It’s the start of October already, we have finally moved on from the heatwave and the kids are back at school, college and Uni, I’m delighted that mine have both left school. No more phone calls and detentions, hurray! One daughter on an apprenticeship and the other is at uni …. Phew.
Read MoreI’d like to introduce you to the LOVE BUG, because, EVERYONE NEEDS SOME LOVE. She is looking mighty fine, ready to grace the walls of your home, in support of the Samaritans.
Read MoreToday I feel like I’ve run out of ideas, I’m feeling the full on bombardment of ‘creative content’ overwhelm. Receiving it and also the pressure of making it. We are told, be authentic, be original and yet everywhere someone has done it all before.
Read MoreThe Summer solstice is an energetically charged day. It is thought to be an important time to set intentions, to practice self-care, to connect with yourself and the Universe through spiritual rituals, and to take advantage of the energies of illumination and clarity to invest in your healing and growth.
Read MoreHello and welcome to my newsletter, ‘The Art Date’ It’s taken me a good year and a half, a few good books, a course, and a few extra months for me to finally face my fear, of writing and sending a newsletter.
Read MoreI’m on my way to visit The Other Art Fair at the Truman Brewery, but I can’t help but get side tracked off onto the side roads of Brick Lane as all this popping colour sucks me away.
Read MoreSometimes it is good to explore within a theme you wouldn't usually be working towards. Also it can be interesting to limit yourself with colour, focusing on difference with texture instead.
Read MoreKeep Going by Austin Kleon: This little book is great, the perfect inspirational pick me up book, just to keep you focused and to keep you going. It has 10 ways to stay creative in good times and bad.
https://austinkleon.com
Read MoreUgh, when everything goes wrong, keep going! When it has got so bad there is only one way - it can only get better. Somehow there is always a turning point and it shows up from the deepest of despair and that's where you find the magic. Finding my way, not quite there yet.
Read MoreAnd here we are, my first set of four happy mind maps complete!
They have taken me on a journey through joy, finding my way, back into painting. Sometimes it can be more about letting go. All in the present of not thinking, all in the moment of creating - just in making or doing.
Read MoreEvaluating my creative journey. Do I try something different, take risks or not? I always say, if you have the idea, then yes, go for it. Push your boundaries, you just might find what you are looking for, or something great when you least expect it. I make a start which I like and as soon as I’m beginning to like it, I’ve keep going and….. Oh no, It’s turned into something awful.
Read MoreI’m back on the ride, painting my heart out, taking risks, knowing it's ok to fail. Trial and error, finding my way with new possibilities. Stepping out of my comfort zone, just letting the process take me where I need to be.
Read MoreI love graffiti and I’m not really sure what it is that pulls me in, be it the colour, the vastness and there size of it or simply the clean graphic and repeat in pattern. It’s not always that way, sometimes it’s layered and old, peeling away histories and stories of what was before.
Read MoreHow does colour make you feel and how do you use it.
~Do you find joy in various colour combinations that complimentary dance excitedly side by side, or do you prefer subtlety, soaking in soft tones feeling relaxed.
I am a massive colour lover!! But do I really get it?
Read MoreGive yourself permission to explore, inquire and have fun. Most of all, let yourself play, to allow the process to show you the way, to find what you like, with so many new possibilities.
Read MoreI love connecting the dots to circumstances or events that link so wonderfully together. Many could say it’s coincidence but I choose to see it as synchronicity, I like to see it as the universe paving the way, guiding me in the right direction. and I particularly love it when it is art related.
Read MoreHi, Emma Hill here, just a little intro to invite you on my artist journey.
In addition, here are 5 arty facts about myself:
1. I didn't get into art school………….
Read MoreI’m delighted to have my artwork, ‘Set in Stone’ included in Gita Joshi’s The Curator Salon’s Autumn Exhibition, presenting the ever growing community of artists from around the world.
Read MoreArtCan artists were invited to respond to the theme ‘Set in Stone’:
To be set in stone relating to a plan or an idea. Depending on timing and perspective this can be restricted or motivating.
Nothing is yet…
Everything can change until it is…
Read MoreThank you, I’m so delighted to present my ‘Sharing Love With HeArt’ painting, ‘The United Colour’s of Love’ born out of lockdown, on show at the EVERY WOMAN BIENNIAL, alongside some 300 other great women artists, with sister show’s in New York and London, wonderfully curated by C Finley.
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