Creativity rules¬
There is a lot of talk about creativity at the moment, how it is taught, how it affects us and indeed a whole wave of activity around mindfulness and colouring books. Those of you that know me will know that I do get my soap box out when it comes to creativity in...
Murals, appealing to the child inside us all
I was out for my usual Sunday morning run yesterday, in the snow (yes I know, I am mad, but I actually quite like running in the snow). It was so pretty with the snow floating down, that I stopped to take a couple of photos and as the huge flakes floated down, I stuck...
When it comes to commercial wall art, is Paint or Print the best?
There is a good reason why many of the worlds most influential companies are employing murals in their interiors. Never before has ambience been so important, with the increasing trend for posting photographs of everything and anything, suddenly how where we...
When is a free mural not a free mural?
I went to see a school recently to talk about having a mural painted. The head took me to the hall where he showed me a woodland mural that looked like it had been painted by young children, unsupervised. ‘This was painted by one of the Mums, quite a few years ago.’...
Bespoke wall art – How will we shop in the future
I have spent quite a lot of time recently, thinking about the future. Maybe because I have had a few life changing events happen, maybe because Spring is on the way or maybe because I went to see a very inspiring talk by a futurist, whose job it is to tell companies...
Why you should consider a mural for your school.
As an artist and Mum, I feel very strongly about the presence of art in schools; I also know the reaction I get when painting in schools from students, staff and parents alike. It is a very special experience and I have had children come up to me years later, still...
Murals for Advertising
As far back as late 19th Century Paris, when Toulouse-Lautrec was commissioned by the Moulin Rouge to design a series of posters promoting the Bohemian nightspot, art has been used to sell product. “Business Art is a much better thing to be making than Art Art”...
Why should you bother to buy children an original piece of art?
Originally posted on December 8, 2015 by Sarah Hodgkins In this world of technology, mass produced plastic, throw away ‘stuff’, why would we want to spend our hard earned cash on something unique for our children? Something that a real person has thought about and...
What colour should I use?
It is the question I am most commonly asked when giving interior decoration advice. You might think that painting kids bedrooms was pretty straight forward, especially when it comes to colour. Pink for girls, blue for boys, right? But the psychology of colour and how...
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