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Making Art When You’re Tired, Not Inspired

Making Art When You’re Tired, Not Inspired

There’s a myth that creativity only happens when we feel energised, motivated, or “in the mood”. I mean, from my experience, it helps! I certainly find my flow a little...

Making Art When You’re Tired, Not Inspired

There’s a myth that creativity only happens when we feel energised, motivated, or “in the mood”. I mean, from my experience, it helps! I certainly find my flow a little...

A Gentle January Art Prompt Series: Creating Your Way Into the New Year - Birdy & Bright

A Gentle January Art Prompt Series: Creating Yo...

January invites us to move differently. Not with urgency, but with awareness. Pairing art with mindfulness helps anchor creativity in the body, calming the nervous system while giving emotions somewhere...

A Gentle January Art Prompt Series: Creating Yo...

January invites us to move differently. Not with urgency, but with awareness. Pairing art with mindfulness helps anchor creativity in the body, calming the nervous system while giving emotions somewhere...

A Creative New Year Reflection: Painting Your Way into the Year Ahead - Birdy & Bright

A Creative New Year Reflection: Painting Your W...

The start of a new year often arrives loudly. Goals. Plans. Resolutions. Promises to do better, be better, try harder. But creativity offers us a quieter, kinder way to step...

A Creative New Year Reflection: Painting Your W...

The start of a new year often arrives loudly. Goals. Plans. Resolutions. Promises to do better, be better, try harder. But creativity offers us a quieter, kinder way to step...

Drawing with Your Non-Dominant Hand - Birdy & Bright

Drawing with Your Non-Dominant Hand

There’s something wonderfully liberating about giving yourself permission to create “bad” art. And nothing invites that freedom faster than drawing with the hand you don’t normally use. It feels wobbly,...

Drawing with Your Non-Dominant Hand

There’s something wonderfully liberating about giving yourself permission to create “bad” art. And nothing invites that freedom faster than drawing with the hand you don’t normally use. It feels wobbly,...

Painting to Music - Birdy & Bright

Painting to Music

There’s something almost magical about picking up a brush, turning on a song you love, and letting the rhythm guide your hand. Painting to music is one of the simplest,...

Painting to Music

There’s something almost magical about picking up a brush, turning on a song you love, and letting the rhythm guide your hand. Painting to music is one of the simplest,...

The Colour of Today: A 10-Minute Mood Painting - Birdy & Bright

The Colour of Today: A 10-Minute Mood Painting

Some days feel light and full of golden warmth. Others feel murky, tangled, or slow. What if you could take those feelings and give them colour — no rules, no...

The Colour of Today: A 10-Minute Mood Painting

Some days feel light and full of golden warmth. Others feel murky, tangled, or slow. What if you could take those feelings and give them colour — no rules, no...