Lately I’ve been trying really hard to notice the parts of myself that keep me small.The overthinking.The emotional reacting.The fear of getting things wrong.The waiting until I feel “ready”. 🫠🫠🫠 And honestly? I still struggle with all of it. 🙈 But I’m starting to realise that growth rarely feels comfortable while it’s happening.It’s a bit like shedding old skin. Old habits. Old beliefs about who we are and what we deserve.💜 Sometimes we think everyone else has it figured out, but I reckon most of us are quietly trying to unlearn things while learning new ways to be at the very same time.🙈 Maybe progress isn’t becoming somebody completely different.Maybe it’s gently returning to ourselves underneath all the noise. So if you’re in a season of feeling uncomfortable, stretched, emotional or uncertain… maybe that doesn’t mean you’re failing.Maybe it means something inside you is shifting. 🌿 And we’re all doing it together in one way or another.Small steps. Small noticing. Small brave moments.A smidgen at a time. 🤎 You guys are Awesome by the way ! 😍🙏🏼

There’s something about watercolours that feels a little bit like letting go. For this week’s Around the World in 80 Sketches I reached for the paints, sprinkled in some salt and let the pigments do their thing 🙌🏻 ✨ I also pulled out the fine liners because I wanted to play with contrast between softness and detail. I really enjoyed building up the layers and depth in this one, watching the falls slowly appear through all the washes and textures. 🎨🧑‍🎨 I think that’s one of my favourite things about creating… sometimes the materials surprise you if you give them enough room to breathe 🩵

Walking together, in quiet ways, Through borrowed streets and far-off days, Listening closely to all we find,The world unfolding in the mind. Learning gently, step by step,In every pause, in every breath, Even apart, there’s something true,A thread that pulls me close to you. Curious hearts that wander free,Still find their way in you and me. 💜

Every so often I get everything out…glue, paint, crayons, pencils, scraps of paper even the fineliners for good measure ! And then I just let go. 🧑‍🎨 No plan, no pressure… just whatever is in my head finding its way out. It usually looks like a bomb’s gone off —and to be fair… it kind of has 😅 But in that ahhhh… I needed that kind of way. I think we can do this in so many parts of our lives. Writing is a big one just line after line, whatever comes out.No editing, no judging. Because while you’re ‘purging’ it all out…your brain is quietly making sense of things in the background. 🧠❤️ So I guess what I’m saying is go for it. I think my current sketchbook shows what I am trying to say 🥰 Let it be messy.Let it be imperfect. You might just surprise yourself 🤍

I finished last week’s Around the World in 80 Sketches… and honestly, I went on quite the little journey with this one creatively speaking. When I first had a wander around on Google Maps, I completely fell for those little buildings with the ice drifting past… there was just something about the stillness of it all. ❄️ At the same time, I’ve been re-reading an Alice in Wonderland book illustrated by ANDREA D’AQUINO and I am so inspired by her in this version. The mix of watercolour, ink and collage is just… chefs kiss. 😙 👌🏻 So naturally, I thought I’d try a bit of that myself. But then… I picked up some new fineliners I’d been wanting to play with, started a continuous line drawing just to map things out… and before I knew it, the watercolours were out, the page was flowing and the collage idea quietly disappeared somewhere along the way. And you know what… I actually love it just as it is. 🥰❤️ That’s the thing I want you to take from this if you’ve been sitting on the fence about joining in… This isn’t about pressure, precision or performance.It’s about letting your mind wander a little… without questioning where it goes or whether it’s “right”. So if you fancy it… come travel with us. No rules, no expectations… just a smidgen of curiosity 🤍