Helen Wells Artist: Sketchbooks + Art Ideas

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Hello, hello! I'm a full time artist and educator who loves colour, pattern and abstract art. I'm also the author of the book 'Expressive Sketchbooks: Develo...

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What improv comedy taught me about making art

A Gleeful Disregard for Getting It Right, Sketchbook Improvisation

Is this good enough Why I replaced that question.

Pleasing Yourself in Your Art

Embracing creative uncertainty

Getting Back Into Making Sketchbook Pages & Small Starts

I Found the Creative Notes I Wrote to Myself a Year Ago…

Creating abstract art with paint colours that felt wrong (and what It taught me)

Creative Wayfinding How I Follow Ideas in the Studio

Still Life Sketching Finding Beauty in Daily Life

How I Build a Painting Layer by Layer, Thought by Thought

Making Art in the Chaos Why I make Tiny Art Books

I Tried Sketching from Memory After Looking at Paul Klee’s Art. Here’s what happened...

Journey Through a Lifetime of Sketchbooks

Refuel Your Creativity with Nature, Drawing, and Slow Art

The Art of Doing Less Why Slowness Belongs in Your Creative Practice

The Art of Noticing How Inspiration Finds You When You Slow Down

🌱 What My Sketchbooks Are Really For Sketchbooks, Seeds, and Slow-Growing Ideas

Sketchbook Simplicity, Monochrome Pages & What’s Inspiring Me Lately

My Gentle Sketchbook Ritual for Low Energy Days

Come into the studio Sketchbooks, colour and creative sparks

Exploring and enjoying colour in messy sketchbook experiments

Letting Paintings Unfold Embracing the Beauty of a Slow Art Practice

🎨 Abstract Painting Process A Behind-the-Scenes Look

Transform your art by combining different ideas

Art books, sketchbooks and finding moments of joy

🎨 Sketchbooks are a safe keeping place...

Vibrant Art Books, Sketchbooks, And Paintings A Kaleidoscope of Colour

Art Exercise Let's Create Abstract Collages Together

Creative Adventures Abstract And Inky Travel Sketchbook