It's was perfectly cold and miserable mid winters day when I wrote this, but I love this time of year. Against the back drop of heavy grey skies everything seems much more vibrant and alive with colour. I find myself constantly stopping on my walks trying to capture the vibrancy and darkness with my phone’s camera, only to find myself disappointed with the results. (Although this could definitely be due to user error!) I used to … Continue reading Tiny Little Things + Joy
JULY 2021 UPDATE. 2021 saw the addition of an art journalling practice to my weekly rituals. I have written about it in depth here . Today I want to share some more of the journal pages I have been creating lately. Some of which have inspired new larger paintings. I am so happy I had added this practice before covid and lockdowns began again, with toilet paper again being rationed and with so many plans and … Continue reading ART JOURNALLING [JULY UPDATE]
It's been a minute since I shared some new art here on my website - everything in Casa da Mac seems to be moving at light speed. But despite our busy household, I have managed to cling to my new practises of creating art almost every day. If it isn't a quick journal page (I will write about this practise soon!), it is sketching at night, and painting new stories during the week. Last year … Continue reading CRYSTAL WREATH
HEY LOVES! I accidentally took a long break from the studio last month! I had intended to come back mid January, when we postponed our summer holiday (partly because of covid and partly because of our animals) instead of spending a week on the beach, I spent a hot, dusty sweaty week sorting out our home. SEVENTEEN bags of stuff was taken to the Salvos, a trailer load of rubbish and broken shit went to … Continue reading SOVEREIGNTY
Every week in November I have been, and will be, making cute little Christmas Craft which you can join in with. (And I hope you do!) This weeks video is making a cute little Christmas Tags which are very easy but give presents that all important special personalised touch. Watch the video below and download the TAG pdf here I would love to see the Christmas tags that you created! Share your creations and … Continue reading CHRISTMAS TAGS: Create with LilliBean Designs
Every week in November I have been, and will be, making cute little Christmas Craft which you can join in with. (And I hope you do!) This weeks video is making a cute little Angel lights, which could be Christmas themed, but you could tailor it to suit your own creativeness! Watch the video below and download the Angel pdf here Make them with your kids, your grandkids, your class of just because. Share … Continue reading ANGEL LIGHTS
I have become a bit obsessed with the idea of palette cleansers at the moment. I am not talking about the spoonful of some complex foam creation between the courses of a Dégustaion (thank you Masterchef for teaching me about seven course meals!) but I do mean something that is very similar. A palette cleanser in my sense could be a bit of fluff book that I will read after I have read a really … Continue reading Palette Cleansers in an arty way…
THE CLOUD SERIES At the beginning of June I shared this digital painting that I created on my iPad on my social media pages. 'Oh Hello Winter' had such an awesome response I decided to create a whole series of small paintings (approx a5 size) based on clouds and maybe branching out to other sky based things! And I love how much these little paintings have made me smile over the last couple of months … Continue reading The Cloud Series
THE MORRIGAN Last year my nephew had a god and goddess party for his birthday as he was slightly obsessed with the Percy Jackson books. But instead of going as a greek or roman goddess I decided to delve into my Celtic ancestry and choose a goddess from that pantheon. I have always loved the idea of the Morrigan: a triple goddess, the phantom queen, the keeper of both birth and death. A goddess of … Continue reading The Morrigan
ME + MY SHADOWS I was surprised recently when I read that not everyone has a little voice in their head that talks to them. I have been hearing mine for so long, that I just assumed that everyone had one too. My little bitch (as I call her) pops up all over the place with her nasally mean girl accent like a bad actress playing a stereotype from an episode of 90210. … Continue reading ME + MY SHADOWS
