Michelle Sutton – Pen To Print

Meet the Judges: The Illustration Competition 2023

11 January 2023 Blog, News

We are pleased to announce that we are hosting our first Illustration Competition! For this new challenge, we are inviting creatives to interpret one of our curated pieces of writing through any visual art form, such as painting or photography. We are already looking forward to seeing all of the ...

Thursday Connectors: Tribute To Her Majesty The Queen

20 October 2022 News, Thursday Connectors

By Farzana Hakim Hi, all! Welcome to Thursday Connectors. Today I bring you tributes connected to the passing of our late monarch, the Queen. I have a selection of heartfelt writing, including a poem by Joan Goodall, and drawings by Dr Afsana Elanko. Claire Buss shares lasting memories; Michelle Sutton, her experience ...

Write On! Interviews: Artist Michelle Sutton

10 July 2022 News, WriteOn Interviews

Write On! interviews artist Michelle Sutton Michelle is a wildlife and rock artist based in Barking. She is a regular trader at LBBD’s Summer Of Festivals events. Largely self-taught, Michelle likes to work in pencil (including graphite, coloured & watercolour), pen and acrylic paint. She often experiments with mixing mediums; her current ...

Write On! Features: Explorers Against Extinction & Sketch For Survival by Michelle Sutton

17 June 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Michelle Sutton Making A Stand Against Extinction Last year, I was lucky enough to have my art piece Asian Small Clawed Otters chosen as a finalist for 'Explorers Against Extinction’s' annual exhibition, 'Sketch For Survival'. It was exhibited at the gallery@oxo, London, in November 2021, amongst other finalists and artwork from ...

Write On! Features: Write On! goes to Hay-on-Wye by Holly King

10 June 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Holly King As you enter the border of Hay-on-Wye, a colourful sign lets you know that this is Britain’s first book town. Boasting over 20 bookshops, it makes sense that a book festival would be hosted here. It also makes sense that Write On! team members jumped at the opportunity ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: Our Relationship With Words

07 June 2022 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to June’s Thoughtful Tuesday page. Most of us think of June as the burgeoning of summer, with long hot days and plenty of sunshine. So it’s perhaps surprising I’m starting today’s page with this poem, which came through our submissions page. Although winter is fading away in our ...

Monday Moments: Fantastical Nature

07 March 2022 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Holly King In this Monday Moments, we are focussing on how writers and artists take the theme of nature and inject fantasy into it. Art, I believe, is our way of trying to communicate and connect: to each other, to ourselves, and to our world. By making nature fantastical, ...

Write On! Features: The Evolution Of Wildlife Art – From Cave Paintings To Artivism by Michelle Sutton

04 March 2022 News, WriteOn Features

By Michelle Sutton Years ago, when I was an A-Level art student, while everyone else was choosing Pop Art, Surrealism, or Van Gogh for their coursework project, I chose to do Wildlife Art. My teachers tried everything to dissuade me. This was my first experience of art snobbery. When I introduce myself ...

Thoughtful Tuesdays: St Valentine

08 February 2022 News, Thoughtful Tuesday

By Eithne Cullen Welcome to my page today. This week, you will be celebrating or not celebrating, embracing or ignoring, the feast of St Valentine. This poor Roman priest and physician - who suffered martyrdom during the persecution of Christians by the emperor Claudius II Gothicus - has become the patron ...

Monday Moments: Childlike Genius

10 January 2022 Monday Moments, News

Introduced By Holly King We’re already two weeks into 2022 and the second year of Write On! Extra, which, I must say, has grown exponentially for such a young project. When we are young, though; that’s when the most creative ideas come about and we write with the most freedom. So, ...

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