Creative Practice: Art & Wellness Studio

06/24/2026

What is art journaling?

If you hear “art journaling” and think it means writing pages and pages in a journal, you are not alone.

Art journaling can include words, but it is really a visual creative practice. It may include colour, collage, drawing, painting, texture, pattern, images, found papers, layers, and personal symbols.

It does not need to be polished.
It does not need to be perfect.
It does not need to become a finished artwork.

An art journal can be a place to explore materials, notice what you are drawn to, experiment with ideas, and make space for creativity in a personal way.

I found this video that gives a helpful introduction and shows many different examples of what art journaling can look like.

If you have ever wondered what art journaling actually means, this might be a lovely place to begin.

Art journaling is one of the creative practices we explore at Creative Practice, sometimes as a course, sometimes through focused workshops, and sometimes simply as a way of thinking about materials, images, and personal expression.

Video: https://youtu.be/HvatmYoeLUA?si=4ndrvpzSYc0qQ2JK

06/22/2026

Tonight at Quiet Colour Club: drawing to the shape of the breath.

In this evening’s session, we’ll begin with two simple guided exercises:

Triangle shapes inspired by 4, 7, 8 breathing
Square shapes inspired by 4, 4, 4, 4 breathing

From there, we’ll add pattern and watercolour in a gentle, process-based way.

No experience is needed. Just come as you are and spend some time slowing down, making, and breathing in community.

Tonight, 6:30–8:00 p.m.
Details and booking are on the website: https://www.creativepracticestudio.com/book-online

06/21/2026

What a magical day at Fairies in the Park! ✨

We had such a lovely time making fairy wands and painting magical doors with so many creative little artists. It was wonderful to see them slow down, choose their colours, focus for a few quiet minutes, and make something of their own in the middle of all the festival excitement.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by The Art Fairy’s Workshop today. We had so much fun. 🧚‍♀️🎨

06/12/2026

Ready for the next step in beginner drawing?

Beginner Drawing Level 2 starts next week.

In this supportive 4-week course, we will move beyond outlines and begin exploring how drawings can feel more three-dimensional through form, value, light, and shadow.

We’ll begin with cross-contour lines, using simple objects to understand how surfaces turn in space. From there, we’ll explore blending, hatching, cross-hatching, and stippling as approachable ways to build light and shadow.

This course is a natural continuation of Beginner Drawing Level 1, but it may also be a good fit if you already have some basic comfort with shape, contour, and drawing from observation.

No pressure. No need to be perfect. Just time to slow down, look carefully, and keep building confidence.

Registration is open on the website: https://www.creativepracticestudio.com/book-online

06/11/2026

Purpose can be small.

We often speak of purpose as if it has to be grand.

A calling.
A career.
A big contribution.
Something visible, measurable, and impressive.

But purpose can also be quiet.

Sometimes it looks like making a small painting and taping it in the front window.

Not because it will change the world in some dramatic way, but because someone walking by might notice it.

Because a small act of care can still be an offering.

Because beauty shared is never wasted.

A colour on a page.
A drawing in a window.
A few flowers in a cup.
A space made a little more welcoming.
A moment of pause offered to someone you may never meet.

These things may seem small, but they are not nothing.

They are ways of saying:

this matters
you matter
beauty matters
attention matters

Art and creativity remind us that purpose does not always have to arrive in large, public ways.

Sometimes purpose is simply this:

to make something with care
and place it where it might bring a little more life, colour, or meaning to another person’s day.

At Creative Practice, we believe small creative acts matter.

explore • restore • grow

06/09/2026

Joy is not frivolous.

Before many of us learned to call them weeds, we called dandelions flowers.

As children, we picked them by the handful.

We made bouquets.
We offered them proudly.
We gave them to our mothers, grandmothers, teachers, neighbours, or anyone we loved.

We were not thinking about lawns, categories, or whether they “belonged.”

We saw something bright and beautiful.

