In this podcast Bonny Snowdon speaks to her sister Annabel Andrew about some of their happy shared childhood memories and the artistic foundations of their upbringing.

Bonny acknowledges Annabel and her husband Charlie for the importance of their support in her journey to business success as a Coloured Pencil Artist and extends her gratitude to them for believing in her, even when she was struggling with dark times and lacking in her own confidence.

Annabel speaks to Bonny about her early career as a successful singer and performer and shares her hard-won tip for bravely stepping out of one's comfort zone with confidence. (Hint: this tip involves cabbages!)

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In this episode of It's a Bonny Old Life, Bonny has the pleasure of speaking to one of her favourite humans, Vicki Evans. Bonny and Vicki met a few years back and Bonny is so grateful to have her positive energy, endless kindness and moral support in her life.

Vicki tells us about the exciting times she had living abroad in South Africa and Bahrain with her family when her children were young. As well as sharing about her adventures in teaching early years education around the world... and how 'messy play' is timelessly cross cultural and still one of her favourite things to do - even as an adult!

In this exciting, inspiring and often poignant chat, Vicki shares with Bonny about her experience of the importance of community and companionship and shared conversation for creating a happy, joyful and meaningful life.

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In this uplifting episode of It's a Bonny Old Life Bonny Snowdon speaks to Lucy Hutchings Hunt, her Digital Marketing Coach & Strategist about the last year and the work they have done together on re-inventing Bonny's coloured pencil artists' community and membership, Ignite.

Bonny shares how she is so excited by the revolutionary digital marketing ideas and tactics that Lucy has introduced her too as well as the new people, ideas and books. In turn Lucy shares not just some of her business experience, strength and hope but about how her hard won personal battles with a childhood eating disorder and alcohol addiction have made her stronger in all areas of her adult life.

Bonny asks Lucy about her life as an ex-pat in the French Alps and about the transformational power of her regular cold water lake swimming and Lucy shares her best life and business confidence building tips.

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If you'd like to find out more about Lucy Hutchings Hunt, head to her website here, follow her on Facebook here, and find her on Instagram here.

In this episode of It's a Bonny Old Life, Bonny Snowdon speaks to one of her most valued mentors, Susie Pearl on the importance of finding our highest personal potential, keeping our mental health strong and living with conscious awareness.

After recovering fully from an aggressive brain tumour, Susie found out about healing and what life is really all about. She is grateful for each day and lives life making every day count. She experienced leaving her body and looking down from out of her body in a real life NDE (Near Death Experience) and came back fully healed which surprised everyone – particularly the doctors. Her journey out of her body took her on a road of learning about life and death that has changed her (for the better) forever. It has given her a deep wisdom and understanding about life.

This podcast explores how Bonny's work with Susie has helped her dive deep into the inner well of creativity that we all have inside and find happiness and good living to support this process. Bonny also talks to Susie about how she supports others to shift from fear into love and make life more fun and enjoyable.

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If you'd like to find out more about Susie Pearl or buy one of her books, head to her website here, follow her on Facebook here, and find her on Instagram here.

In this powerful interview with The Equine Artist Tony O'Connor, Bonny Snowdon speaks to the man who is one of the biggest inspirations behind her work. His passion for equine art, his professional accessibility and personal encouragement really gave her own career a boost and helped her make the best decision she ever made and go full time in her art business.

Tony's love of horses stems from his childhood in Ireland's County Kerry, with seven generations of blacksmith blood flowing through his veins. Influenced by the Renaissance Masters, he takes his style of drawing from the Silverpoint pieces of Da Vinci & drawings of Michelangelo - elements of both can be seen in his drawings & portraits of horses. His work now forms part of many private & corporate collections worldwide. he's the Founder of White Tree Studio which was set up in 2002.

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If you'd like to find out more about Tony O'Connor and see some of his incredible artwork, click here to head to his website, or find him on Facebook here and Instagram here.

In this episode of It's a Bonny Old Life Bonny visits Ian Peacock, the Ripon-based Picture Framer extraordinaire who framed some of her very first pet portraits and has supported and advised her on her journey as a professional artist ever since. Ian shares some fascinating stories about how he came to be the chosen Framer for art by some of the greatest artists in the world (dead and alive!) think Turner, Banksy, Andy Warhol, Picasso (and, of course, our very own Bonny Snowdon!). But it could have been very different as Ian actually started out his career training to be an Engineer for the railways like generations of the men in his family before him. Engineering had been the long term plan until he fell (by accident) into working as a weekend Wedding Photographer and then by chance discovered his passion for framing and eventually took the brave decision as a young man back in 1986, to start his own North Yorkshire based picture framing business. The rest, as they say, is (art) history!

Such a fun, inspiring and fascinating interview. You can listen here or on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. As ever, if you enjoy this podcast please do share with others who you think may benefit from hearing it too.

With us being in his workshop, in a carpet shop there are a couple of times where there's some background noise, but don't let it put you off as he's a fascinating man :)

In this special bonus episode, Bonny talks to David Fox-Pitt as he works with Siobhans Trust to feed refugees on the border in Ukraine. David has been there for 35 days helping those in need as they come through in their thousands.

David has volunteers from all over the world helping him make food, tea and coffee for the refugees as they come through border control. It's incredibly cold, particularly at night, and the conditions are awful.

David shares details of the work they are doing, the trust that has made their efforts possible, and lets us know what we can do to help. The episode has not been edited in order to show the true reality of life on the Ukraine border.

To find out more about what you can do, and to donate to this incredibly important cause, head to the Siobhans Trust website here.

You can find out more about David Fox-Pitt and the works he's done to support causes worldwide on his website here.

Please help to raise awareness for this incredibly important cause by sharing this episode with your friends and family, and spread the word far and wide to make sure that this important topic and the people struggling are not forgotten.

In this special episode of It’s A Bonny Old Life, Bonny celebrates the reopening of her online teaching platform, the Academy, with a few kind words from a handful of her members.

Bonny hears from Judy, who started drawing at 71 after retiring. She talks about the fear of starting something new at a later stage in life, and tells us how she broke through barriers, improved her skills and gained confidence. Today, she takes on commissioned pieces, and Bonny has one of her drawings proudly on display in her own home!

We also hear from Karen, who struggled with her confidence so much when joining Bonny’s live sessions, that she didn’t dare turn her camera on in Zoom! Bonny explains how she slowly started to feel more comfortable and at ease in the Academy, and Karen shares how proud she is of the work she’s doing now, how much her confidence has grown in her daily life, and how it’s even helped lower her stress levels and improve her health!

Other members of the Academy also make an appearance, sharing their experience, their stories, and the reasons why they love being a member of Bonny’s community.

Plus, Bonny explains what new members can expect from the Academy when they join, including her Coloured Pencil Foundations Course, a collection of regular live sessions and hundreds of realtime tutorials, personalised critiques and the support of an amazing community of coloured pencil artists.