Fruit – The 52-Week Art Project 2026
For week 39 of The 52-Week Art Project the prompt is Fruit. This is the last prompt of the summer batch. Next week we start cozy season and I’ll be doing things a bit differently. Keep an eye out for…
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Camping – The 52-Week Art Project 2026
This is my digital design for week 38 of The 52-Week Art Project: Camping. I’m sorry for the delay in posting the last two prompts for the summer season. I was enjoying the digital art summit, but having multiple lessons…
Party Time – The 52-Week Art Project 2026, Using My New Oil Pastels
It’s week 37 of The 52-Week Art Project and this week’s prompt is Party Time! I did something very different this time: 2 oil pastel paintings and a couple of digital drawings. This is the first time in decades that…
Summer Abstract – The 52-Week Art Project 2026
It’s week 36 of The 52-Week Art Project! This week’s prompt is Abstract in Summer colours. I painted 3 abstract pieces for this prompt and will explain the techniques and supplies I used on them below. I hope this post…
Nautical – The 52-Week Art Project 2026
It’s week 35 of The 52-Week Art Project! This week’s prompt is Nautical Themed. As usual, I’ll be sharing my creation here today, but you have the rest of the week to work on your creations. I only painted one…
Waves – The 52-Week Art Project 2026
It’s week 34 of The 52-Week Art Project! This week’s prompt is Waves. I apologise for the late posting, I had a very busy weekend in the garden and so my health is slowing me down at the moment. As…
Mosaic – The 52-Week Art Project 2026
Welcome to week 33 of The 52-Week Art Project! This week’s prompt is Mosaic. I’m sharing my mosaic inspired creations here today, but you have the whole week to work on yours. I created 4 different mosaic inspired pieces this…
Sunset Silhouettes – The 52-Week Art Project 2026
Welcome to week 32 of the 52-Week Art Project! This week’s prompt is Sunset Silhouettes. Don’t forget you have the whole week to add your sunset silhouettes to the gallery too! Today I’m sharing my creations for this prompt and…
Under The Sea – The 52-Week Art Project 2026
Welcome to another 52-Week Art Project recap! The prompt for week 31 is: Under The Sea. I’ll share my creations for the prompt below, as well as adding them to the gallery. Feel free to add your ocean inspired creations…
Garden Tea Party – The 52-Week Art Project 2026
Welcome to this week’s 52-Week Art Project! It was the 30th week of the year, so our creations were inspired by the prompt: Garden Tea Party. I’ll be sharing my art for the prompt below, as well as adding it…
Tropical Island Vibes – The 52-Week Art Project 2026
Welcome to this week’s 52-Week Art Project! It was week 29 of the year, so our creations were inspired by Tropical Island Vibes. I’ll be sharing my art for this prompt below, as well as adding it to the gallery.…
Summer Blooms – The 52-Week Art Project 2026
Welcome to the second week of the Chronically Hopeful 52-Week Art Project! This week, being week 28 of the year, we are being inspired by Summer Blooms. I’ll be sharing my creations for this prompt below as well as adding…
A Day At The Seaside – The 52-Week Art Project 2026
Welcome to the first week of the Chronically Hopeful 52-Week Art Project! This week, being week 27 of the year, we started with A Day At The Seaside. I’ll be sharing my creations for this prompt below as well as…
The 52-Week Art Project – A Year Of Creativity
One of my goals for 2026 is to create more art. In order to reach that goal, I’ve relaunched the Chronically Hopeful 52-Week Art Project. It consists of 52 prompts, one for each week of the year, to guide my…
My New Discbound Journals
I’ve really been enjoying discbound journals in recent years. So much so, that this week I created 5 new ones! I find them so versatile because I can add or remove pages as and when necessary and I can move…
My Return To Embroidery After Decades
In recent weeks I have been slowly getting myself reaquainted with embroidery. When I was a teen I used to embroider quite a lot. I did cross-stitch, but also silk ribbon embroidery and more intricate stitching. I’d make bookmarks, padded…