Aberlemno Spiral Cross in progress Pictured is the beginning of one of my Celtic knotwork drawings. They start from a pencil drawing, often involving a geometric base. Once hand drawn, the piece is coloured in pencil, with a little bit of gold ink along the way sometimes. With all the intricate detail and many layers of colour, an A4 piece can take between 40 to 60 hours to complete. If you would like to see the finished version of this drawing, then it will be on display as part of the Prudhoe Art Trail between 9 and 23 July. The centre point for the trail is Prudhoe Library, where you can s ..read more

Rossie-Cadbol Circles If you’ve been following me for a while, then you’ll know that I always like to take part in the Twitter Art Exhibit each year. The project was originally set up 12 years ago by artist David Sandum, to raise money to buy children’s books for a library in Norway. Since then the project has expanded each year, and raises money for charities local to the exhibition venues by selling each postcard sized piece of art that is donated by artists around the world. This year’s exhibition took place over last weekend at the Hiscox building in York, UK, and as we only ..read more

My second Celtic knotwork colouring book is out now! This book is a reflection of the Celtic knotwork that I have been creating over the past three years. The video above takes you through a few pages of the book, there are 52 pages in total, so plenty to keep you going! If you would like to buy the book, it is available directly from me or worldwide through Amazon. You can buy it over in my art shop, and from this page you will also find all the links for various Amazon shops worldwide. I would love to see what you create in the book, so please do share your colouring with me, all the detail ..read more

This week my proof copy of my third colouring book arrived, a very exciting moment! Colouring books have long been known to help with wellbeing, giving a space where you can play with colour and relax creatively. Following the unders and overs in my intricate Celtic knotwork designs is very meditative. Right now I’m going through this proof copy with a fine toothed comb to make sure everything is perfect. I’m hoping to release the book sometime in April / early May. I’ll be sure to let you know all about it nearer the time! If you haven’t seen my first two books yet, you can find out more abo ..read more

I currently have a New Year’s sale on in my shop. Use code ‘NEWYEAR22’ at the checkout to receive 30% off everything in my shop. The sale is on until 9th January 2022. I have all of my colouring books, greetings cards and lino prints up in the shop, so plenty to browse through! Find everything over at www.dendryad.co.uk Thanks for supporting this independent artist ..read more

This is an old project of mine, but still useful every year! Follow the instructions in the video to make your own star shaped desk calendar for 2021 and 2022. Here are the links to the files in the video. They are hosted on DropBox, but you don’t need an account to download them, just hit the “No thanks” text, or close the pop-up box, and then download. 2022 Sketchy Blank Calendar download 2021 Sketchy Blank Calendar download Mini envelope and pocket template You’ll also find plenty more printables which will be useful in this calendar over on my printables Pinterest board. If you’d like to ..read more

Just a quick note to let you know that I’ve updated my popular yearly project, a star shaped desk calendar, for the calendar year 2022. Find the video tutorial, and the downloads to go with it, over on my post, ‘Get Creative: Star shaped desk calendar project 2022 – with mini envelope printables‘. Have fun, and please do let me know in the comments if you have a go! Star shaped desk calendar 2022 ..read more

An afternoon’s foraging for mushrooms in our local woods turned up some beauties! There are boletes, ceps, blewits, puffballs and waxcaps here. All of them made lovely meals, courtesy of my wonderful partner! As always, the colour swatch is available over on Adobe Color CC for you to use in your artwork. Have fun ..read more

I created this acorn and oak leaf lino print recently to teach my community art group, and everyone had great fun carving and printing. I thought I would share my tip for creating an autumnal gradient blend for printing lino prints, which you can follow in the video below. Have fun ..read more

This year I’ve been working hard on getting my third colouring book ready for release. As of today, I have 43 pages finished, and just 9 more to go. The video above shows just one minute’s worth of work that has gone in to the book. I wouldn’t dare to count how many hours have gone in to the book so far! I entirely self-publish my books, and I am documenting the process over on Patreon, where I am also adding information on how I self-publish my books for those who are interested. If you or your business would like to help crowdund the book, even if it’s just for a month, there is still time ..read more