The Creative Flock | Emma Carpendale | Substack

Winter in the Creative Flock ❄️

Slow, steady creativity and gentle inspiration for the winter season + 14-day free trials are open

Jan 1 • Emma Carpendale

Hello and welcome to the Creative Flock!

A seasonal, slow, and nature-loving space to sketch, share, and grow together 🌿

Nov 8, 2023 • Emma Carpendale

❄️ Painting wintery scenes - with Charlotte Hamilton from Blue Shine Art

Join our live stream - sketch with us, ask questions or simply enjoy watching us paint snowy scenes.

Jan 15 • Emma Carpendale

REPLAY: 'The Art of Noticing' (2026 Edition) with Helen Stark & the Time Foragers Club

A conversation on how slowing down and paying close attention can feed your creativity

Jan 14 • Emma Carpendale and Helen C Stark

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Festive Wishes (and a Little Creative Gift 🎁)

A little something to keep you making over Christmas

Dec 24, 2025 • Emma Carpendale

Most Popular

(Live) ‘Drawing with shadows’ sketch-along

Jul 11, 2025 • Emma Carpendale

Portfolio development series - Part 1

Feb 13, 2024 • Emma Carpendale

7 questions to ask of your art 📝

Jan 23, 2025 • Emma Carpendale

Creating Atmosphere with Ink

Oct 18, 2024 • Emma Carpendale

Join the Creative Flock for nature-inspired creativity, all year round

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Recent posts

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Sketching Egon Schiele with Citla Flores

Catch up with the recording: An evening of Egon Schiele inspired, expressive sketching.

Dec 9, 2025 • Emma Carpendale and Citla Flores

'Wildlife Sketches' 2026 Wall Calendar Is Here!

Featuring birds, hedgehogs, dormice, and more - perfect for nature lovers and creatives.

Dec 5, 2025 • Emma Carpendale

Creative Highlights from an Autumn of Art & Nature

Reflections on the Autumn + What’s coming next in the Flock

Nov 30, 2025 • Emma Carpendale

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REPLAY: November Show & Share

Catch up on the 'Show & Share' session for November as we reach the end of Autumn

Nov 30, 2025 • Emma Carpendale

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Taking roost for December 🩵

A little pause and a lot of gratitude

Nov 26, 2025 • Emma Carpendale

1:41:30

REPLAY: The Best of Autumn drawing session 🍂

Catch up on this cosy drawing session to celebrate the best of autumn in nature.

Nov 21, 2025 • Emma Carpendale

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55:14

Sketching Egon Schiele with Citla Flores

Catch up with the recording: An evening of Egon Schiele inspired, expressive sketching.

Dec 9, 2025 • Emma Carpendale and Citla Flores

Creative Highlights from an Autumn of Art & Nature

Reflections on the Autumn + What’s coming next in the Flock

Nov 30, 2025 • Emma Carpendale

1:36:37

(Live) sketch-along: Snowy Owls with Emma Carpendale & Pauline from the Creative Cocoon Art Club

Watch now | Catch up with the recording: An evening of owl chat, sketching and art material recomendations.

Nov 13, 2025 • Emma Carpendale and La Scarlatte

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🗺️ Travel Sketching with Emma Carpendale & Natasha from The Artist’s Toolbox

A recording from September's live sketch-along

Sep 12, 2025 • Emma Carpendale, The Artist's Toolbox, and Natasha Cross

📚 Member Replay Library

1:34:52

REPLAY: 'The Art of Noticing' (2026 Edition) with Helen Stark & the Time Foragers Club

A conversation on how slowing down and paying close attention can feed your creativity

Jan 14 • Emma Carpendale and Helen C Stark

1:09:34

REPLAY: November Show & Share

Catch up on the 'Show & Share' session for November as we reach the end of Autumn

Nov 30, 2025 • Emma Carpendale

1:41:30

REPLAY: The Best of Autumn drawing session 🍂

Catch up on this cosy drawing session to celebrate the best of autumn in nature.

Nov 21, 2025 • Emma Carpendale

1:25:27

REPLAY: October's Show & Share

Ink experiments, the dying art of turnip carving & wild island retreats

Nov 3, 2025 • Emma Carpendale

Art challenges

Your free creative prompts for autumn are here🍁

A gentle nudge to notice the changing season and spark your creativity

Sep 3, 2025

Tiny Worlds - Reflective Exercise 📝

A guided exercise to round off this month’s creative challenge.

Feb 26, 2025 • Emma Carpendale

Observe and sketch a mini-world in nature🌱

Connect with nature’s 'mini-worlds’ through sketching and journalling. The third creative prompt in my month-long challenge.

Feb 20, 2025 • Emma Carpendale

Create a mini-story from a big scene 🔍

Combine your observation and narrative skills to illustrate a three-panel story. The second creative prompt in my month-long challenge.

Feb 12, 2025 • Emma Carpendale

Art Materials

Pastels Testing

Exploring techniques and tools to road test my pastel collection. Part of 'Materials Play' month in the membership.

Mar 19, 2025 • Emma Carpendale

Swatching of 'Winter Birds' Palette, from Deep Deep Light Watercolours

Sharing my third swatch video of these nature-inspired, handmade paints.

Dec 24, 2024 • Emma Carpendale

Creating Drawing Ink from Natural Materials:

And embracing the imperfection of this unique art material

Oct 30, 2024 • Emma Carpendale

Creating Atmosphere with Ink

This month, I'm focusing on ink as my art material of choice and pondering what makes this material so appealing to me and to countless artists, past…

Oct 18, 2024 • Emma Carpendale

Time Lapses

Barn Owl painting and a short poem 🦉

Sharing the process behind this latest painting for Folktale Week + I try my hand at acrostic poetry.

Nov 29, 2024 • Emma Carpendale

'Goldfinches & Cornflowers' painting process

Concept, development and final process of creating a watercolour painting for submission to the SWLA (Society of Wildlife Artists) Natural Eye 2024…

Aug 29, 2024 • Emma Carpendale

Drawing Timelapse: European Eagle Owl

Watch this painting come to life and discover the process behind it. Plus, I go in search of owls in children's literature.

Jul 30, 2024 • Emma Carpendale

Materials Play - Drawing Lemurs with Chisel Pens

Video post sharing a new art supply I've been trying out - chisel pens. This post includes a dive into my latest A6 sketchbooks and a drawing timelapse…

Jun 12, 2024 • Emma Carpendale

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