BE CURIOUS. GET CREATIVE. PRACTICE CHANGE.
Are you ready to Get Creative?
Here you will find online art classes, live workshops, one-to-one tutoring, plus books and freebies from me, Sarah Jane Vickery. Kids and adults alike, get ready to doodle, cartoon, colour and discover your most Creative self!
Can you spark your creativity? Yes!
Tools for Curious Minds
Cartoon Club for Kids
Is your child always doodling? Do they love to create cartoons? Then this is for them! Online art classes for kids, after school clubs, half-term workshops and one-to-one tutoring to help children gain creative confidence!
Workshops for Adults
Adults… spark your creativity and enjoy a fun time with my Colouring Club or online cartoon classes. Slow down, unplug, and recapture the genius of your creative self.
Cards, Colouring Books & Workbooks
This is where curious minds put pen to paper! You will experience the power of mindful colouring and creative journaling to de-stress and building a growth mindset.
One-to-One Art Tutoring
Experience how cartooning, colouring and journaling can develop your creativity and build a calm, clear and confident mindset.
BUILD CREATIVE CONFIDENCE
Does your child love to doodle Cartoons? This is for them!
Cartoon Club for Kids was set up by me with the aim of helping more children to explore their creativity, share a love of cartooning– and of course, to have fun! Choose from online art classes for kids, live clubs, after school or half-term workshops or visit my YouTube channel for free how-to videos.
How can I get started? With Freebies, Workshops & Books of course!
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NEW COLOURING BOOK
Veronica’s Garden
A Colouring Book to inspire Curiosity, Courage & Friendship
Pictures tell a tale of ageless exploration, of the struggles we all have to be happy and find purpose. A place that inspires a new perspective – captured for you to colour. Step through the gate and see what you discover in Veronica’s Garden.
How can I gain Creative Skills? With Art Tuition & Creativity Coaching!
Using inspiring, cartoon narrative themes and challenging colouring exercises, I have designed an approach to build your creative skillset. I help both adults and children see a new perspective, improve their artistic abilities and use those skills to solve new creative challenges.
A Cartoon Blog for CREATIVE & CURIOUS MINDS
Meet Poly Moone. A cartoon by me, Sarah Jane Vickery
I created Poly Moone as a fun way to explore ways to build a creative mindset. Poly delves into topics from colouring to confidence, from cartooning to courage, from relaxation to friendship. In her blog she shares a multitude of tools and funny findings that just might help you on your road becoming your most creative self. But be warned! It’s in the nature of finding answers, that she will present you with many, many questions!
The Blog of Curious Observations
Colouring Tutorial 6 – How to blend a sky using Faber-Castell Polychromos – FREE PDF Veronica’s Garden
Here’s a NEW colouring tutorial for everyone who wants to learn to blend and layer colours. Fun stuff! I’m using my Faber-Castell Polychromos for this tutorial because of their superior pigment and blending ability. I just LOVE these pencils! You don’t need to use...
Cartooning for Dyslexia Awareness Week 2020 – Get Creative with your own Dream Studio
Next week is Dyslexia Awareness Week 2020. Hurray! I am quite excited to be working with the charity Helen Arkell and Succeed With Dyslexia to offer and their members a chance to do online Cartoon Club class with me. This year the theme for Dyslexia Awareness Week...
Cartoon Robots, Ice cream and Constructing a more Creative Brain
How I challenge myself to construct a more Creative Brain? Each Sunday when I sit down to plan out the week’s lesson for my online art classes, I always feel a bit stumped. I like to think that planning Cartoon Club for Kids will get easier - that I get better and...
How to turn a Stick Figure drawing into a Cartoon Character
So you say you can’t draw anything better than a Stick Figure? Is that true?… This blog post is for all you adults out there who say they can’t draw. How often do I hear “I can only draw a stick figure”. I’ve got a better question for you; have you ever met a child...
4 Steps to choosing a great Subject to Draw or Cartoon
How much impact does your subject have on what you create? Is your topic really the most important part of your drawing? Hmmm.. let’s investigate. I’m often asked how I come up with topics each week for Cartoon Club and my online art classes with the kids and adults....
How to draw your own Comic Strip – Learning to think creatively in the modern age of Knowledge
Have you ever wanted to draw your own comic strip but didn’t know where to begin? Here’s how to doodle your very own cartoon story. I’m always on the lookout for little snippets that will inspire the art lesson in my online cartoon classes with the kids and adults. I...
How drawing together brings creative thoughts alive – what bees teach us through The Happenin’ Hive
Why is cartooning bees be so creatively inspiring? This past week I had the pleasure giving a workshop to some children through a department of the Government of Ontario. Our topic this time was The Happenin’ Hive. I've told this workshop before and it's always been...
Permission to PLAY! How to produce your most creative drawings – Lessons from a Monster Cartoon
When do you produce your best creative work? This week at Cartoon Club for Kids and Discover Your Inner Cartoonist we you were transported into a sound studio for our online art classes. Actually it was a monster cartoon character who was at the controls but hey who’s...
How to make a shy child more Confident – learn to Doodle a cartoon Dragon
How can cartooning help a shy child feel more confident? It probably doesn’t surprise you that one of my most popular online art classes with the kids is DRAGONS! Who doesn’t find these mythical beasts to be a fun subject. They are perfect for sparking the imagination...
GET CREATIVE
Can you create a better story?
Yes! With… A New Tale of Me
Here you will find fun and creative, squiggly and intriguing exercises to get you thinking mindfully and journaling with joy.
This is an ageless exploration, for anyone who enjoys pondering fundamental questions, developing their creativity and gaining insights into their own life.
Grab your pen! Get your colours! Doodle away and recapture the joyous power of journaling.
CAPTURE YOUR ART OF WELLBEING
Doodle, Colour & Cartoon Workshops
You won’t have seen workshops like this before! It combines creativity with a wellbeing perspective for a uniquely restorative experience.
Classes are developed from The Art of Wellbeing workbooks and colouring books and include cartooning for self-expression, colouring for relaxation and doodling for mindfulness. Get ready to Be Curious, Get Creative and Practice Change.
Got a question? Get In Touch!
Please reach out to learn more about Cartoon Club, online art classes for kids, Adult Workshops, business events, One-to-one Tutoring or to be a supplier of my greeting cards or books.
