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The first live creative class of the year has arrived. Join Kiala Givehand as she teaches you to transform one sheet of paper into three small handmade books for sketches, poetry, and quiet discoveries.

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The Sketchbook Society

Spring arrives with an invitation to slow down and notice, the light shifting, the garden waking, the quiet return of color. This round of Sketchbook Society answers that invitation with Grounded in the Garden, a watercolor class by artist Natalie Mecham.

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There’s a quiet shift in late March, the body noticing before the mind. April invites a gentle return to color, light, and attention. This is a season of soft awakening, where creativity begins not with effort, but with noticing. Let your senses lead you back.

Explore Issue No. 88

Expanding Landscapes with Nikol Wikman is now open. Over five projects, you'll paint bold, expressive landscapes using acrylics, trowel, and charcoal. Loosen up, build confidence, and create paintings that feel genuinely yours.

Explore expressive mixed media art with charcoal, acrylics, pastels, and collage. Learn to combine florals and portraits while developing your own artistic voice through layered color, texture, and emotion. Perfect for artists of all levels seeking freedom and beauty in their creative process.

The Keeper of Curiosities invites you to create a deeply personal artist book, an archive of your ideas, stories, and inspiration. Through playful exploration, collage, paint, and stitching, you’ll build confidence, release perfectionism, and reconnect with the joy of creative discovery.

Expanding Landscapes

Paint bold landscapes with Nikol Wikman across five projects. Build confidence through mark-making, color mixing, and layering. For all levels.

Keeper of Curiosities

Create a sacred artist book to explore, experiment, and archive your ideas. Build confidence and tell your creative story.

Feathered Treasures

Create expressive mixed media portraits and florals with charcoal, paint, and collage while discovering your unique artistic style.

Petals and Portraits

Create expressive mixed media portraits and florals with charcoal, paint, and collage while discovering your unique artistic style.

The Handbound Sketchbook

Create a beautiful handbound sketchbook and turn it into a sacred space for art, reflection, and creative intention.

From Scene To Soul

Paint expressive landscapes with gouache and pastel, capturing not just scenery but the emotions and memories each place holds.

Create soulful botanical prints, handmade journals, and nature-inspired collages using leaves, flowers, and simple materials.

Feels Like Flowers

Create expressive, abstract floral art with Nikol Wikman using vibrant color, loose brushwork, and playful mixed media techniques.

Joyful Landscapes

Paint joyful, modern landscapes using watercolor and Neocolor II. Explore color, intuition, and grounded horizons in this calming, creative class.

Create your own symbolic “community” card inspired by the Three of Cups using art, intuition, and joy.

Add charm and whimsy to your portraits! Learn to create expressive, playful faces full of personality and story.

Winter Findings

Capture winter’s quiet beauty with ink, watercolor & muted tones in this moody, expressive class.

Bring the beauty of nature to life as Natalie guides you in painting vibrant flowers and birds with watercolor.

The Art of Intuitive Portraiture

Capture the human spirit with expressive portraits and oracle cards using intuitive, soulful techniques.

Portrait and Pattern

Discover the magic of mixed media by combining graphite, watercolor, and patterns into a stunning portrait.

Finding Solace In Solitude

Embrace solitude’s power in art. Create symbolic trees with mixed media and discover your creativity.

Celebrate Portuguese azulejo tiles by painting in rich blues. Enjoy this simple, meditative lesson!

Let The Light In

Transform light and color into radiant, emotional artwork.

Drawing With Procreate

Master digital art and learn traditional creative techniques on your iPad.

Create stunning watercolor journal pages reflecting your connection with nature.

Capturing Charm and Character

Capture charming streets and stunning locales with loose urban sketch techniques.

Forever is but a Moment

In this class, you'll weave the eternal with the ephemeral, blending unconventional mediums with watercolors to capture what 'awe' means to you.

World of Watercolor

Join our quick, fun watercolor class with 30-minute lessons. Create beautiful art and boost your skills.

Unleash Your Muses

Embrace imperfection and rediscover joy in creating, free from the pursuit of perfection.

Twilight's Embrace

Explore pastel landscapes and learn to blend and layer colors.

Cosmic Creations

A PanPastel class with a focus on loosening up with creative mark-making.

