February schedule
February unlocked!
Hello to you all!
I’m just coming to you with all the dates you need to know for February, and before we go into it, I just wanted to give you a heads up that from Feb 1st, I’ll be raising the price of paid subscriptions from £4.50 a month to £7 - you can read all about why here. If you’re a current subscriber, don’t worry, you will stay at the price you’re currently paying.
If you sign up before Feb 1st, you’ll be able to catch the current price of £4.50 before it goes up. It’s super awkward to talk money, but I really love doing this Substack, and I want to keep it sustainable, and raising the price of the Subscription will help me not only keep it going, but help it thrive! It goes without saying (I hope) that I so appreciate all your support - both paid and free - THANK YOU!
Looking forward to a fun February!
Ella xx
Upcoming Dates – February 2025
For those of you in a rush, here are all the dates with no blurb:
Accountability Club
Every weekday, 9.30–10.30 am live on Zoom, (UK time) unless crossed out below.
w/c Feb 2: mon, tues, wed,
thurs, friw/c Feb 9: mon, tues, wed, thurs, fri
w/c Feb16:
mon, tues, wed,thurs, friw/c Feb 23: mon, tues, wed,
thurs, fri
Art Club
Tuesday Feb 3, live on Zoom, 12.30–1.30pm
Tuesday Feb 10, live on Zoom, 12.30–1.30pm
Picture Book Club
Thursday 26 Feb, live on Zoom, 8–9pm
Upcoming Dates with all the details you need to know
Join me every1 day (9.30 - 10.30am, UK time) for a live co-working hour on Zoom. A perfect way to get accountability to work on all the negected creative projects you are always meaning to work on, but never find the time. Read more about it here.
Every weekday, 9.30–10.30am (UK time) unless crossed out below. Please check the calendar page for any dates that change.
w/c Feb 2: mon, tues, wed,
thurs, friw/c Feb 9: mon, tues, wed, thurs, fri
w/c Feb16:
mon, tues, wed,thurs, friw/c Feb 23: mon, tues, wed,
thurs, fri
Twice every month I run these fun, informal and playful art sessions on Zoom. I choose a theme or material I want to play around with and you can either join in, or go off-piste, and do your own thing. I might spend a session playing with wet textures, playing around with how things bleed, mix together and blend. Other times I might grab a handful of random materials and play around with those together. All previous Art Play Dates are available as replays, and each new session adds to the back catalogue to watch and play along with.
Tuesday Feb 3, live on Zoom, 12.30–1.30pm
Tuesday Feb 10, live on Zoom, 12.30–1.30pm
Let’s play it by ear this month. But let’s face it, I will probably be some more Staffordshire figurines! But do some along and bring your own personal work, and hang out while we paint for an hour!
Picture Book Club
One of my favourite things about the MA was when we looked at picture books together and analysed them, so I am thrilled to run this on my Substack. I announce the book at the beginning of the month and then we have a live Zoom together and chat all about it! It is available as a replay afterwards for those who can’t make it.
Thursday 26 Feb, live on Zoom, 8–9pm
This month I’ve chosen The Boy Who Became a Parrot.Written by Wolverton Hill and illustrated by Laura Carlin.
I can’t believe we’ve not done a Laura Carlin book yet, and I’m excited to delve into her new book. At our last Picture Book Club, where we looked at As Edward Imagined by Matthew Burgess and Marc Majewski we thought this would be an intersting book to follow-up with, as it is another children’s book creator and illustrator’s biography. This time, the wonderful Edward Lear. As ever, I’m excited for this one!
Check out friends of Gather, Filter, Make Helen Hancocks at her bookshop Shelf Editions or Katie Clapham at her bookshop Storytellers Inc. for stock.
Looking forward to a fun February!
Ella xx
All the links are below, for paid subscribers
