<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Gillian Hancey Art]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Making Practice]]></description><link>https://www.themakingpractice.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:36:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.themakingpractice.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Not on the side]]></title><description><![CDATA[All through 2025 people asked, How’s the art going? And I would smile and say,“Oh, it’s a bit on the side this year.” Because we had moved house Rooms full of boxes and echoing with to-do lists. I had to work more hours. Everything left given to family Life was full and I thought there was no space left. On the side,  I said,as if art were a coat hung patiently behind the door, waiting for a quieter season. But what I meant (though I didn’t quite realise it) was that it wasn’t being shared...]]></description><link>https://www.themakingpractice.com/post/not-on-the-side</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a5f8352b1318a248532abd</guid><category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:56:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6a8fa8_36e1bec8f8fb46b28eb67d80d1791681~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gillian Hancey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The papers in my sketchbook]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most people find a brand new sketchbook or a blank canvas intimidating. There are several techniques for overcoming this e.g. scribble all over the paper to create a background to work into, or avoid using the first page of a sketchbook. Another way, that I have been exploring recently, is to make a junk journal. This is essentially making a sketchbook using different kinds of paper from different places. You end up with a sketchbook that isn’t perfectly created to begin with so it is less...]]></description><link>https://www.themakingpractice.com/post/the-papers-in-my-sketchbook</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a5a89f60298c02e5bf9e58</guid><category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:11:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_21e1d50f2bde454abf898a68ac25fb17~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gillian Hancey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bringing people together through community art]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last year I decided that I wanted to be involved in more collaborative art activities. Why? 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The problem was that I...]]></description><link>https://www.themakingpractice.com/post/don-t-scroll-draw</link><guid isPermaLink="false">670438b7b4408063d99be4be</guid><category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:53:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6a8fa8_c4e7d7722eb7496685b412eabcbd4225~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gillian Hancey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our obsession with a narrative]]></title><description><![CDATA[As humans, we have a natural fixation on storytelling. We take in information more readily when it is presented to us in the form of a...]]></description><link>https://www.themakingpractice.com/post/our-obsession-with-a-narrative</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63b1f1bb9653c3d7b030d72b</guid><category><![CDATA[How does art fit into the world?]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2023 20:55:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_35e274b46d164bcf97c793391f0abcee~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gillian Hancey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Changing perception]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have a tendency to look for something familiar in the unknown; patterns we recognise. 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So, after a bit of research and advice on how to name paintings, it seemed to be easiest and most within my comfort zone to opt for ‘safe’ titles that just literally described what was in the...]]></description><link>https://www.themakingpractice.com/post/the-importance-of-the-title</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6334a2ad0f3ee88e708942d3</guid><category><![CDATA[How does art fit into the world?]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2022 19:56:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_719a62348c7e4e088ab253617c43f038~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Gillian Hancey</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Working with mistakes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Through education, we are generally conditioned into thinking that mistakes are bad and that we should avoid them. 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