It's been a few days since Mental Health Week, a time dedicated to raising awareness and fostering well-being for individuals around the...

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An exploration of photography Vs realistic art. Don’t worry, this isn’t some sort of mid-career breakdown. This is a question I think...

There are many different styles of #drawing that are meditative and calming, and we wanted to show you some of these examples. Here are 4...

Drawing can be overwhelming, and if you have read any of our other blogs, you may have seen a taster here or there. Whenever we teach...

Throughout history, women have been underrepresented and underappreciated in art. To this day they still are. Well, we say no longer!...

Drawing is one of the most accessible forms of creativity out there and belive us when we say - everyone can draw! You just need two...

What a year it has been. When we first hit lockdown version 1.0, we (as in the royal ArtistAnd we) thought we would crumble. Some of you...

Image credit : mindful.org If we look up the terms meditation and art , we can start to understand how the two are connected. ...

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Lockdown has been on everyone’s minds now for 10 weeks, and it is still the topic that we all talk about. Questions like, "How has it affect

A lot of your already know that I gave up the 9-5 a year ago in order to figure out what it was I really wanted to do. I was miserable, I wa

This February we have seen some terribly miserable wet weeks as we witness the likes of Storm Ciara and #StormDennis mesmerising us with hig

The simple answer is yes. Creativity is crucial for society and for many different reasons. Without creativity, we cannot imagine new invent

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January is the start of a new year and for many, the start of a new you. We take the holidays as a time to reflect on the things we have, th

Welcome to ArtistAnd. A company founded by fear of the unknown and a creative passion for more. An independent venture full of art, creativi