Welcome to Living a Creative Life – May 2026! b

Hello, welcome to my new restructured newsletter. I'll be sending these out monthly and just wanted to quickly say hello and send a message from me. I really like to do that. I think it's more personalized than just getting an email. So for this first month, I just wanted to let you know that each month I'll be sending the newsletter with an art tip and I'm starting at the beginning where I start with all of my students and my four-part process for helping them create unique art. And so I'll share an art tip, I'll share a favorite product. In this one, it's the mixed media book or you can use 140 pound watercolor paper book, but it's my go-to first suggestion for students whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist who's interested in developing your art through mixed media. It's a great way to record, experiment, do mini studies, and it's all in one book. So I highly recommend that. And then my favorite thing, I'll be showcasing students, fellow artists along the way, and telling a little bit about their stories and how their art developed over time. So that's my favorite thing. If you haven't checked it out yet, check out my student gallery. There's a link in the newsletter. It's really, really amazing, very inspiring. And then for May, let's see, we have a couple things going on. There are still a couple of spots for my Women's Art and Serenity Retreat in beautiful Costa Rica. So that's in January, January 28th to February 4th. So if you would like to attend or know someone who might like to attend, please check out the information in the link. And in August, I will be doing a kind of, again, restructured membership. I'm pulling everybody together from all my groups, trying to get you all in one place. It will be very reasonably priced. I really want as many people to be able to access this program as possible. There'll be a seven day free trial, you don't have to put a credit card or anything in, you can just come check it out. And I'm putting all my content in there. We'll be meeting monthly on Zoom. And I'm super, super excited about it. So that will launch in August. And I'll send more information about that in the June newsletter. But in the meantime, check this one out. Welcome. I'm so glad to be back. Please follow me on Instagram threads, YouTube, or Substack. I will not really be on Facebook anymore. You'll see a static message sending you in other directions, because I found I'm much more productive and much more focused if I'm not on Facebook. You can always reach me though. You can send me a message on Instagram, and you can always reply to these emails. So that's it for now. I'll see you in June. And always remember, you can email me with art questions, comments, just to say hello. I love to hear from you.