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NICE ARTS

  • BEGINNER'S MIND

    by Amanda Billing

    Life can be seen as a series of overlapping projects (“deadline” is suddenly sounding…different 😳). Some of the things we do are literal projects (building a house, planning a wedding) and others more metaphorical (raising children, finding/creating work we love). Most of us are too busy to add yet more DIY to our list but if you’re at all creative or artistic, hear me out. If you’re not practising, there’s one project you should consider:

    A 100 Day Project.

    Posted in 100 day project, art, creativity, painting, photography, print-making, prints, watercolourconversation

  • KISS ME QUICK

    by Amanda Billing
      I really love research. Don’t get me wrong, I love being an artist and acting is fun, but finding out about stuff is my JAM. If I could be a res...
    Posted in 100 day project, art, creativity, drawing, erotic, prints, watercolourconversation

  • FORCE MAJEURE

    by Amanda Billing

    In French grammar, the noun force is feminine and its adjective “agrees”, with an “e” on the end: majeure. If you google “force majeure” you get “unforeseeable circumstances”, “irresistable compulsion” (I like that one), “superior strength” ( I LOVE that), “an effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled” (bring it on!), an “Act of God”.

    Isn’t that…love?

    Posted in art, creative business, creativity, embroidery, force majeure, french

  • Sourdough Saved My Life

    by Amanda Billing
    The right materials, a process that works, and practice: these are what you need to make good sourdough. They’re also the things I use all the tim...

  • It's a GIRL(y, arty, thinky, talky, shoppy website)!

    by Amanda Billing
    "It has been a VERY long journey to (quietly) launching amandabilling dot com. I had my first meeting about a website at least three years ago. It’s been an odyssey of procrastination, crises of confidence, more procrastination, blinding insight, last minute technical difficulties, and finally success."