In my last post, I wrote about the benefits of printmaking for all people. Well, as it happens, one of those benefits (being happily engaged in a flow state), has lead to me doing not much else than screen printing for the past week. That’s great news for my business, in terms of being productive, …
Why Printmaking Is Good for You….Yes You.
I have been busy screen printing all week, which is why you are only getting this week’s blog on a Friday. Screen printing can stop the world for me. I forget to eat, work out, make phone calls, and generally do anything that requires me to move from my printing table. It is an activity …
Let’s Talk About Stats Baby!
Okay, hands up, who reads my posts? Come on all five of you, don’t be shy, shout it loud and proud. I have always wondered who exactly my readers are. I don’t have many followers, I don’t get many comments on posts, but when I check my stats they show that actually many people have, …
Week 4 of Art Camp – jetlag, the eclipse, and pizza
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What Your Kids Did at Art Camp – Week 3
I am flying to England on Sunday, so I’m writing about this week’s camp before the week is even over! I also am a little thin on photos, but I’ll update this post with more pictorial evidence later today, or you can click here. I have been very busy, and this blog post may sound …
What Your Kids did at Art camp – Running wild with town planning
One of the very best things about running my own summer camp is the many freedoms it involves. I write my own curriculum, and I plan things in great detail, but I don’t always stick with my plans. I firmly believe that a child’s learning experiences and environment at camp should be distinct from school. …
Summer Art Camp, What Your Kids Did – Week 1
And so, the first week of this year’s summer camp has come to pass. I should have written this on the weekend, but I was exhausted, and chose to binge read Howl’s Moving Castle instead (excellent book by the way), take long naps, and drop in on the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, which is happening right …
A Veteran’s Guide to prepping for summer art camp
This post is being written in the midst of a flurry of pre-camp activity. You will be reading this (hopefully) on the Monday of the first week of the 2017 Noctiluna Summer Camps, woohoo!! My house looks like a crime scene (you know, the one where someone knocks off an art store, and their local …
Ten Natural Mood Enhancers For My Rubbish Week.
This post was supposed to be an upbeat one about happiness, but I have not been at my happiest this week. It has been a frustrating and pretty crappy week, but hey, silver linings, it’s almost over. Nobody is happy all the time, even though Facebook would like you to think so. It’s normal to …
Take A Break Wonder Woman! (identifying your work patterns)
I think have mentioned this before: part of working for myself means that I often alternate between periods of hyperactive, super-smug productivity, and what I like to call ‘Buffering Time’. You know that experience when you are fully immersed in a movie on Netflix, and all of a sudden it stops, and you have to …