Category: Studio diaries

  • March – “Touch”

    March – “Touch”

    Last month’s theme made me very aware of how much I naturally gravitate towards a dream-like state of mind. Being aware of that, inevitably makes you aware of what is being ignored; the real world. 🙂 As always, a balance is needed in order to maintain ones mental health. What I’ve found is that I…

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  • February – “Dreams”

    February – “Dreams”

    I dreamt that I forgot to come up with a theme and in my panic posted something so totally out of it like “pigeons”. Then I woke up and figured yeah, dreams. Why not! There are dreams, and then there are dreams. There are the dreams where we are about to become astronauts while studying…

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  • Painted sketches

    Painted sketches

    In my latest YouTube video I did some painting, based off some sketches I did during a live figure drawing session. Yes, that’s a lot of words to basically say; I painted some stuff. Next to painting I also like talking to my microphone, so if you need some artistic company during your own creative…

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  • January – “Flow”

    January – “Flow”

    I woke up this morning and there was snow outside. For someone who doesn’t like cold, I have a weird love for white fluffy ice. I don’t know why but it felt like the start of the day I really needed today. Image in the header is by Matt Hardy Flow, right? I chose it…

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  • I’m tired and it’s affecting my art routine

    I’m tired and it’s affecting my art routine

    As much as I try to stay away from posting too much negativity on my blog or social media channels, I can’t really go any other way right now. I know that many of you are shocked, angry, sad, all of the above, by the shit that is the world right now. Some of us…

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  • February

    February

    February was a wet, windy and somewhat practical month for me. I didn’t do a lot of art, but I spend a lot of time re-organising my studio, getting my paperwork in order and just general practical stuff that comes with running a business. It’s also time to get back into lesson recording mode again! …

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  • January, a clean palette

    January, a clean palette

    After working on last year’s exhibition, my head was exploding with ideas, visuals that I needed to get out and on paper. Things that had to be done. Pronto! But at the same time I realised that my current workflow needs revision and change. I was a little high I think, on a successful event…

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  • A 2023 recap

    A 2023 recap

    I always wanted to do these end-of-the-year-recaps, including goals for the new year and what not. But winter often isn’t my best season. This year however, is not so bad so I figured I’d make good use of that! My depression isn’t really related to any particular season, but the dark and cold winter does…

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  • Creative experiments #2

    Creative experiments #2

    My friend Anna and I made some plans for creative fun and unfortunately that meant having to place another order with my art supplier. The struggle haha!  I ended up adding some stuff to my cart that I wanted to try out and show you. I’m going to create some cool textures with gauze/muslin and…

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  • Creative experiments #1

    Creative experiments #1

    A few weeks (or was it months?…yikes…) ago I bought a gel plate and some other stuff to experiment with. After an initial surge of creative energy, they ended up on a pile, mostly unused. I wanted to make a conscious effort this week to experiment more. I’ve done a lot of studying and working…

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