Artzlife
Art, nature, travel and sketch journaling inspiration for hobby artists.
🎨 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...
🎨 Drawing the Tree of Life
ARTZLIFE Hobby Art Inspiration Art, nature, travel and sketch journaling inspiration for hobby artists. Brought to you by Meditative Art Coloring Book Tree of Life Read on the web. Hi Reader, Welcome to this week's edition of Artzlife. As a hobby artist, I keep coming back to the same subjects, almost as if they are part of my inner landscape. Over time, I’ve realized that I’m not especially drawn to drawing people, faces, or animals and I’m completely fine with that. My heart belongs to...
🎨 AHAtober 2025
ARTZLIFE Hobby Art Inspiration Art, nature, travel and sketch journaling inspiration for hobby artists. Brought to you by Meditative Art Coloring Book AHAtober 2025 Read on the web. â € Hi Reader, AHAtober is a special event for meditative artists, inspired by the popular Inktober challenge. This month-long journey is designed to bring calmness and creativity together and to provide a space for artists to explore and express themselves through gentle and reflective prompts. â € Acknowledgement...
🎨 Artspiration Cards
ARTZLIFE Hobby Art Inspiration Art, nature, travel and sketch journaling inspiration for hobby artists. Brought to you by Meditative Art Coloring Book Create Your Own Artspiration Card Deck Read on the web. Hi Reader, Welcome to this edition of Artzlife. This week I'm going to share with you how I started making my Signs and Symbols artspiration card deck. I've always had a great interest in signs, symbols and sigils. And the fact that when you are mark making at a very basic level you've got...
🎨 Art Books I'm Reading: Summer 2025
ARTZLIFE Hobby Art Inspiration Art, nature, travel and sketch journaling inspiration for hobby artists. Brought to you by Meditative Art Coloring Book Art Books I'm Reading: Summer 2025 Read on the web. Hi Reader, Welcome to this edition of Artzlife. This year I've been reading quite a few more books than I usually do. I'm averaging about three books a month. Which is not quite one a week or 52 in a year, but probably I'll aim for 36 books by the end of the year. I couldn't really tell you...
Art, nature, travel and sketch journaling inspiration for hobby artists.