Berndnaut is a Dutch artist who creates clouds in spectacular indoor settings. "He creates a wall of water vapor with the type of...

I was speaking with some friends the other day about what kind of music they listen to when they're working. I'd noticed that when I do...

I've been struggling with translating my smaller works on watercolour paper with fluid acrylics, to larger scale canvaii with thicker...

Patterns. They're everywhere. From wallpaper, to clothing, to bags, to wrapping paper, and everything inbetween. Different patterns seem...

Intentionality. Is this the difference between amateur and professional? Child and adult? Can two outputs that look exactly the same be...

I'm coming to the slow realisation that I need to view my working endeavours more as a Test Match of cricket, rather than a 20:20...

When you see a magic show, one of the best things about it is that you don't know how it's done. You can't see the joins. And magicians...

When you learn a new skill, you can expect the learning rate to be pretty steep and fairly intense. You may have a natural basic talent...

If, like me, you find the creativity process and innovation fascinating, you'll love hearing this podcast on NPR's How I Built This. They...

In design, great effort is put into making things predictable, intuitive even. Buttons in the right place, switches that turn things on...

You know you’re doing some #bigthinking when your bedside table looks like this. . I’ve read over half of these and so far am finding...

How to tell apart a professional vs emerging artist If you're looking at what the difference might be between a seasoned artist and an...

As in my previous post, I spent quite some time trying to work out what it was that I needed to do in order to find my unique artistic...

First steps in art When I first started out making art, I was looking at how to make things as realistic as possible. If I mastered the...

I have a Pinterest board with about 700 images of artworks, ranging from the well-known realistic paintings, to lesser-known abstracts....

There's a lot being said at the moment about the benefits of making deeper connections in your life and with the work you do. There's a...

I realise that I've been using perspective and perception interchangeably so far in my research, without really understanding or...

Your perspective on whether stress has a positive or negative effect on you can influence its real effects. This fascinating article in...

Simon Sinek's TED Talk on How Great Leaders Inspire Action is really worth a watch, especially if you're a small business owner, or...