Watch the Highlights from the HobbyMaker TV show!
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Watch the Highlights from the HobbyMaker TV show!

As you may well know I was live on HobbyMaker TV on Sunday 3rd July launching Sketchbook Challenge: 100 Prompts for Daily Drawing.  The two hour-long shows were a great success and I felt very sup...
Sketchbook Tutorial: Layered Colour Play
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Sketchbook Tutorial: Layered Colour Play

Today we are looking at creating a colourful page in our sketchbooks - playing with layering up different media on top of each other. This is a great chance to experiment with mixed-media. This tut...
Sketchbook Tour - Two Block Printed Sketchbooks
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Sketchbook Tour - Two Block Printed Sketchbooks

In this video I want to open up the pages of a couple of my sketchbooks that I use for playing with block printed designs. I think it is so important to experiment when working with pattern before ...
Sketchbook Warm Up - The Alphabet Warm Up
Sketchbook Warm-Up

Sketchbook Warm Up - The Alphabet Warm Up

This video is a fun doodling / sketching exercise that will take you just 10 minutes to compete - the alphabet warm up!
Sketchbook Warm-Up: 30 Shapes
Sketchbook Warm-Up

Sketchbook Warm-Up: 30 Shapes

For this first tutorial we are going to explore a simple but very effective warm-up exercise. Please watch the video to see the explanation and demonstration.
Sketchbook Tutorial: Loose Vs Tight (Pen and Ink Exercise)
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Sketchbook Tutorial: Loose Vs Tight (Pen and Ink Exercise)

This tutorial demonstrates a technique that contrasts a loose flowing first layer with a second more detailed second layer that sits over the top. It is a way to add a little more depth and sometim...
Sketchbook Tour: An Illustrations Sketchbook from Sketchbook Challenge The Book
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Sketchbook Tour: An Illustrations Sketchbook from Sketchbook Challenge The Book

In this video I open the pages of an A4 hard-backed sketchbook created in 2021. This sketchbook was primarily for creating illustrations for Sketchbook Challenge, The Book.
Sketchbook Warm Up: Leaf Printing / Rubbing
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Sketchbook Warm Up: Leaf Printing / Rubbing

This is a fun and simple warm-up to get the creative juices flowing for your sketchbooks. It should take around 5-10 minutes to do (after the initial leaf gathering that is!)
Sketching Tutorial: Fill a Shape With Pattern
Sketching Tutorial

Sketching Tutorial: Fill a Shape With Pattern

This exercise was first shared in my Build a Daily Sketching Habit online course that is now in the archives! Tools - a sketchbook, some simple drawing materials such as a pencil, ink pen or colo...
Sketching Tutorial: Simple Mindful Drawing Exercises - Doodle Dots
Sketching Tutorial

Sketching Tutorial: Simple Mindful Drawing Exercises - Doodle Dots

In this exercise I share a simple mindful drawing exercise that is all about sketching small dots.... All you need is a pen and a sketchbook.  Hit play and let's get started. 
Introduction to Charcoal
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Introduction to Charcoal

Throughout 2022 I introduced a NEW sketching medium  to my Inspire Sketching Members. For the first month (Jan 2022) I showed the members charcoal.
Make Your Own Colour Wheel - FREE Art Tutorial
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Make Your Own Colour Wheel - FREE Art Tutorial

Learn how to make your own colour wheel using acrylic paint. This video is a tutorial from the Inspire Creative Membership with Susan Yeates. Each month you receive a series of tutorials and exerc...
Caterpillar Pictures - Craft for Kids
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Caterpillar Pictures - Craft for Kids

Anyone love “The Hungry Caterpillar?” Well, in this video Susan and Ariana show you how to create fun caterpillar pictures from paper and card. All you need is some paper, some scissors, some glue...
Toilet Roll Flowers - Craft for Kids
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Toilet Roll Flowers - Craft for Kids

In this video Susan shows you how to print some fun flower shapes using toilet rolls and a splodge of paint. Have fun.
Milk Bottle Skittles - Craft for Kids
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Milk Bottle Skittles - Craft for Kids

In this video Susan and Ariana look at painting plastic milk bottles and turning them into fun skittles….
Kindness Rocks - Craft for Kids
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Kindness Rocks - Craft for Kids

In this video Susan and Ariana show you how to paint kindness rocks (or happy stones).
Egg Box Jelly Fish - Craft for Kids
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Egg Box Jelly Fish - Craft for Kids

Join Susan in this fun crafty tutorial for kids as she shows you how to make some cute jellyfish out of egg boxes!
Found Object Printing - Craft for Kids
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Found Object Printing - Craft for Kids

Join Susan (and special guest Ariana) as she shows you some fun crafts. Today we are looking at found object printing.