It's A Bonny Old Life

In this week’s episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny is joined by Fine Art Photographer and educator, Kristine Richer.   Kristine shares her journey from studying at NSCAD University, where she obtained two undergraduate degrees, a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a Major in Photography and a Bachelor of Design with a Major in Interdisciplinary Design, to where she is now, a successful business o...

In this week’s episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny is joined by Leadership Coach Jimmy Burroughes.  He talks about his amazing life and the different careers he has had, starting out as an Army Officer in the British Military, then moving into the corporate world in New Zealand, before travelling through Latin America, while building his coaching and consulting organisation, and now settl...

In this episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny looks back on the month of January and all that has happened. Bonny talks about some of the exciting events from the month with the Academy welcoming around 800 new Ignite Members, the opportunity to speak on one of James Wedmore’s Business by Design Live Sessions, and investing further in herself and business by taking on James Wedmore’s Next Level...

In this episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny is joined by Life Coach and NLP Practitioner, Hannah Tahry. Hannah talks about her journey and how it has led her to become a life coach with her own business helping women to connect to their individuality. She talks of her past experiences and how she has overcome her trauma and no longer allows it to define her.  She mentions her experiences...

In this episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny shares her Live Q&A Event that took place in December. Bonny shares her three top tips to help you bring your coloured pencil dreams to reality and her secrets to making progress with your artwork. From how to set realistic and useful goals, to the importance of setting aside time and creating a positive mindset.   She also answers many ques...

In this episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny talks about limiting beliefs. Bonny discusses limiting beliefs, how they are the destroyer of confidence and how they have the ability to stop us from doing the things we want to do. She talks about how they can confine us to our comfort zone and highlights that it is only when we step out of that zone that we can do great things. She also mentions t...

In this episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny looks back on the year of 2022. Bonny reflects on the year and all that has happened, including the Academy celebrating its 1st birthday, the welcoming of new team members, the introduction of the Podcast and much more. She discusses some of the announcements that have been made and her exciting plans for 2023, including the start of a new online exh...

In this episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny is joined by friend, artist and Academy member, Penny Rock. Penny discusses her life and the 40 times she has relocated, and explains why, no matter where she is living, art has always had a place there. She expresses her love of and dream to live by the sea and the freeing feeling it gives her.  Penny and Bonny talk about understandin...

In this episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny is joined by Coloured Pencil and Digital Artist, Rebekah Marshall. Rebekah discusses her life as a full-time artist creating predominantly digital artwork and related products, which she sells in her online store as well as selling wholesale to shops. She talks about how a lot of her time is spent packing orders and her goal is to shift her business...

In this episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny is joined by coloured pencil artist and Academy Member, Costas Kalamiotakis. Costas discusses his life in Crete as an olive tree farmer and owner of a shop selling books, art supplies and stationery. He also talks of the beauty of the country and how different each region is. He shares an insight into his childhood and time spent growing up in a farm...

In this episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny is joined by coloured pencil artist and oil painter, David Sandell. David discusses his past job as a freelance illustrator and how he enjoys having more creative control and freedom in his artwork as a part-time artist, which he does alongside running a design agency. He talks about how he uses a restricted colour palette to simplify the process, an...

In this week’s episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny talks about the importance of setting boundaries. She explains why setting boundaries is a good way to protect yourself from the outside world, and why you shouldn’t allow people to take advantage of you. She also shares an insight into her own personal struggles with creating boundaries, goes into why you should always remember what you see o...

In this week’s episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny talks about the importance of finding time to do the things that are important to you. Bonny talks about the book she’s planning on writing and explains how, at first, she convinced herself that she didn’t have the time to write it, before realising that she was simply too scared to put pen to paper. She talks about how it’s up to each and eve...

In this week's episode of It's A Bonny Old Life, Bonny looks back over another busy month in her coloured pencil life.  She gives us a look into her latest Coloured Pencil Workshop, where she taught a group of artists how to draw a realistic and dramatic human eye in coloured pencil. She talks about her latest tutorial, the Jolly Robin, and celebrates her book, Realistic Animals in Colou...

It's a slightly chaotic episode of It's A Bonny Old Life this week after Bonny's day was upended by a kind gift that resulted in a trip to the vets with three out of four of her dogs!  In the episode, Bonny explains how a missed parcel led to a chain of events that dramatically disrupted her day. She fills us in on all the details, including the good, the bad and the very ugly, then goes on t...

In this episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny is joined by fellow artist and teacher, Helen Carter. Helen talks about her artwork and explains how she finally took on teaching other people to draw after receiving encouragement from Bonny, as well as sharing details of running her first online workshop and its success. Bonny and Helen discuss the joy that teaching brings them, talking about how r...

In this episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny sits down with astrologer, speaker and writer, Ysanne Lewis. Ysanne talks about how she got into the world of astrology, her work in colour theory and how she links astrology and colour, and she gives an insight into how star signs, moon signs and horoscopes can affect you in your everyday life.   Bonny talks about her recent reading with Ysanne...

In this special episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny sits down to share her thoughts on belief and faith.   Bonny talks about the importance of believing in yourself and carefully choosing what you pay attention to and believe in. She talks about why she chooses to always believe that the best will happen and that, no matter what the situation, everything will be all right in the end. &nbs...

In this episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny sits down to share the details of what she’s got up to during a very busy September. She shares an update on the recent launch of the Academy and celebrates welcoming over 600 new coloured pencil artists into the membership. She talks about her latest projects, which include writing a book, a new Christmas tutorial which will be available in November...

In this episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny is joined by Kerry Towns, who she bonded with many years ago thanks to their shared love of horses.   Bonny and Kerry look back on their lives in the equestrian world and discuss how they met, the horse shows they attended together and the horses they used to own.   Kerry questions Bonny about her life as an artist, and Bonny shares details...

In this episode, Bonny sits down with pet portrait artist, Maddy Garcia-Larsson. Bonny and Maddy discuss their shared passion for drawing with coloured pencils and talk about the joy it has brought into their lives. Maddy shares details of the pet portraits she has previously worked on and explains why her drawings primarily focus on greyhounds. She also explains why she has chosen to support char...

In another special episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny sits down to respond to questions and queries from her followers, fans, and those in her membership community.   Bonny answers questions on many different topics, including finding the best materials for drawing in coloured pencil, how to stay organised as a full-time artist, planning and procrastination, starting an art business, mar...

In this special episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny sits down to share the details of her coloured pencil journey. She talks about how her business began in 2016 and what it looked like in the early days. She discusses her commissions, her time spent teaching other artists how to draw and the planning that went into introducing the Bonny Snowdon Academy. Bonny talks about the importance of bei...

In this episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny is joined by wildlife artist, Zoe Fitchet.   Bonny and Zoe discuss their family life and how life as a full-time artist differs from life in the corporate world. They talk about the need to delegate work in order to make time to do what they love, and Bonny gives an insight into what her business looks like now that she has a team to help her. &...

In this episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny is joined by NLP practitioner and life coach, Nina Madden.   Nina shares the story of how she became a counsellor after previously working in the art sector, and talks about how her adventurous past, tendency to be a deep thinker and struggles with depression as a teenager left her with a desire to make life better for herself and other people....