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Currently, my biggest passions lie in painting and creating more art alongside teaching others how to

Currently, my biggest passions lie in painting and creating more art alongside teaching others how to follow their own creative passions! I designed Life i Design Online to help you explore new creative skills, from the comfort of your own home at your own pace! All classes are video based with printable resources to support you as you explore a new skill and potentially a new opportunity to work

from home like I do! I hope that you join me for a class or two, and that I can help you learn what you need, to get you started living a life YOU design

08/27/2026

How to do a dopamine detox this fall?

📓 Unplug ✍🏻 Rediscover old hobbies 🎨 Find new ones, like watercolor 😉 🌳 Make space for what truly matters. You.

Fall is in the air and now is the perfect time to make a list of things that genuinely fill you up. Then slowly check them off, one beautiful thing at a time.

What’s on your list this season? Drop it in the comments. 🍂

08/25/2026

Can I be honest with you about something? Most artists start marketing their art completely backwards.

They post beautiful photos and wait. They run a sale and hope. They try to “figure out the algorithm” and feel exhausted.

Back in the day, I did all of this too, and then I learned what actually works. There isn’t just one way to do things!

Inside life YOU design, I share a full live training on marketing advice specifically for artists who are just starting to sell. Not generic marketing tips but art business marketing. The kind that actually converts followers into buyers.

We cover:
🎨 Where to focus your marketing energy first
🎨 How to talk about your art in a way that makes people want to buy it
🎨 What to post, when, and why

You don’t need a huge audience but you need a strategy.

If you’re ready to stop guessing and start selling, come take a look at what’s waiting for you inside. We are gearing up for the busiest buying season of the year and now is the time to start preparing for it!

Grab a freebie I made for you by commenting INSTAGRAM and I’ll send you all the details

08/24/2026

If you nodded along to every single slide, congratulations, you're kinda artsy and we love you for it!!

Now close this app, open that sketchbook, and use all of your blue paints! 🤍

Go be artsy!

Share and tag your fellow art supply hoarder in the comments too.😆

08/23/2026

Rainy Sunday morning on my desk. Gathering inspo from things I’ve clipped to things I’ve collected. My favorite mark making supplies and a fresh cup of coffee. Inspiration for art making is everywhere, you just need to pay attention and notice what draws you in and makes you stop for a moment to have a closer look. Happy rainy Sunday morning 🤍

08/21/2026

Update on my vintage book turned sketchbook!

I bought this book summer of 2025 and have been slowly filling each page ever since. The book consists of 165 pages and I think I am about 3/4 of the way there.

I have filled it with sketches, paintings, collage art and recently even added a little pocket in the back to hold a few random bits of paper.

I have worked on florals, still-life, portraits, lettering, landscapes, and even abstract art. I’ve used a variety of mediums that I love; watercolor, charcoal, pastel, pencil, ink and even glued in pressed flowers on some pages.

This little sketchbook has become one that is filled with the biggest variety of art I have ever made in one single sketchbook, and I think it’s mainly due to the fact that I feel little pressure about what will be added to the pages, and have also taken my time over the last year.

It’s been really energizing to work on it these last few weeks and I hope to fill it entirely so I can share it with my upcoming France watercolor retreat attendees. There’s nothing better than sharing art in person!

Let me know if you have any questions about it!

08/19/2026

The really expensive mistake I made and what I see other artists doing now!

When I first started learning watercolor, I did what most beginners do. I bought the big set.

72 set of watercolor paint. A bunch of brushes I saw a popular artist using (even the weird shapes ones), I had no idea what a dagger brush was!! Three different paper pads. I spent somewhere north of $300 and laid it all out on my table feeling ready.

Then when I sat down to paint and not only couldn't figure out where to start, I kind of froze. I felt like everything was so professional, shiny, new… it actually made me very nervous to mess up my supplies vs. make me want to dig in and get started!

Here's what I know now: more supplies doesn't mean more progress. It usually means more paralysis.

The painters who improve fastest start small. Minimal. A few good paints. One pad of quality paper. A few key brushes that are simple to use.

The rest comes once you actually know what you're doing and understand what you personally like and prefer. After all, what works for one artist, doesn’t mean it works for the way you enjoy painting and creaing.

My new edition of my free beginner's guide tells you exactly what to buy and what to skip!

🔗 Link in bio.

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Victoria, BC
V0S, V8N-V8Z, V9A-V9E

Website

http://www.lifeidesign.com/, https://learn.lifeidesign.com/, https://lifeidesign.substack.com/about, https://amzn.to/3JZ

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