he back-to-school season should be a holiday! Some are excited about this time because it means getting the kids out of the house for 6 hours a day, while others are excited to start the new school year. Whether you’re attending school or sending kids back or both, this time of the year is perfect for shopping!

I’m happy to be able to share that I am a guest instructor for Wanderlust 2024 and to celebrate, you’re invited to join me for a LIVE painting session where we’ll be painting mini abstracts in our sketchbooks! Sign up and download a fun freebie here!

Wanting to start a new skill is daunting. It's overwhelming with all of the free and even costly online tutorials, courses, and blog posts.

I hosted a live watercolor sketchbook painting session for my Watercolors Made Simple students to help them with enjoy the art of practice & painting more. I've edited the session which started as an hour and a half long!!

I’m really excited to share this new Trace and Paint Nature Book with you! A reference book that you can use to trace line drawings of things like; butterflies, birds, moths, bugs and even includes a few blooms too!

Printable watercolor practice sheets to help you paint more and have fun doing it! When you need inspiration for what to paint, simply choose one of the 6 motifs to help you! Free bonus for watercolor students who join Intro to Modern Watercolors for Beginners before November 27th, 2020. www.lifeidesign.com

Over the last few months I’ve had some great conversations with fellow watercolor enthusiasts about how intimidating watercolor painting can be especially if you’ve never picked up watercolors before and if you don’t consider yourself to be artistic!

Watercolor painting tutorials designed with the beginner in mind. Learn how to mix the perfect watercolor puddle, wet-on-wet techniques, how to paint flowers, leaves and more.

Watercolor Leaves: how to easily paint multiple styles & learn to layer leaves creating depth for an interesting piece of art that you can frame, digitize to use in your design work and enjoy painting over and over again! This online watercolor for beginners class will show you how to mix paint, use my favorite brush and create depth, movement and flow to your painted piece.

’ve been sharing them on my IGTV over here and on my Instagram account here. I’ll try my best to upload them to this post daily, but in case I can get them up quick enough, make sure to follow me on Instagram so you don’t miss out!

Registration for this classes closes on February 16th! This class will launch again in the spring but at a higher price. The best part about getting into the class now is not only do you get in for a lower price, but you automatically get access to all updates as I improve the class and add more content to it!!

If you have any questions about this class, email me anytime at nicki@lifeidesign.com!

Painting is something that I’ve done along side of my business for the last 5 years. For years I painted, exhibited and sold original art, quietly, in the background. It’s taken 5 years of painting and developing my style in order for me feel ready. To feel ready to pursue my goal of creating and selling my art more actively.

I share this with you because I know it’s hard when you are just starting out. You are witnessing most people’s work when they too have been practicing quietly for years and years. It’s tough some days to be comparing your work to others when our social media feeds are filled with edited, staged and styled photographs of what seems to be effortless displays of creativity and artistic expression. Some thing that I struggle with on days when I’m filled with self doubt and worry. We’ve all been there right?!