Resources to Explore
Art and Business tools I use at my desk, that you can snag for yours!
When it comes to art there’s one thing I true heartily believe and that is that everyone should try things outside of their comfort zone, get messy, learn something new.
Here are my favorite ART books. Filled with inspiration whether you work on hand lettering, calligraphy, botanical art, food art, abstract art , surface design or work with a variety of mediums; there may be a book here for you. A book that can spark inspiration and maybe inspire a new collection! (The list will keep growing so visit often!)
Art Books to Inspire You!
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Everyday Watercolor: Learn to Paint Watercolor in 30 Days -
Watercolor Success in Four Steps -
Watercolor Botanicals: Learn to Paint Your Favorite Plants and Florals -
Painting Watercolor Botanicals: 34 Projects for Flowers, Foliage and More -
Everyday Watercolor Flowers: A Modern Guide to Painting Blooms, Leaves, and Stems Step by Step -
15-Minute Watercolor Masterpieces: Create Frame-Worthy Art in Just a Few Simple Steps -
How To Draw Modern Florals: An Introduction To The Art of Flowers, Cacti, and More -
The Joy of Watercolor: 40 Happy Lessons for Painting the World Around You -
Redouté. Book of Flowers – 40 Years (Multilingual Edition) -
Floriography: An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers -
The Joy of Botanical Drawing: A Step-by-Step Guide to Drawing and Painting Flowers, Leaves, Fruit, and More -
Vintage Botanicals: A Beautiful Botany Collection for Junk Journals, Collage, Card Making and Many Paper Crafts
There’s something special about finding the art SUPPLIES you resonate with most. When you give yourself the space to try something new, whether it’s using different colors or different composition techniques you open the door to new possibilities and even finding your artistic style.
Be it a medium of choice or your favorite brand.
Here you’ll find my favorite paper, paint (watercolor and gouache), sketching pencils, coloring pencils, dual brush pens, brushes and other art must haves.
Art Supplies
Watercolor Paint
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Winsor & Newton Designers Gouache - White -
Matte Pastel Watercolor Gouche Paints -
Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour Paint, Mars Black -
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolor Paint, Plus Set 24 Half Pans, Set of 24 -
Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour Paint, Prussian Blue -
Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour Paint, Cobalt Blue -
Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour Paint, Phthalo Turquoise -
Winsor & Newton 105348 Professional Water Colour Paint, Lemon Yellow Deep -
Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour Paint, Ultramarine Violet -
Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour Paint, Permanent Sap Green -
Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour Paint, Opera Rose -
Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour Paint, Scarlet Lake -
Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour Paint, Burnt Umber -
Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour Paint, Manganese Blue Hue -
Winsor & Newton 105744 Professional Water Colour Paint, 14ml tube, Yellow Ochre
Palette
Brushes
Watercolor Paper
Painter's Tape
Pencils
Dual Brush Pens / Tombow Produts
Business Resources
I’m excited to share with you some of my favorite things for growing an online BUSINESS. If you need help with the business side of running your artistic business, here’s my tried & true favorite shops, softwares, and brands I use daily in my own studio!
Bluchic
Bluchic creates feminine WordPress themes and landing page templates to help female entrepreneurs and bloggers build a beautiful and professional online presence, so you can grow the profitable business you’ve always dreamed of.
Canva
Canva makes branding images as simple as a drag and drop. Whether you choose to use your logo, social media handles, or a hashtag, what was once a time-consuming task will only take a few minutes. Canva's transparency tool also means that branding your images can look sleek and non-invasive to the viewer.
GoDaddy
GoDaddy is your all in one solution to grow online. Create your own free website, get a domain name, fast hosting, online marketing and award-winning 24/7 support.
PicMonkey
Create beautiful photos, logos, social media graphics, and facebook covers with PicMonkey's easy yet powerful photo editing and graphic design software.
SiteGround
SiteGround is one of the most recognized names in the web hosting industry and offers a combination of excellent performance and sterling customer service. It provides shared hosting, cloud hosting, enterprise solutions, email hosting, and domain registration.
Asana
Asana is one of the most popular project management tools for small and large teams. It has a simple interface that allows for viewing projects as lists, calendars, or boards. Manage projects, milestones, documents and more. You can also sort plans by projects, assignees, due dates and custom fields.
Flodesk
Flodesk is a budget-friendly email marketing option for any creative entrepreneur who are just starting out. Created for creators by creators. You can use it to design and send on-brand marketing emails, create opt-in forms to grow your list, and build powerful email automations.
Contract Shop
The Contract Shop® provides contract templates and all the legal paperwork you need to run your business well. Allowing creatives to purchase easy, done-for-you contract templates. No expensive attorneys required.
Convert Kit
ConvertKit is a robust email marketing option for product and service business owners who are looking for a tool that can do many things. Their visual automation builder helps make automations easier to map out and it also has a variety of tagging and segmentation features. They also provide plenty of education that covers what ConvertKit can do for you.
Slack
Forget about tasks and communications getting lost in endless email threads. Slack organizes team communication in channels by topic, direct messages and integrates with a variety of other softwares that allow for automations that will help streamline your communications.
Power Sheets
PowerSheets is not your average planner. It's an empowering, grace-filled process that guides you from setting your intentions for the year, breaking them into manageable steps, and re-evaluating as the year goes on. It comes with a community and a number of resources to help you reach your goals.
Tombow
Tombow is today’s market leader for art, crafts, school and office products. Tombow is a worldwide provider of art markers, liquid glue and adhesive tape, fine writing pens, correction tape, drawing pencils, colored pencils and erasers. They also have a wonderful Ambassador Program (hint) I am one of Tombow's ambassadors.
Free Motivational Printable-s
Simply right click any printable to open the document in a new window or tab.
Then print or save from there! For personal use only.
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Some of the above links may contain affiliate links for which I may receive compensation for referring you. The opinions I share here are entirely my own, and in no way influence my recommendation. My goal here is to share with you what I love and what I use on a daily basis that you may enjoy, too!
