About
Wild Soul Sketchbooks is the creation of UK artist and designer Zoe Howarth. Raised in Cornwall from a young age the wild seascapes of the natural world have always influenced her work. The idea of flow, of texture, the rough and the smooth, the calm and the chaotic.
Her work was born from a joy of working with oracles cards under the name Sacred Wild Soul, this practise lead to an inner connection with the emotional landscape, entwined with the natural world.
Zoe has developed her unique signature style of Mandala Orb paintings which bridge the gap between the seen and unseen, the real and surreal. Working with both a love of colour and a deep sense of calm created through detailed line drawings, Zoe combines creative techniques in interesting ways that form the basis of her creative practise.
Having studied art and design at London College of Fashion and then studying Textile Design at Falmouth University, Zoe uses her artwork to design stationary, fabrics and apparel along side her original artworks.
She spends her time out walking through the woods or along the coast with her young son whom she home educates. She also loves to run her YouTube channel along side her design work, creating weekly videos of the behind the scenes of her creative practise.
After dedicating 2024 to a year of making art everyday and focusing on content creation on YouTube, Zoe's confidence and momentum in her creative work has grown. She is currently working on a new project 'The wild unseen' where she combines her love of mixed media with collage and textile design, through fabric design and apparel.
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Wild Soul Sketchbooks... Art by Zoe Howarth
Delving into make art everyday as a creative habit that brings both healing and joy. Inspired by nature and the unseen world of emotions.
I use my sketchbooks as a playground, to play, experiment and express my inner world, through drawing, painting and collage. Learning confidence through the process of making art you love.
Mandala Orbs
My love of both drawing details and playing with abstract colour has developed over the years into my signature Mandala Orb drawings.
The joy of making art
For me art is all about the process and the way it makes me feel when I create. Getting lost in the flow of paint on paper or mindful doodling on a sketchbook page. The end result is just a bonus.
Sketchbook Play
Working in my sketchbook has become an integral part of my creative practise. I try to draw every day. This has helped me to develop my own unique style whilst also gaining confidence in my work.
