Mark and Movement

16/11/2025

🥳 We are half way through Drawing Prompt Challenge for 2025!

Big ol' congrats to everyone who is participating, whether online or offline. It's been amazing seeing your daily artworks come through via the different channels we are connect on.

Even if you had a stumble, gave up for bit -- keep going! Pick up where you left off, use the Youtube Playlist to be a buddy or a body double to get your artworks done.

Remember, its not about the outcome or the artwork you create. It's really about creating a pocket of time everyday for your creative life. Your creative life is waiting for you to spend some time with it, so go ahead get to know it.

Find the playlist here:

Welcome to the 30-Day Drawing Prompt Challenge 2025! 🎉 This playlist is your daily creative companion for our 5th edition of the challenge. Each short video ...

15/11/2025

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This Christmas, help Share the Dignity reach 150,000 women and girls this Christmas. Donate filled 'It's in the Bag' donations at any Bunnings nationwide by 30 November, 2025 or like me you can sponsor a bag to be filled on your behalf. If donating money is not an option then sharing this on social media can really help.

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Our hearts are warming at the thought of all the wonderful donations being taken to Bunnings stores this weekend 🩷

A friendly reminder to check our shopping list to make sure you have all the essentials, and no prohibited items! 🙏

P.S. Text to small on the image? Download it here - https://www.sharethedignity.org.au/itsinthebag

07/11/2025

Did you know that about 23% of people end up quitting their news years resolutions in the first week and 64% giving up by the end of January.

Rather than settings goals this workshop invites you craft an intention for 2026. We'll choose a guiding word that helps focus and hold our overall desires for new year. We'll craft, adorn and journal about this intention and by the end of workshop be ready to start moving in the direction with a precious reminder tucked away in your pocket.

This workshop is not goal orientated, it's not about have all the answers; it's about have space to gently dream and welcome in synchronisaties.

Creative intention-setting workshop: Craft your vision for 2026 through paper folding and mixed media.

02/11/2025

I can’t believe it’s November already.

I want to share — and invite you to join — this year’s 30-Day Drawing Prompt Challenge. This is the fourth year I’ve run it, and every year it’s my big thank you to everyone who believes in the power of art. To those brave enough to give creativity a go, even when it feels scary.

Why does making art feel so scary sometimes?
Because so many of us have been taught that art is only for some people — the “talented,” the “good at it,” the ones who can sell their work. But that’s simply not true.

Art is for you if you desire it.
If you dream about it.
If you feel that deep, creative hunger inside.

I truly believe a creative life is available to all of us — but sometimes, we need to tidy up our inner studio first.
Sweep away the thoughts that tell you you’re doing it wrong.
Polish your emotions so you can see clearly what they’re reflecting.
Move aside the clutter — the excuses, the doubts, the “maybe later.”

All those reasons not to start are valid… but if, at the end of the day, you still dream of a creative life — there’s only one person who can begin that journey. You.

That’s why I love this challenge. There’s structure. There’s group support. And this year, there are even video to help you get unstuck.

The challenge isn’t about perfect drawings or finding great ideas — the challenge is you.

Showing up. Exploring. Allowing creativity to meet you where you are.

And I can promise — you are the most worthy challenge there is.

Join us now for 30-Day Drawing Prompt Challenge — it’s free, it’s playful, and it’s a beautiful way to reconnect with your creative spark.

It’s never too late to join...
https://markandmovement.com.au/30-day-drawing-prompt-challenge

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Free 30-Day Drawing Challenge 2025 – 30 daily prompts to boost creativity, reduce stress, and make art fun. All levels welcome. Starts Nov 1!

01/11/2025

Day 1 | 30-Day Drawing Prompt Challenge | Drawing Companion + Creative Inspiration

Welcome to Day 1 of the 30-Day Drawing Prompt Challenge!This challenge is all about building a creative habit through small, playful drawings — one prompt, o...

01/11/2025

and so it begins...

It's 1st November so has begun and I'm looking forward to these next 30 days and seeing what happens

30/10/2025

It was a real delight to facilitate some abstract collage workshops at Hurstville Museum & Gallery Open Day. Inspired by abstract landscapes in the Georges River Art Prize Exhibition 2025; I guided participants through exploring the different key elements of abstraction. Collage is the act of assembly; organising the different buts and putting into place.
Thanks again for having me; looking to the next workshop✂️

27/10/2025

It was 5:30am and I was dragging my feet as I made my way to yoga.

I shoved my hand in my bag and hit something hard and smooth.

Oh.

A hard, little glass stone with the word "soft" sealed inside of it.

It's not an unusal thing for me to find; there's ways so left over artefact squirrled away in my pockets and bags. But it struck me as a something I desperately needed as I huffed and puffed on my way; head already full of chatter.

I carried the glass stone with me throughout the day; trying to find soft spots. Rubbing my fingers over the smooth surface, like it was a magic lamp; granting me wishes of softness.

Funnily enough when I look back at my "photo journal" I noticed I had softness the whole time; my hands.