Slow Drawing Archives | Mindful Art Studio®

Trusting Your Ideas

Jul 9, 2026 | Favorite, Inspiration, Mindfulness, Slow Drawing

Dear Wonderful Creative You, One of the most important questions you can ask yourself is why you’re making art. What’s your purpose? What goal are you trying to meet? Most of my students enjoy the practice of slow drawing and slow painting in my workshops...

The Joy of Simple Art

Jul 25, 2025 | Art journaling, Favorite, Slow Drawing

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: I’m talking about the joy of simple art because we have a free challenge coming up, but also because it’s one of the principles that has set me free as an artist. Having permission to do the simplest thing is about having...

Guided Watercolor Meditation for Beginners

Apr 24, 2025 | Art journaling tutorial, Art Tutorials, Creative Self-Care, Favorite, Mindfulness, Slow Drawing

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: I’m excited to offer you this guided watercolor meditation for beginners. I think you are going to love it, and I can’t wait to see what you create! Meditating Through Art Have you ever slowed down enough while you are...

How To Art Journal Every Day

Jul 31, 2023 | Art journaling tutorial, Art Tutorials, Creative Self-Care, Favorite, Slow Drawing

This video will show you fun and easy ways to create tiny pieces of art and then combine them in beautiful little art journals. You don’t need any experience, this is for everyone!

The Three P’s Of Making More Art

Jun 25, 2023 | Creative Self-Care, Favorite, Slow Drawing

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: Folks often ask me how I find time to make art. It is hard to make time to make art sometimes. It’s my job to make art, and even I struggle sometimes when I’m really busy with the business side of things. But there are a few...

Creating Slow Drawing Patterns

Jan 4, 2023 | Favorite, Slow Drawing

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: One of the questions I get a lot is how I come up with my slow drawing patterns. In December, I come up with the batch of patterns that we will explore in the first six months of the year, and in May, I generate the second batch. Since I...