And we wanted to share it.

That is joy.

Simple, generous, immediate joy.

As adults, it can become easy to dismiss the small things that delight us. We can start to believe joy has to wait until the work is done, the bills are paid, the house is clean, or everything is finally under control.

But joy is not frivolous.

It is part of what keeps us human.

Art and creativity give us a way to return to that kind of noticing: colour, texture, shape, light, memory, beauty.

A small bouquet.
A line on a page.
A quiet song.
A colour that makes you smile.
A small bouquet in a cup, placed in the sunlight.

These things matter.

At Creative Practice, we believe joy is worth making space for.

explore • restore • grow

06/07/2026

Art is not extra.

A few weeks ago, I made this small sketch of dandelions in a vase.

Dandelions are often treated as weeds, but when we place them in a vase, we give them attention. We notice their colour, their shape, their resilience, their ordinary beauty.

Creativity can do that too.

It helps us notice what we might otherwise rush past.
It gives value to small moments.
It reminds us that beauty, joy, and meaning are not only found in grand things.

They can be found in a flower from the yard.
A line on a page.
A quiet moment of looking.
A little painting taped in a window for someone else to see.

At Creative Practice, we believe art is not a luxury or an extra.

It is one way we remember that life is more than getting through the day.

explore • restore • grow

06/04/2026

New date: Saturday, June 20

We’ve moved the Father’s Day Card-Making Workshop to Saturday, June 20, so kids and their grown-ups can make handmade cards just in time for Father’s Day.

Join Kat Greenwood of Design Symphony at Creative Practice Studio for a guided, beginner-friendly card-making workshop using prepared card kits, layered papers, embellishments, stamping, colouring, and simple card-making techniques.

Choose from four card designs:
👔 Classic Plaid Shirt Card
🌌 Best Dad in the Galaxy
⚽ #1 Soccer Dad
🧱 Awesome Brick Builder Dad

Saturday, June 20
2:00–4:00 PM
Creative Practice Studio

Registration options:
1 adult + 1 child: $50
1 adult + 2 children: $75
Recommended for ages 7+. Materials are included.
Children must be accompanied by an adult for the full workshop. This is not a drop-off program.

Please register by Wednesday, June 17 so Kat can prepare the correct card kits.

Register through the Creative Practice website:

A small group sound bath experience with Laura Notton, MSW, RSW, combining breathwork, somatic awareness, live sound, and integration.

06/01/2026

This Saturday at Creative Practice Studio: Father’s Day Card-Making Workshop

Join Kat Greenwood of Design Symphony for a guided, beginner-friendly card-making workshop where kids and their grown-ups can make something thoughtful together.

Participants will use prepared card kits, layered papers, embellishments, stamping, colouring, and simple card-making techniques to create polished handmade cards in time for Father’s Day.

Choose from four card designs:

👔 Classic Plaid Shirt Card
🌌 Best Dad in the Galaxy
⚽ #1 Soccer Dad
🧱 Awesome Brick Builder Dad

Saturday, June 6
2:00–4:00 PM
Creative Practice Studio

Registration options:
1 adult + 1 child: $50
1 adult + 2 children: $75

Recommended for ages 7+. Materials are included.

Please note: this is not a drop-off workshop. Children must be accompanied by an adult for the full session.

Register through the Creative Practice website: https://www.creativepracticestudio.com/service-page/father-s-day-card-making-workshop?referral=service_list_widget

06/01/2026

If you have been needing a quieter kind of creative time, this is for you.

Quiet Colour Club is guided artmaking for calm, curiosity, and flow.

A place to slow down, follow the rhythm of your breath, notice colour moving across the paper, and enjoy the process without pressure.

Tonight’s session is open, and I would love to gather a few more people around the table.

No experience needed. All materials are provided.

Tonight, 6:30 pm to 8:00 p.m.
Details and booking are on the website: https://www.creativepracticestudio.com/book-online