Welcome to the Wild Ink Workshop!

There's loads of lovely classes here to choose from just click on a workshop for more information!

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Winter Trees Sketchbook Workshop

Doodle along with me in this pre-recorded mini workshop where we will be creating simple line drawings of bare tree structures on a coloured background. 

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Drop in and Draw Bookshops

A relaxing draw-a long workshop where I share two approaches to drawing shop fronts using watercolour paint and coloured pencils...one method focuses on shapes and the other is line.

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Drop in and Draw your Books!

Bring the magic of your favourite books to life through the strokes of your pen and the pages of your sketchbook. Bookworms, literary folk and arty bods all welcome!
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Art Inspired Scrapbooks & Journals

Learn a collection of inspiring techniques which will connect you to the artists who inspire you. Create your own unique referencing system in a journal, scrapbook or sketchbook.

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Tiny Shop Tunnel Books

Create a paper world in miniature! These little models are a treat to make and very addictive. They can be easily adapted for all seasons but adding the tiny, festive decorations is pure joy!

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Rubber Stamp Alphabet

Building your own, unique stamped alphabet is a really useful way to add lettering to your journals, sketchbooks and all sorts of creative projects

 

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The Story of a Walk

A fab collection of mini sketchbook projects that come together to tell the story of an autumn walk. Fill a concertina book or use in a sketchbook or travel journal!

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Drop in & Draw 9: Messy Allotments

In this 'Drop in and Draw' workshop we will be using a collection of easy and experimental printing techniques ...to draw with!

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Illuminated Gingerbread Village

Fancy a bit of Christmas doodling? It doesn't come any more festive that when applied to the most pretty of 'gingerbread' cottages 'iced' with paint and glitter!

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Nature Journaling: Illustrated Butterflies

A four week drawing and watercolour course for all experience levels. Over 12 hours of video content and tuition. Learn how to illustrate butterflies with life and energy!

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Drop in & Draw 7:      The Story of a Garden

A super collection of techniques which work really well in a travel or garden journal and are a helpful way to break down a busy, overwhelming scene into bitesize chunks. 
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Travel Journaling: A Beginner's Guide

Travel Journaling is a great way to remember a special trip or day out. Learn how to get started and keep going in this bumper course!

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Illustrate Your Travels 4: Pattern and Texture

A workshop which is great for all creatives but will especially appeal to those of you with an interest in fabric, printing, textile and the abstract arts.

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Illustrate your Travels 2: Food and Drink

Discover how to capture the unique flavours of the places you visit and create a delicious visual record of your holiday!

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Illustrate your Travels 3: Sketching Signage

Learn how to record beautiful signs and lettering when you are on your travels! This is one of my favourite things to do on holiday or at any time! 

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Illustrate your Travels 1: Windows and Doors

Focusing on just one thing is a great way to start a travel journal. Sketching smaller architectural details can tell a much bigger story about a place and are fun to spot and collect on your travels!

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Illustrated Pop-Up Cottage             

Who doesn't love a tiny house?! These look cute but when folded they lie flat and are brilliant to add into a sketchbook or give as a card to a friend. They are easy, fun and quick to make.

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Vintage Button Books And Cards

Buttons, button, buttons!!! Dig out your old button tin and use some some pretty, vintage buttons to inspire these gorgeous little cards! Another one of my personal favourites!

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Sketchbook Workshop : Peaceful Pebbles

During this workshop you will learn gentle sketching and painting techniques with stunning results as I talk you through the benefits of 'collective' sketchbooking.

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Make a Messy Journal

Learn how to bind your own wonky sketchbook or journal using a collection of different paper pages and up-cycled vintage book covers.There 12 videos in this step-by-step mini course.

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Drop in & Draw 6: Seed Packet Sketchbook Page

Record what you plant with this gentle drawing workshop where we will be sketching a collection of seed packets to create a beautiful sketchbook spread.

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Sketchbook Workshop: Beautiful Birds' Eggs

Look carefully at birds' eggs and try a variety of different watercolour techniques to record the colours and patterns. Play with colour mixing and layering with mixed media to get a range of egg-citing effects...(sorry!) 

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Seeds, Pots and Tiny Tools

Learn how to illustrate pots, seedlings and tools! Create calming, meditative patterns and layouts in your sketchbook with ink and watercolour in this relaxing workshop.

