Artzlife
Gentle art and sketch journaling inspiration inspired by nature and travel, every second Friday.
🎨 Notes from Nature: Affirmation Cards
ARTZLIFE Hobby Art Inspiration Art, nature, travel and sketch journaling inspiration for hobby artists. Brought to you by Meditative Art Coloring Book Notes from Nature and the beauty of small art Hi Reader, The Beauty of Small Art Some days you only have ten quiet minutes and a small square of paper. It is easy to believe that real art needs a large canvas, a free afternoon and a burst of inspiration. When life feels full, creativity can quietly slip to the bottom of the list. But what if a...
🎨 Flitting About in my Sketchbook
ARTZLIFE Hobby Art Inspiration Art, nature, travel and sketch journaling inspiration for hobby artists. Brought to you by Meditative Art Coloring Book Flitting About in my Sketchbook Hi Reader, Lately at lunchtime I have been flitting about in my mini square sketchbook drawing butterflies. You know I am devoted to finding small pockets of time for art. On my four day work week I take a tiny sketchbook and a few favorite supplies with me. That quiet half hour in the middle of the day has...
🎨 Being Creative Living Alone
ARTZLIFE Hobby Art Inspiration Art, nature, travel and sketch journaling inspiration for hobby artists. Brought to you by Meditative Art Coloring Book When Your Sketchbook Becomes Company Hi Reader, Welcome to this fortnight's Artzlife for hobby artists. I am truly delighted you have pulled up a chair and joined me here. Do you ever notice how loud the quiet can feel when you live alone? I think that some days feel spacious and peaceful. Other days stretch out in a way that feels a little too...
🎨 Does Your Day Job Quietly Support Your Art?
ARTZLIFE Hobby Art Inspiration Art, nature, travel and sketch journaling inspiration for hobby artists. Brought to you by Meditative Art Coloring Book Does Your Day Job Quietly Support Your Art? Read on the Web Hi Reader, Welcome to this edition of Artzlife. â € Quiet Support Just What You Need Many artists, and hobby artists, live with a quiet tension. There is the work you do to pay the bills and the work you feel called to make. It can seem as though one takes from the other, leaving your...
🎨 Why Maps Belong in Your Sketchbook
ARTZLIFE Hobby Art Inspiration Art, nature, travel and sketch journaling inspiration for hobby artists. Brought to you by Meditative Art Coloring Book Why Maps Belong in Your Sketchbook Read on the web. Hi Reader, Welcome to this edition of Artzlife. Have you ever opened a sketchbook page and felt stuck because words just would not behave? You know what you want to record or explore but writing it out neatly feels heavy or wrong somehow. â € Medieval Village â € For years I thought journals were...
🎨 Don't Let The Old Lady In: Third Age Art
ARTZLIFE Hobby Art Inspiration Art, nature, travel and sketch journaling inspiration for hobby artists. Brought to you by Meditative Art Coloring Book Don't Let the Old Lady In Read on the web. Hi Reader, The Old Man A Thought Worth Noticing In a recent interview Clint Eastwood, now 95 years old, said that every morning as he woke up and felt a little creak or twinge in his body that he says to himself, "Don't let the old man in." This refers to how easy it would be to just give up and let...
🎨 What I Learned as a Hobby Artist This Year
ARTZLIFE Hobby Art Inspiration Art, nature, travel and sketch journaling inspiration for hobby artists. Brought to you by Meditative Art Coloring Book What I Learned as a Hobby Artist This Year Read on the web Hi Reader, Every year between Christmas and New Year I take a few quiet days to slow down. No deadlines. No pressure. Just time to breathe and notice what the year has really taught me. This past year surprised me in ways I didn't see coming. Quick Story For a long time my creative...
🎨 How to Start a Sketch Journal
ARTZLIFE Hobby Art Inspiration Art, nature, travel and sketch journaling inspiration for hobby artists. Brought to you by Meditative Art Coloring Book How to Start a Sketch Journal Read on the web. Hi Reader, Recently, one of my readers posed the simple question, "How do I start with sketch journaling?" It was at this time that I realized that whilst many of you read my writing for some ideas to put into your journals and sketchbooks, there are still many people who just need a little...
🎨 7-Day Grid Art: Autumn
ARTZLIFE Hobby Art Inspiration Art, nature, travel and sketch journaling inspiration for hobby artists. Brought to you by Meditative Art Coloring Book 7-Day Grid Art: Autumn Read on the web Hi Reader, Welcome to this edition of Artzlife the newsletter for creatives who enjoy gentle art inspiration and want to weave more calm creative moments into everyday life. Moments of Calm I want to consider now as we are in Autumn that as the days shift and the season settles around us this is a lovely...
🎨 Travel Sketchbook: Tofino
ARTZLIFE Hobby Art Inspiration Art, nature, travel and sketch journaling inspiration for hobby artists. Brought to you by Meditative Art Coloring Book Travel Sketchbook: Tofino Read on the web. Hi Reader, I’ve often said that I don’t travel very much, yet here I am again on my second weekend getaway this year. Earlier I spent a few days in Whistler and shared that experience with you, and now another adventure has found its way into my sketchbook. This time I’m opening my travel art...
Gentle art and sketch journaling inspiration inspired by nature and travel, every second Friday.