May 22, 2023 | Art journaling tutorial, Art Tutorials, Favorite
Dear Wonderful, Creative You: When I’m creating art journal collages, some of the elements I like to play with are repetition, variation, and texture. Let’s start with texture. Texture in Art If you haven’t thought about texture in art before,...
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...
Oct 3, 2022 | Art journaling tutorial, Art Tutorials, Mindfulness
Dear Wonderful, Creative You: It happens so often with the “simplest” slow drawing patterns – folks initially dismiss them, but once they do the workshop, they say how surprised they were because they loved the simplicity and found a lot of room to...
Aug 8, 2022 | Art journaling tutorial, Art Tutorials, Books
Dear Wonderful, Creative You: I’m more than pleased to tell you that my book, Draw Yourself Calm, is now available in the UK! Even more fun is that folks in the UK can purchase with a special coupon code I’ll offer at the end of the post. I thought it...
Apr 11, 2022 | Art journaling tutorial, Art Tutorials
Dear Wonderful, Creative You: Slow drawing has seeped into every part of my art practice. I love the way these nature-based patterns seem to have a connection to everything, and everyone sees them differently. It speaks to the way these patterns repeat throughout...