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April calendars
Read MoreHere I am uttering again “I can’t believe it’s already April!” I suppose the only person who can be more surprised at the passing of time is a grandmother who sees her granchild for the first time in two weeks. No, seriously, I am happy to announce that finally I can smell spring in the […]
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Creatives out there – 4 blogposts for creators
Read MoreI absolutely love reading round-up posts by other bloggers. When my favourite bloggers collect articles they’ve enjoyed reading that month I usually set the post aside and keep it for the evening, when I take a mug of tea and find a cosy spot to read through. So it was only a matter of time […]
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Creating on this side of your comfort zone
Read MoreYes, we all know that life starts out of your comfort zone and if you are not willing to step out of it, then you can only blame yourself, etc. If you catch yourself enthusiastically nodding to these statements, you might as well close the tab, because this post is written in defence of the […]
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Illustartors – Instagram favourites
Read MoreA few months ago I mentioned 5 illustrators whose work I look at every now and then. There are some others, however, whom I only follow on Instagram – either because they have amazing style, or they take beautiful photos of their work, or simply because I’m into a certain medium. In this post I […]
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March calendars
Read MoreI think that my latest downloadable calendar definitely has a spring mood in it. By this time I am usually so fed up with greys that it is bright colours (especially yellows) which cheer me up most effectively. So I am awaiting spring with this yellow-green watercolour splash :) Are you looking forward to spring […]
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Watercolour painting class – minimalist Solar System
Read MoreIf anyone decides to do watercolours it is inevitable to bump into galaxies at some point. No wonder: they are colourful, you can splash around and it is practically impossible to spoil them. In my case, I also have an unfortunate obsession with all things space and stars… so here we go, I painted a […]
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New medium #2 – Lino cutting
Read MoreI first met lino-cutting at an afternoon class in primary school. I immediately fell in love with it but stopped working with it right away, as this technique is fairly complicated and also a little dangerous (at least for children). I came across it again during the illustration workshop that I took part in last […]
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Love illustrated – Philippa Rice: Soppy
Read MoreWell, now that I’m so much into Valentine’s Day I might as well top it with a bit more sweetness – and I am talking literally, as Philippa Rice’s book called ‘Soppy’ can hardly be described other than sweet. Philippa is a UK-based illustrator who recorded every-day life with her boyfriend in the illustrations of […]
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Downloadable watercolour gift tags for Valentine’s Day
Read MoreFat little angels, pink hearts, heck, it’s Valentine’s Day again… This rather expressive diagram shows exactly how most of us feel about 14th February: it has become trendy to call this day a “consumer-society non-holiday”. While I also joined the band wagon in this collective snobism, I have been visited by certain doubts: it might […]
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February calendars
Read MoreMy latest downloadable calendars created with the watercolour splash technique are out for February! Spring might linger on the horizon, but February is still a hard winter month, that’s partly why I chose this deep shade of blue for this month. By now we are getting profoundly fed up with the cold and darkness that […]
