Hello!

Welcome to The Creative Flock! It’s so lovely to have you here!

I’m Emma, an illustrator and artist living in rural Northamptonshire, UK with my husband and energetic 9 year old!

Creatively I’m inspired by strange and spooky fiction, folklore, anything with dark magic, the natural world, birds and woodland animals. I’m an avid sketchbook-er and collector of objects and ephemera that help inspire my work. 

I’m also passionate about children’s books. If I'm not reading or reviewing a children’s book, I’m thinking up ideas on creating my own ones. And I work with a charity to organise children’s book events and author visits to local schools.

In my spare time I love to wander the countryside, donning a pair of binoculars, often stopping to identify birds, sketch, or photograph some tree bark.

I believe that community and collaboration is so important in creative development and my own creative practice has benefited from being active in online community spaces such as Substack, as well as Patreon and Instagram. The energy, inspiration and support the people in these spaces bring has enabled me to create a more authentic body of work than I ever could have imagined. 

I want to give back to the community, share my passion for drawing and illustration and hopefully provide a source of inspiration and encouragement when you most need it. 

When you subscribe to The Creative Flock you’ll be joining a supportive and inspiring space for artists, illustrators, creatives and dreamers. The Flock is open to anyone, at any stage in their creative journey. 

I’ve been sharing my creative processes and behind-the-scenes content on Instagram and in my seasonal newsletter for some time now, and whilst I love doing this and receive so many positive comments from newsletter subscribers, I’ve been finding it hard to balance the time it takes to create all this free content with taking on paid work and developing new projects in my studio. 

By being a paid subscriber to this space I can carry on sharing all the behind-the-scenes content AND have time to make new illustration work and develop my book projects. 

Subscription options:

Free Subscriber:

• A peek at some of the behind-the-scenes stuff

• Smattering of public posts to help keep you inspired.

• Access to the archive of ‘public’ posts

• Updates on special offers such as free trials.

• PLUS: Discounts for Creative Flock subscribers which currently includes 10% off Deep Deep Light Watercolours and Cult Pens.

You can upgrade your subscription at any time.

Paid Subscriber

• Full insight into my creative world as I share my processes and thoughts that go on behind-the-scenes.

• Join me and the community on live drawing sessions via zoom

• Join in the conversation in our community ‘chat’ area.

• Access to the full archive of content inc video posts and recordings of drawing sessions to enjoy at your leisure.

• 20% discount in my online shop at emmacarpendale.co.uk

• PLUS: Discounts for Creative Flock paid members which currently includes 15% off Deep Deep Light Watercolours and 10% off at Cult Pens.

Paid subscriptions are £8.50 a month or £80 a year (22% cheaper than monthly).

There is also a Founding Member option to pledge between £85 -£185 if you would like all the paid subscription benefits plus the opportunity to support my work further.

Subscriptions can be gifted too!

This is a space for those who like to take the scenic route in life.

This membership welcomes everyone, but if you enjoy a slow, gentle pace, you’ll feel right at home.

I won’t be dropping daily content, filling your inbox with messages or asking you to draw every week. There’ll be plenty of live session replays to catch up on if you need a bit of a challenge and I’ll happily share ways to extend your practice to members who wish to take it further.  

The ‘Chat’ space is an optional way to connect with members of The Flock if you wish to. 

There’s no pressure to have your camera on during the live sessions, talk or share what you’ve created. However, if you fancy chatting while you draw, then I’m always happy to oblige 🙂

In the spirit of ‘slow-pace’, The Creative Flock will take roost at certain times of the year, so I can spend quality time with my family, rest and devote efforts to creative projects. I would encourage you to use this opportunity as a reset too.

I’ll notify members of any interruptions to membership and payments will be paused during that time. 

I’m so excited to take this journey together, thank you for your support, it means the world to me!