Welcome, Founding Member! 🎉 I'm so glad you're here. This is a sketchbook journaling space for grown-ups who lost touch with their creativity somewhere along the way. However you draw, in five minutes or fifty, in a proper sketchbook or a dirt-cheap spiral notepad from the supermarket, it all counts. ❤️ ❤️ 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘: 👉 The Printables Starter Pack & Extras 👉 The Sketchbook Magic 7-Day Challenge - Start here ❤️ 👉 50 Beginner's Prompts easy ways to start sketchbook journaling 👉 You can find everything in the classroom here You're getting in early as a Founding Member, 𝘀𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗼. If you ever want a bit more support, here's what's here for you: ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 🌻 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗩𝗔𝗨𝗟𝗧 Ever stare at a blank page and freeze? The Vault gives you a growing library of seasonal printables, prompts and ephemera to journal with all year, so you always have somewhere to start. Founding Member pricing right now: $5/month or $30/year, locked in for as long as you're here. 👉 Get instant access here ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ✏️ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 Ever wanted to draw your pet, or something that means the world to you, in the kind of detail that makes people say "𝙉𝙤 𝙒𝘼𝙔 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩!!" ? 😮 ❤️ 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙤𝙣𝙚-𝙩𝙤-𝙤𝙣𝙚. - Two 45-minute Zoom sessions a month, working side by side, building real detailed pencil and colored pencil skills - Send me your drawings in between sessions and I'll tell you exactly what to work on next - Old teacher put you off, or a voice telling you that you can't? That's exactly what I'm here for too. I'm a certified coach as well as an artist, so you get real accountability and confidence-building alongside the skills

I have a little confession. In the middle of the night - when I couldn't sleep, I ordered not one but TWO sets of metallic watercolors, 🤣and now I'm watching the door waiting for them to arrive 😄 I think they will be great for a secret project I've got coming up in the run-up to Christmas. 😍 It started because a couple of you have been sharing work in the daily thread made with these shimmery paints, and I couldn't stop looking at it. The way they catch the light is just gorgeous. Golds, coppers, pearly pinks, those deep peacock blues... they look like little pots of treasure. - - - - - - - - - - - - So I'm really curious to hear from you. ✨ Have you tried metallic paints yet? What was it like the first time you swirled a brush through one? 🖌️ If you haven't, would you give them a go? What would you want to paint with them first? 📸 And if you've already used them in your sketchbook, I'd love to see it! Pop a photo in the comments if you fancy sharing. - - - - - - - - - - - - As soon as mine turn up, I'll share my first play with them here, and we can figure them out together 💛 💬 Tell me in the comments: have you tried metallic paints, and what do you think of them? 👇