As I was reading all the answers you have left to my question ‘why do you make art’, I was going like ‘yes, I know exactly what you mean’, ‘I can totally identify with that’ – the process of making art brings us joy, relieves stress and anxiety, helps us cope with grief, loss, and difficulties – art gives us strength and hope, the power to carry on. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with me!
A couple of weeks ago, I had a number of surgeries that have kept me bed-bound. I have been using this downtime to watch bits of the Life Book Summit. And the most beautiful thing about watching the videos was that they resonate with your answers. No matter where we are in our art making journey, we all have this in common – we heart art and that unites all of us. I am so thankful for Tam for hosting this summit!
I hope my connections with you wonderful ones do not end with the Summit! I’d love if we could stay in touch via Instagram or Facebook or YouTube or all three if you like. You can also sign up for my studio newsletter for updates on workshops, giveaways, inspiration and other crafty stuff.
And now I have to choose one of you to win a free seat in Lifebook 2019. It’s an eyes closed RANDOM PICK from a hat. This is never easy for me, but at least I can make one person happy and I know the rest of you will cheer the winner on. I wish all of you joy and hope that you will win your spot on another Lifebook teacher’s giveaway!
THE WINNER IS:
Hi Mou, I first seen you when you started teaching on Creative Bug. So I was thrilled to see that Tam had chosen you as one of the Teachers for Life Book 2019. Enjoy it! I liked your interview with Tam for the summit as well and the quote you made! Love it!! Gonna use that often. Anyway the reason I make art is to retain my wellbeing. I discovered the benefits of art when I was off work for 2 years with severe anxiety, severe sleep disorder and deep depression. It literally saved my life. It became the lifeline I held on to everyday to keep my head above water. So now I can say I need to make art as much as I need to eat everyday or breathe. Thanks for asking! Take care.
CONGRATULATIONS Terri!!! I am sending your email (the one WordPress requires for allowing comments on the blog) to the Life Book Team! Enjoy your prize 🙂 I am so happy for you!
Terri, in the event that you have already won a spot elsewhere, please let me know in the comment to this post so I can choose another winner who could then take Life Book 2019 with you 🙂
Hope you are enjoying the free Life Book Summit. As it’s drawing to a close, I want to offer my readers an opportunity to win ONE spot on the Life Book 2019 year-long online workshop!!!
Entering is easy. Leave a comment to this post and tell me why you make art. I’ll pull a name randomly from the comments to win a spot. I’ll announce the winner on 10/15/18.
And if you want to stay in touch with me, please follow me on Instagram or Facebook or YouTube or all three if you like. You can also sign up for my studio newsletter for updates on workshops and other crafty stuff.
Something new and amazing has just been born! 🙂 My friend Tamara Laporte from Willowing Arts has just opened registration for The (free) Life Book Creativity & Wellbeing Summit! She has interviewed a wide range of Life Book 2019 Teachers for it and guess what?! I’m one of the speakers AND I’m also a teacher on Life Book 2019 next year!
Yay!!!
Not only is this Summit filled with inspiring interviews with amazing artists, but we each also provide a FREE creative and wellness activity for you that you can access for 2 weeks!
The Summit is filled with inspiring interviews, art sessions, meditations and wellbeing activities to help you get present and connected to the healing power of your creativity!
The Summit begins on October 1st and ends on October 15th!
Life Book 2019 (which I’ll be teaching on yippee!) will open registration on October 16th and guess what? If you join Life Book 2019 you’ll get life long access to the Summit content as well as a year of amazing art activities + a virtual gift bag filled with extras and goodies also! More on this later, but keep an eye out for Life Book 2019 sign up details!
I’m SO PLEASED to announce that I am a teacher for Wanderlust 2019!
Wanderlust 2019 is a year-long self-paced mixed media online workshop taught by 26 amazing teachers with a wide variety of styles. You’ll get 49 high-quality full-length streamable (and downloadable) video lessons every Friday starting January 4th, 2019. You’ll also get lifetime access plus a ton of creative bonuses.
The regular price for Wanderlust 2019 is $150 USD, but if you sign up by December 31st, 2018, you’ll get a 30% Early Bird Discount. Just use the code EARLY30 and you’ll pay only $105 USD (approx. £81, €90) for a whole year of classes! Isn’t that wonderful?
In the midst of a SUPER BUSY week, here’s an intuitive painting inspired by my backyard, based on the 21 Secrets Just Add Water workshop by Tanyalee Kahler.
Well, this was all done with Jia’s art supplies (she’s three) while watching the FIFA finals… that’s over 90 minutes of doodling!!! So, no subtle colors in these tide pools or control on the doodling because I was too busy having fun… talk about letting loose.
Class by Faith Evans Sills from 21 Secrets Just Add Water. Has been such a great variety of approaches (not just techniques) to water-coloring so far. My class is coming up on July 19th. You too can sign up through this link to access the classes.
So far, I have been sharing my practice from other lessons at 21 Secrets Summer 2018 Workshop. Today, I want to share sneak peeks from the class I’ll be teaching as part of the Just Add Water Workshop series. There will be lots of watercolor play involved. Class is self-paced, very few supplies needed and the 35 minute lesson is divided into three videos. I had a great time filming the lesson and I think you’ll enjoy it too!
And the best part… I am giving away ONE Summer Studios bundle (includes Just Add Water and The Great Outdoors) to ONE lucky winner!
To enter the giveaway, tell me about your creative plans for the summer in your comment to this post. You have till July 6th to enter. I’ll announce the winner on July 7th right here.
Intuitive painting is a new thing for me. And I’m painting after such a long time.
These people hardly have any defined features which makes capturing their moods through expressions rather hard. So I chose colors to create a patchwork of emotions which is true for any relationship as far as my understanding of such things go.
Hi Mou, I first seen you when you started teaching on Creative Bug. So I was thrilled to see that Tam had chosen you as one of the Teachers for Life Book 2019. Enjoy it! I liked your interview with Tam for the summit as well and the quote you made! Love it!! Gonna use that often. Anyway the reason I make art is to retain my wellbeing. I discovered the benefits of art when I was off work for 2 years with severe anxiety, severe sleep disorder and deep depression. It literally saved my life. It became the lifeline I held on to everyday to keep my head above water. So now I can say I need to make art as much as I need to eat everyday or breathe. Thanks for asking! Take care.