Archive - While I Was Drawing

Little Moments of Big Magic

"I am going to spend as much time as I can creating delightful things out of my existence, because that's what brings me awake and that's what brings me…

Apr 21 •

Emily Charlotte Powell

Because, Creativity.

"Joy is reason enough to do anything" - Beth Kempton, Kokoro

Apr 14 •

Emily Charlotte Powell

March 2024

The Music of March

There is music in the air, and I find myself longing for spring.

Mar 31 •

Emily Charlotte Powell

WIWD Archive: The Joyful Jellyfish

We can get so caught up in being sensible and serious 'grown-ups', with serious jobs, reading serious things, doing serious stuff, that we can sometimes…

Mar 24 •

Emily Charlotte Powell

Failing as a Full Time Creative

It’s OK not to be a full time creative. It’s OK not to earn a living from your artwork. It’s OK if your creativity doesn’t pay the bills. Of course it's…

Mar 10 •

Emily Charlotte Powell

February 2024

What happened to you Instagram?

You used to be cool. We used to be friends.

Feb 25 •

Emily Charlotte Powell

Moments and Memories

There are moments and memories, stories and songs between the blades of grass and on the underside of the leaves, inside the flowers and dancing in the…

Feb 11 •

Emily Charlotte Powell

While I Was Drawing

I got lost. Between one pencil stroke and the next.

Feb 2 •

Emily Charlotte Powell

January 2024

Not An Anniversary Letter

No graphs or subscriber growth tips, no numbers or charts or advice. Just a celebration, some thoughts, some words and some pictures.

Jan 28 •

Emily Charlotte Powell

The time it takes is the right time

Watch now | There are no rules. Whenever you start, that is the right time. Whatever you draw, or write, or create, however long it takes, is right. And…

Jan 12 •

Emily Charlotte Powell

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December 2023

Things I haven't done this year

Spectacularly successful and glorious failures of 2023

Dec 31, 2023 •

Emily Charlotte Powell

Things I haven't done this Christmas

Not through some higher purpose or design, just because (mostly), I didn't get round to it.

Dec 22, 2023 •

Emily Charlotte Powell

1:11

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