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Sketchbook Workshop : Wildflower Explosion

Learn how to create a modern version of a Victorian Nature Journal in this relaxing and mindful drawing and watercolour workshop. Lots of great tips and tricks!

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Miniature Garden Maps

You will love these beautiful miniature origami pop up maps!! Learn how to make these amazing little folded gems. Work along as we choose and create a design before turning it in to a wonderful pop up artwork!

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An Introduction to Garden Journaling

In this course, you will learn how to start creating your own unique garden journal where you can record your own garden or a local outside space that inspires you.

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Drop in & Draw 4: Spring Bulbs

Celebrate the spring with this fantastic watercolour and sketching class. Particularly good as a starting point if your are interested in nature or garden journaling.

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Buzz in a Box : An Illustrated Insectarium

What about adding three dimension bugs to little cards and tags? I'll show you my lift-the-flap bug book, too! This is a relaxing a fun workshop suitable for all.

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Drop in & Draw 8: Summer Fruits

Create beautiful sketchbook pages with summer fruits. In this class we will be printing with real fruit and layering on top with pen, pencil and watercolour. This is ADDICTIVE!!

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Create A Cabinet of Curiosities

Curate your very own Cabinet of Curiosities and fill it with a collection of interesting little things in this amazing paper craft workshop. This is a two part, 4.5 hour class!

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Making Little Bird Books - 4.5 hour Class!

Join me for this two part bumper class. We will make beautiful folded papercraft book forms, then fill them with sweet little birds, eggs, nests and feathers!

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A Pocket Book Of Art                        

Learn to make an AMAZING multifaceted pocket book and fill it with the most wondrous works of art! Create your own miniature gallery worth MILLIONS!

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Pop Up Secret Garden Card

Create an illustrated version of your own garden or imagine the perfect one of your dreams! This amazing pop up can be added to cards and sketchbooks! No Experience required!

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Landscapes : Collaged Landscapes

Explore different ways to use collage to record landscape elements. If you've not collaged since school, please be aware that is a rather exciting and addictive process!

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Build a Book Part 1 : Journal Making!

Learn to make your own hand bound sketchbook which grows as you fill it. This book is so much fun, easy to make and can be used as a sketchbook, journal or artist book.

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Build a Book Part 2 : Fill Your Journal!

Fill your sketchbook!!! Following on from the journal making workshop.. during this class we will spend a couple of delightful hours pottering with paper!

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Build a Book Part 3 : Vintage Labels & Tags

This class is perfect for all crafty folk who have a stationary addiction and/or love to add gorgeous embellishments to their sketchbooks and journals! Why not make your own?!

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Landscapes : Patchwork Landscapes

During this workshop we will look at how to abstract the landscape for illustrative purposes, manipulating it to tell a story. Using a range of tools and mixed media.

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Illustrated Bird and Butterfly Diagrams

These are so addictive and fun to do. You can add them to a sketchbook or journal giving it a 'vintage field notes' look or use to make stationary or greetings cards.

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Festive Paper Craft: Winter Woolies Greeting Cards

A relaxing workshop where, together, we will be creating a glorious collection of winter wear to decorate cards, labels and stationary.

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Drop in & Draw 5: Royal Collection

Join me for a bit of fun in this workshop where we will be drawing with mixed media and making a bit of a mess as usual! No experience is required in this friendly and relaxing class.

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Drop in & Draw 3: Vintage Shoes and Boots

An opportunity to sketch, test out new materials, techniques and lose your fear of the blank page! This is fun, expressive and informal workshop.

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Landscapes : Magical Mushrooms

This workshop explores tone...with a difference! Limiting colour can have magical effects as we isolate an element to explore the details of a landscape.

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Teeny Tiny Typewriters            

One of my favourites! Have a go at sketching these gorgeous vintage typewriters! You'll learn some really useful, inky techniques which you can apply to all your sketches!

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Drop in & Draw 1: Vintage Toy Museum

An opportunity to sketch, test out new materials, techniques and lose your fear of the blank page! This is a fun and relaxing workshop!

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Drop in & Draw 2: Vintage China

An opportunity to sketch, test out new materials! Vintage china is really easy to sketch and the effects are amazing! Loads of drawing tips and tricks in this class!

