Another fantastic class! I love how Anne inspires us to try out different materials and supplies, experiment, slow down and enjoy the process. I used a variety of markers, colored pencils, crayons, distress crayons, white gel pen, black paper, sketchbook paper, watercolor and metallic watercolor. And, Anne mentions one of my most favorite creative quotes, "Most things have already been done, but they have not YET been done by YOU!" ~Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic

The tips shared for the stumbling blocks are so valuable! My best tip is to keep your supplies out and ready on a table, so that when you walk by and you have a "pocket of time" whether it's 5 min. or 30 min., you can sit down and do another paint layer, or do something to move the project forward, and just enjoy moments of creative time! I expanded this thought and now carry 2" x 2" paper squares and a fine liner in my purse, so that whenever I'm waiting for something, or have a 5 min. work break, I can draw patterns and enjoy a creative moment (idea sparked by Draw Yourself Calm book by Amy Maricle). 

I used distress crayons for this page and smoothed them out with a water filled paintbrush afterwards. I love the vibrant colors and creaminess of these crayons!

Mark making with Tombow brushpens.

I was so thrilled that the cottages were included in this class! When I saw them in another one of Anne's classes, I knew I had to create them!

Then, I had to create a page of cute barns - love the one in the middle from the Canadian TV show Heartland which is one of my favorite shows!

Using regular children's crayons was so interesting - the layering worked well! Afterwards, I used my heat gun to melt the crayon marks which smoothed them out on the page. I used a bit of metallic watercolor over some of the bottom designs to make them stand out, and really enjoy the look of the white gel pen outline.

I decided to sketch a totally different butterfly for the colored pencil exercise and love how it turned out! Layering the color helped so much, as I didn't have an orange, so I started off with a light yellow layer, then light red, and yellow on top to blend.

Line drawing - this was so fun and freeing, not to have to put all the detail in, but still capture these unique plants!