Here's a confession: I never do warm-up sketches. I see the idea of warm-up sketches bandied about a lot - simple drawing exercises such as circles, lines an...

Creative people, in my experience, are always chasing the next challenge. This is our strength, in that we don't allow ourselves to be complacent and we alwa...

It's Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK this week, which makes it timely to talk about self care in relation to a creative job. Creatives, both freelance...

Working in the design industry needs a thick skin, to not be too precious about your work and to be willing to accept feedback and changes that you might not...

Like a lot of people, I've been trying to KonMari some of my possessions recently. In her books and her Netflix show, Marie Kondo shows a way to sort through...

I wanted to share an experience I've been through recently. For the past few months I've been trying to rediscover what excites me about art. I've realised t...

It's easy to get stuck in a rut creatively, especially when you're time poor - even if you're not spending much time working in the way you think you want to...

One of the problems I encounter in trying to make time to be creative outside of my day job is that the time you free up isn't just about making things. It's...

Something I've found in my own experience is while I have a lot of enthusiasm to be creative, often life gets in the way unless I am actively structuring my ...