A Year In The Life Of My Artwork

My Best Nine on Instagram 2019

At the end of the year, I like to look back and reflect on the past year of art-making. Checking out my best nine photos on Instagram helps. My most popular on Instagram in 2019 is a mixture of abstracts landscapes from #the100dayproject and people.

Painting people is a new theme this year and influenced by my past career in children’s book illustration, storytelling and psychology. I can't wait to develop this more in 2020.

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This is year has been a year of trying new things:

  • Attended workshops with Fiona Wilson, Dizzy Inks to learn more about Risograph printing and an abstract florals workshop with Laura Gee.

  • Visited exhibitions galore! I especially was inspired by the Japanese Manga exhibition at the VA Museum in London.

  • Looked at ways to eco-friendly my creative practise with Yupo paper and Riso Printing.

  • I opened my online shop, adding new artworks as I go along.

  • Embraced writing and I'm now published as contributing-author in Inside Creativity Coaching’ edited by Eric Maisel.


My year in Colour

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An overview of my most used colours. Lots of mid colours with cool tones in teals, blues and pinks. Not much contrast which I might work on next year.


My most popular artwork of 2019 on Instagram

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This really surprised me! I nearly didn't post this image as I thought it was quite ugly and I posted it a time when the algorithms say not to post, ha! what do algorithms know (^_^).

This work was created at a Risograph printing workshop I attended and a test piece for a book project I am working on. Riso uses soy-based inks making it more eco-friendly than standard printing and has a limited colour palette.

I had been uncertain about how I was going to reproduce the final book but after the response to the Riso techniques, my mind is made up for it to be completely Riso printed. It is a big learning curve for me after years of creating illustrations for traditional print methods.


My Favourite of the year

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I love this one. It is on Yupo paper which is a synthetic man-made material which is completely recyclable and can be reused time and again. I like the delicateness of working on Yupo paper which is tricky and needs a very gentle hand. The translucent paper is particularly deliciously creamy to work on.


What's next?

2020 is a year of two more books on creativity I have contributed to being released and published.

I am looking forward to adding more artwork to my online shop and increasing my artmaking with more painting and bookmaking.

Completing and self-publishing my mini book project as well as my Creative Growth Planner. 

My mini e-course on Goal Mapping for Creative Success will go live and I am passionate about coaching more creatives to be bolder and braver in their creative choices.

I am so excited for 2020, I hope you are too.


If you wish to see new projects and works in progress, the best place to do so is via my Instagram feed which I post to regularly. Also, sign up to my monthly-ish arty newsletter here where I share my latest news, work and creative tips.

All the best, Angela * artist, author and creative coach.

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