A new collection of my phonecase designs has just landed at DeinDesign - with phonecases and skins for ALL makes and model of phones - even the not-so-popular ones and even the older ones (like mine)!

I'm very proud to have a new range of designs out with this company, DeinDesign/DesignSkins - who I always use for my own phone as I don't have one of the newest fancy phones, so I always, otherwise, find it difficult to find one of my own phonecase designs to fit my phone - but at DeinDesign they seem to have every phone model that's ever been made and they'll print it just for you!
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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!

My Celtic Bear art plus a dive into bear meaning and symbolism, now and through the ages...

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...

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...

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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My Celtic goose art plus goose myth & meaning explored...

The farmyard goose was once widespread across Britain and Ireland – equally so its wild ancestor, the Greylag Goose.

The name is thought to relate to the fact that this grey goose ‘lagged’ behind other geese at migration time and was one of the last to leave for migration. Another suggestion is that it was originally the ‘grey-legged goose’ but since its legs aren’t grey, but orange, I feel this theory is unlikely.

Even in the earliest times, geese were seen as special. In Ancient Egypt, the goose “was the Sun as it emerged from the primeval egg” (Albert Champdour, Le Livre des Morts) – a solar bird-god that laid the golden egg (the sun) each morning.

Pharoahs who identified with the sun were shown with their souls in the shape of a goose. And when a new pharaoh was proclaimed, four wild geese were released to the four corners of the Earth to tell the gods of the new earthly ruler. So the Egyptians saw the goose as a messenger between heaven and earth.

A rare opportunity to purchase one of my beautiful original wildlife drawings - something special to cherish or a personal and thoughtful way to mark a celebration for a loved one...
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• One-off original drawings (not prints)
• Each comes with a mount and backing board in soft white
• Overall size 10 x 8" (to fit a 10 x 8" frame)
• Artwork size is approximately 8 x 6" (19.5cm x 14cm)
• Cream card with pen/marker drawings

More different face mask designs and styles are now available... 

I've got some new face mask options for you to try in my Spoonflower store...

• DIY face mask kits - for when you want to sew it yourself

 

• Sewn, shaped face masks - for when you'd rather someone else sewed it for you

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• Sewn neck wraps/gaiters - a stretchy covering for the whole bottom of the face and neck - for comfortable wearing​