Happy ☀️Litha / Summer☀️ Solstice! We explored this magical time of the year in this week's Spiritual Self-Discovery Journaling Class. So many lovely ways to celebrate!✨️ One way it's to reflect on your hopes and intentions for the summer. How are you celebrating? #summersolstice2024 #spiritualjourney #lithablessings #wellnessjournaling #Self-Discovery
Hello dear creatives! ✨️ Here are 2 tips from my NO GUILT sketchbook practice.🌱 #1) This is real life, ✨️YOU WILL MISS DAYS✨️ if you're going for a daily practice. I just keep a tally when I'm able to jump back in...sometimes I do highlights of the days I missed and sometimes I just journal the present day. 🌱 #2) I have not had time to color in awhile so my pages have been black and white...the last few days I decided to journal with my fountain pen filled with a beautiful🩵 turquoise blue...it added immediate ✨️pizzazz! ✨️ You can do this with any colored pen or marker! ⚡️Try it, you'll like it...and share a snippet in the main feed so we can be inspired and cheer one another on! ⚡️ xoxo PS links to my favorite journaling supplie including this KAWECO FOUNTAIN PEN: HERE
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Santa Margherita on the way back to Rapallo from Portofino
I took so many photos, and also wanted to share some videos that I made on the trip…so here is part 2. Though the photos are cross between the whole week. A reminder if you did not read my first post it is HERE and this is about my JUNE 2022 Sketch Journaling Travel Teaching Trip to Italy with the Blue Walk, and its lovely proprietors, Jeannette and Suzy.
Arriving in Lake Como on a very windy day, ready to teach a class…
I’m back from Italy…a few words to recap
Farewell, Italy!
DOES A TRIP LIKE THIS INTEREST YOU? Join me on my next trip this October 18-30, 2022 as we embark on another incredible adventure to GREECE! Follow this LINK -- But please reach out right away, only a few spots remain!
MANAROLA, ITALY - CINQUE TERRE
BUONGIORNO! I'll be the first to admit it, I’m generally a happy homebody - but my recent Sketch Journaling Travel Teaching Trip to Italy with the Blue Walk, and its lovely proprietors, Jeannette and Suzy, changed all of that for me. They took care of all the details, which made enjoying the trip so easy - the group was small enough (14 in all) for us to easily get to know one another and scheduling flexible enough for everyone to have flexible time apart or meet up for meals, extra creative time and exploring! Each day was filled with wondrous adventures, amazing sights, taste and experiences...so much for my students and I to capture in our sketchbooks.
APERTIVO IN RAPALLO …ITALY’S MUCH CLASSIER VERSION OF HAPPY HOUR ;)
This smattering of photos are from Milan, Rapallo, Portofino, 3 towns in Cinque Terre: Monterosso, Vernazza and Manarola - as well as: Varenna, Lenno, and Bellagio on Lake Como. When you travel you become aware of how easy it is to become stagnant in our lives and limit our perceptions of what is available to us. I’ve come back to the US so grateful for this experience, and with a more open-hearted vision of the possibilities for my life and future.
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Think you aren't an artist? Come with me and I'll prove you wrong as we island-hop through the Cyclades with the Blue Walk. Your sketchbook practice will be fueled by the fantastic places we will be visiting including:
Athens and its ancient history and vibrant café scene.
Amorgos, an authentic, lost-to-time Greek island.
Naxos beaches, charming harbor, and countryside
Lastly, Santorini with its history, iconic views and cliff-topped villages perched high above the sea.
Capturing these places and the magical moments on our trip will make your travel journal a lifelong treasure!
Chicago-based artist Anne Leuck calls herself a child of the ’70s, an era known for its bold sense of color and graphics. Grew up in Sparta, a small, idyllic, midwestern town in Wisconsin, Anne got intimately attached to the delights of color at home, where creativity spurred in little things since both her parents had a taste for art. Today, this 54-year-old visual storyteller experiments with traditional painting and drawing, as well as digital media, journaling, and ceramics. She has licensed her designs for stationery and home décor products, and her artwork has appeared on billboards, movies, books, TV, and magazines.
But there’s more to her story! In the prime of her career, Anne sunk into clinical depression. While the world got brighter and more joyful with her art, she suffered in silence. In a candid chat with Real Life Heroes - By Manvi, she discusses her life, artistic, and mental health journey.
Read on… Many Thanks to Manvi Tiwari
Last month I overcame by techie fears and bravely went on-line for my first live webinar interview to share some of my sketch book journaling methods in a teaching session with fellow artist, Karen Abend in Germany, for the upcoming SKETCHBOOK REVIVAL EVENT. I'll admit, there were some last minute snafus, but I somehow pulled it off - that last photo was when it was done - I was relieved ;). I won't see it until everyone else does, the Workshops go live next week, all the details and FREE sign up below.
Sketchbook Revival is an amazing FREE online workshop featuring Sessions led by talented fine artists, illustrators, designers, art therapists, and journalers from around the world. I am honored and excited to be a featured presenter and to be able to partake in lessons in painting, drawing, inking and collaging from so many other talented artists in the Sketchbook Revival Online Workshop. Click HERE for FREE sign up!You can do this on your own schedule from the comfort of your own home!
