A big change is on the horizon for Hannah Kate Makes. But fear not! The essence of my art will remain untouched; it’ll just be a little more… me. More about that later, once I’ve caught you up with what’s been happening here at Hannah Kate Makes HQ since I last wrote.

This instalment of my art journal comes just one week into my social media break and I'm prioritising daily art practice and applying for Open Calls. Check out my Ozzy tribute artwork, find out where and when my next event is taking place and see what else I've been up to in the background.

July has arrived, sneaking in between cursed UK heatwaves, and as we’re now halfway through the year, I’m pausing to take stock before looking forward and making fresh plans. So far, 2026 has been a mixed bag. It began gently, with a long-awaited break in January. Phil and I visited Edinburgh and caught up with friends we’d not seen for a couple of years. This felt like exactly the right way to step into a new year: time away in a new (to me) city, familiar faces, and a bit o

Join Hannah Kate Makes in welcoming April, reflecting on March, and making plans for the month ahead. New artwork in on the way and the first in-events of the year are almost here!

February: Artful Momentum & Creative Growth. Learn more about Hannah Kate Makes' plans for February, rekindling her daily practice, her upcoming release of new art and this year's challenge for her creative growth.

While discussing ideas with my client for their Black Shuck commissioned piece, the spark of an idea flashed into my imagination for a more modern rendering of the infamous spectral dog. The idea for the Urban Shuck was born. Read on to follow his journey from blank canvas to life in his very own cityscape...

Catch up with the latest installment of Hannah Kate Makes' Art Journal. Discover her latest artworks based on the legends of Black Shuck, and find out her plans and updates for August.

Interviews bringing you inside the worlds of my favourite creatives. This time, the super talented artist and designer, Rosie!

Now I'm back from our whistlestop tour of The Balkans, I'm raring to go. Read about our final in-person event before our summer touring hiatus, plans and projects for the next three months and take a wander through my sketchbook pages over the past few weeks.

Discover the plans for Hannah Kate Makes in May, take a peek inside her sketchbook, and find out more about upcoming commission availability.

Discover Division 6, the new tabletop roleplay game where your party members take on the roles of powerful sorcerers and psions, who work within the Division 6 unit as law enforcement agents. I was lucky enough to contribute some artwork to this project. Read about the background of the game and how it came into the world.

An update on The Big Move, my first in-person events of the year and a brand new artwork.

This week’s art journal blog post will catch you up on my creations from January and February so far...

Here’s a quick sketchbook tour of my contributions so far for Mab's Drawlloween Club 2024 drawing challenge.

Time to fill you in on what’s been going on in the world of Hannah Kate Makes since my last blog entry in July…

A later than usual reflection on the previous year. 2022 was a difficult ones, but here are some highlights frothe Hannah Kate Makes story.

The next in this series of interviews bringing you inside the worlds of some of my favourite creatives.

Tips on how best to wrap your artwork to prevent damage and heartache when moving house.

The idea is simple: choose a project, do it every day for 100 days, and share your process on Instagram with the hashtag #The100DayProject.

There's nothing quite like taking your vision and ideas, bringing them to life on paper or canvas and then sharing the emotions evoked when you gaze at your very own work of art. However, I understand that commissioning your own art might be a completely new experience and as such I thought I’d explain a little more about the process!