COAST of LIGHT

Tag: artistic process

  • Colours for July

    Four new colours for this month’s creative practice.

    GIRASOL named after the sunflower fields that fill the Andalucían countryside in July.
    CANDELA Spanish for flame or firelight, capturing the heat and energy of the month.
    HIGUERA the fig tree, in fruit right now, with flesh this exact deep dusty rose.
    PISCINA simply “swimming pool,” that bright artificial turquoise so appealing in the summer months.

    Use them however you like. A wash of background colour, a single brushstroke, a filter, a frame. The prompts this month and every month can be found here.

    #COLCP26

  • Material & Natural World Patterns

    Two of this month’s daily prompts: 17, MATERIAL WORLD (as a pattern), and 20, LINE, found their way into the same artwork this last week.

    The image of the sea was taken here at the coast, then combined with a pattern from the interior of our car. Layered together, the crinkled, patterned surface of the plastic became the texture of the water. Both beautiful and toxic at the same time.

    The resulting image I have named: The standard (automotive-grade) plastic sea.

    This work is a demonstration of how you never quite know where creativity will appear. Work through the prompts and inspiration finds you.

    Join in at #COLCP26 and check out the prompts here.

  • Colours for June

    Four new colours for this month’s creative practice.

    JASMINE WHITE: the background, the space between things. COASTAL STRAW: dry grass in the heat, the colour of July arriving early. MAR ESMERALDA: the sea on a clear morning, deep and still. ALMADRABA, warm terracotta skin, the ancient tuna fishing grounds of the coast.

    Use them however you like. A wash of background colour, a single brushstroke, a filter, a frame. The prompts this month and every month can be found here.

    #COLCP26

  • Mapping Creative Inspiration From Daily Prompts

    This week, inspired by maps as works of art, particularly those by Grayson Perry, I set out to create some of my own.

    This first piece incorporates all of my daily prompts (see previous blog post), woven into a minimal map of where I live. I wanted the work to feel part mind map, part emotional landscape.

    The piece is an attempt to geographically map my creative inspiration and surroundings, serving as a visual reminder of where, and from what, my creativity emerges around where I live.

  • Daily Prompts for Creative Practice


    Inspired by the coast, interpreted anywhere.
    A new project for inspiration, starting today.

    The COAST of LIGHT prompts are a simple framework for an ongoing creative practice.

    They grew out of my own creative process and the places where I find inspiration, something I’ll be reflecting on along the way.

    The same prompts will return each month, with occasional developments and new colour palettes.

    Everything is open to interpretation, so respond however you like, wherever you are: take photographs, record sounds, sketch shapes or lines, and so on.

    The aim isn’t to post every day, but to observe and build creative rhythm and consistency. Focus on one prompt a week or one prompt a month, exploring the full set over time.

    Come and follow along @coastoflight or even join in! #COLCP26