfect for a cat lover...

Bird lover gift ideas to enchant and delight your bird-lover friends and family - little stocking-fillers and bigger gifts to send some love this Christmas-time...
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A pretty bird lover art print 'Chaffinches in Cherry Blossom'

A beautiful high-quality framed art print:

• 3 size options
• 2 frame style options
• 4 wood finish options
• comes with clear acrylic pane - clearer and lighter than glass
• securely shipped in protective packaging

Browse more chaffinches products & print styles...
(unframed art prints, canvases, metal prints & more all also available)

My selection of wildlife-lover gift ideas - for friends and family who love wild animals and birds....

What better to do when it's cold outside than to cuddle up nice and warm inside with a foxy friend - a lovely cosy throw and matching cushion...

The fleecy throw comes in your choice of three different sizes:

• fully machine-washable
• printed front and ivory back

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Pair it up with the cushion to match:

• double-sided print
• concealed zip fastening
• choice of sizes 40cm-65cm
• hard-wearing

Colourful Christmas accessories, fashion, home wares, tableware and dining ware - let's stay cosy at home this Christmas season...

I've got some gorgeous new Christmas homewares and other goodies to keep you happy and comfortable at home this winter and to bring the Christmas cheer right to you on your sofa...

Taking time out for art, being mindful in nature, and bringing that back to our creativity…

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!

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.