Hello, Friends!

Lately, I’ve been thinking about the ways I’ve developed my style and learned to be loose in my art.

When I first started painting my whimsical characters in 2009, I used lots of untraditional supplies like glitter glue, bleeding art tissue paper and crayons. As soon as I started to have fun, my paintings seemed to come to life.

I wanted to return to this playful approach.

Because whenever I get stuck with a painting, can’t loosen up or just need a burst of creative inspiration, I come back to play.

While I love to paint my colorful first layers to let go, sometimes I just want to keep it simple.

That’s when I get out my watercolors and a sketchbook. This has become part of my daily painting practice.

And I try to do this every day (sometimes many times each day). It’s become a sort of meditation.

Whenever I paint I feel happiness. So I wanted to paint and be happy more often.

Now I’ve got my little carryall ready with my watercolors and sketchbook. If I ever need a little calm during my day, I just grab my watercolors, sit down, and paint.

Even if it’s just for a few minutes, I always feel happier. It’s about creating a little bit of space throughout my day. From there, my creative spirit is set free.

This daily painting practice has also completely changed my creative process and made it SO much easier for me to get started and finish paintings I love…

It really came down to 3 things…

• I wanted to make it super easy for myself to paint and feel good
• I wanted to simplify my creative practice and have fun
• I wanted to explore new techniques and be even looser in my art

The invitation is to feel more joy and calm in your day, take a moment to pause and let yourself paint. Take a sketchbook and create a few paintings of your own.

If you want help loosening up and letting go in your art, you might enjoy Watercolor Joy, my new self-paced mini course which is available to start today – it’s all about loosening up, letting go and play.

You can register here for Watercolor Joy – A Mini Course, get out your sketchbook and let’s paint.

Inside Watercolor Joy you’ll find six painting projects and lessons (each can be done in under 10 minutes). I’m keeping it all super simple so you can just get started and paint. All you really need are some watercolors and paper.

By the time you finish Watercolor Joy you’ll have the template to get yourself creatively unstuck, again and again.

>> Click here to register for Watercolor Joy – A Mini Course <<

I’m so excited to see what you create and can’t wait to meet you in our community! I hope to see you in class…

Sending you so much love and happiness… I hope you have a beautiful weekend!

With love + gratitude,
xo Juliette