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Illustrated Paper Dresser                       

Learn to illustrate a beautiful vintage style french dresser to fill with your finest paper china! Have fun creating and arranging all the elements in a fail safe and easy way.

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Illustrated Spring Chicken       

During this workshop you will learn how to create this gorgeous fella using a fail-safe recipe system which means that you don't need to be able to draw...I promise!

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Make a Mini Book: Vintage Seed Catalogue

These are SO MUCH FUN to make!!! During this workshop you will learn how to bind a tiny book and add then beautiful illustrations and text to it on the theme of seeds and planting.

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Make a Mini Book: Tea Bag Book

Learn how to make a small artist book in the shape of a tea bag to fill with sketched and illustrated teacups. You might like to add herbal tea remedies, hand lettering and tea stains!

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Marvelous Mini Map Making

Lose yourself in a project with endless creative possibilities. Once you start making mini maps you'll be hooked! These gorgeous little maps are so addictive and fun to do.

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Mindful Watercolours 1 : Painted Pears

Learn how to draw a simple pear and blend two colours subtly to create gorgeous graduated results and sumptuous, juicy pears! Maybe create a sketchbook page full of pears!

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Mindful Watercolours 2: Blended Botanicals

By using illustrative techniques, this workshop helps your watercolour abilities grow! Use your botanical compositions for greeting cards and tags or in your sketchbook and journal art.

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Mindful Watercolours 3 : Boozy Bottles

During this workshop you will learn how to draw simple but brilliantly effective bottles with a brush! Learn colour mixing techniques & tips for creating an impactful and fun layout!

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Mindful Watercolours 4 : Pictures and Poems

During this workshop we will explore the visual effects of using and infusing warm and cool colours with the sun and moon as our models! Create beautiful little works of poetic art!

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Autumn Mini Books                          

Learn how to sketch the easy way and how to layer mediums to get a beautiful illustrative effect. This project can be done in a sketchbook or on a sheet of cartridge paper.

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Painted Paper Angels                

With an easy cut out pattern sheet, the painful parts of this craft project are removed leaving you with some beautiful painting and creative patterning to do.

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Sketchbook Club 1: Visual Journaling

Maybe you want to loosen up, learn to draw, paint, write, collage, experiment...a sketchbook is the place for all that and more! Find your inner artist!

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Sketchbook Club 2 : Art Materials

By using a sketchbook to record life's events or as a safe place to experiment and find your inner artist, you can learn a lot about yourself whilst developing your own creative skills.

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Sketchbook Club 3 : Beginners Guide To Colour

This session focuses on understanding and using colour theory to really lift your work and give it an edge. Relax and soak up some of my top tips!

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Sketchbook Club 4 : Journal Without Drawing

Abstract Journaling is like abstract art...you are recording not just what you see but what you experience with your other senses. Expand on your work by stepping outside the box!

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Paper Palaces fit for a Queen!

In celebration of the Platinum Jubilee, we are creating a royal residence as a pop-out palace with interactive paper elements, guards, flags, spectators, trees and HRH herself!

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Sketchbook Club 5 : Lettering For Journals

Create your own easy and beautiful hand lettering for sketchbooks, journals, Greetings cards and more! References and lettering guides are provided.

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Sketchbook Workshop : Drawing Houses

Illustrative sketching allows lots of artistic license which, as you will see, is very helpful when drawing houses because it means you can cheat..A LOT!

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Sketchbook Workshop : Painting Houses

Does your watercolour look flat? Add new levels of depth and dimension to your painting with this colourful and creative workshop! Get my top tips for watercolour work.

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Wild & Reckless Sketching Techniques

Loosen up, lose your fear and engage your eyes, brain and drawing hand to your subject matter without even trying! Magic! Work through creative exercises and techniques.

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Sketching Floral Arrangements

Arrangements of flowers and foliage are something that many of us have in our homes and recording them in your sketchbook is a really nice way to capture and remember them.

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Festive cards with secret surprises

Create a host of beautiful cards with endless variations in this cosy and gentle workshop. With lots of cut, stick and paint options, these are as fun to make as they are to receive!

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Watch These Workshops As Many Times As You Like!

Once you have purchased one of my workshops you will have access to it in the "My Library" Section of the website, where you can see and watch all of your purchases as many times as you like, whenever you need little bit of inspiration....