Explore pastel techniques in this class, adaptable to any medium, focusing on color values and creative freedom.

Artistic Alchemy

Learn to see beauty in every stroke and embrace art journaling as a creative sanctuary.

Seascapes of Maine

Elevate your artistry with a touch of Maine's enchanting essence, right in your studio.

Harmony In Blue

Just grab your glue, some collage images, old magazines, vintage ephemera, and your scissors to begin this journey!

Duality of Self

Grab your favorite magazines, vintage papers or other ephemera that you enjoy, your scissors and glue and let's have some fun!

Abstract By Design

Go BIG and BOLD in our exhilarating abstract art class.

Explore mixed media techniques using owls as as your muse.

Poetic Plaster and Wax

A class combining art and poetry using wax and plaster as mediums to explore emotions and self-expression.

Sacred Landscape

Create evocative and emotional work through the combination of collage, paint, and mixed media.

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Awaken To Place

Explore mindfulness and watercolor journaling to deepen your connection with yourself and the world.

Catching The Light

Take a journey to explore the unlimited possibilities of creating with PanPastels.

Floral Serenity

Surrender to the process of creating loose, beautiful watercolor florals.

Dive into mixed media to craft vibrant townscapes and playful figures, using paints, collage, and pastels.

Ladies With Character

Explore this whimsical class, painting characters unique to you.

Let's Start Sketching

Explore your creative practice and learn to draw in coffee shops, at the market, with friends, and pretty much everywhere!

Montaged Moments

Create and capture fanciful moments as we delve into the art of collage.

Pencil To Paper

Dedicated to the practice of sensitive sketching and connection to the subject.

The Gilded Brush

Take a journey to explore the unlimited possibilities of creating with PanPastels.

There’s a quiet shift in late March, the body noticing before the mind. April invites a gentle return to color, light, and attention. This is a season of soft awakening, where creativity begins not with effort, but with noticing. Let your senses lead you back.

April invites a quiet return to color, light, and the gentle act of noticing.

Master Artist – Edouard Vuillard

Egypt reminded me to trust my creative seasons and honor their natural rhythm.

Master Artist – Nina de Garis Davies

A quiet invitation to trust instinct, follow subtle pulls, and let your creative path unfold naturally.

Master Artist – Gwen John

A calm beginning: renewed momentum, gentle creative energy, and a grounded start to a new season.

Master Artist – 12 Master Artist Horses

Embrace the quiet art of surrender and allow creativity to flow with ease and openness.

Master Artist – Joan Brull

Turn inward, create deeply, and uncover the soul of your artistry.

Master Artist – Fernand Khnopff

Discover how pattern and design carry meaning, mystery, and balance in your creative practice.

Master Artist – Koloman Moser

Exploring twilight’s magic, where light meets shadow, reflection sparks, and creativity transforms.

Master Artist – Winslow Homer

Find creative inspiration in the rhythms, colors, and quiet power of the sea.

Master Artist – Winslow Homer

Slow down, notice nature, and let your sketchbook capture the beauty of the world around you.

Master Artist – Maria Sibylla Merian & Beatrix Potter

Make bold, fearless marks with ink—just honest sketching, spontaneity, and fresh starts.

Master Artist – Vincent Van Gogh

Step into the magic of May—fairies, flowers & creative wonder await.

Master Artist – Warwick Goble

Explore simplicity in art—how less can be more—with a focus on clarity, calm, and color.

Master Artist – Pablo Picasso & Henri Matisse

Embrace transformation in this butterfly-themed issue, celebrating growth, creativity, and new beginnings.

Master Artist – Odilon Redon

Explore the timeless symbols of love in art, from ancient knots to heartfelt letters, and create with heart.

Master Artist – Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Chart your creative year with the artistry of mapmaking—explore, dream, and navigate your creative path.

Master Artist – Pauline Diana Baynes

Explore winter mythology and uncover creative inspiration through timeless tales and legends.

Master Artist – John Bauer

Embrace “wintering” with fiber arts and find comfort in mindful, cozy creating.

Master Artist – William and May Morris

Dive into the mysterious world of dark academia—perfect for your October inspiration.

Master Artist – Edmund Dulac

Dive into the vibrant and dynamic world of complementary colors.

Master Artist – Masters Of Color