Welcome to January! (Patreon)

Hello everyone, I hope you're enjoying the festive break. Ant and I enjoyed a cosy new year's eve with some star wars and a lovely meal before getting into bed before midnight! I love to downplay new year's otherwise New year's day feels a bit pressurised and important, when really it's just another day (and a very windy and wet one where we are.)

Ant and I both volunteer at an animal shelter (which is where we met Crumble and our previous dog Kala). There is nothing more grounding than spending time with animals who couldn't care less about new year's resolutions and are instead happy with the simplest things in life; warmth, food and a few cuddles. There is also something rather pleasant about clean slates and fresh starts but here at Patreon we wont be setting goals for 2025, after all, it's all about enjoying the process over focussing on the finished piece. I just hope you continue to enjoy the content we're creating for you and participate in as many sessions, polls, forums, livestreams, hangouts and classes as you can.

In January - like every month - we have one livestream class (cherry blossoms), 2 watercolour hang outs (wild rose and cherry blossoms)  weekly Watercolour challenge filmed tutorials (Sweet Pea, Wild Rose and Cherry Blossom), weekly From my Camera Roll (Daisy, Sweet Pea, Wild Rose and Cherry Blossom) but just for this month we skip You Choose Youtube as I often find January is a great opportunity to pick a few of your suggestions from the previous year that didn't make the cut. It's also a good time to paint gently and not take on big, ambitious projects.

As a special New Year's Day treat, there is a lovely tutorial on Youtube at 5:30pm with the perfect, playful answer to the question of what to paint. Make sure you're subscribed to my channel (it's free!) so you never miss another Youtube tutorial.

Don't forget, you can edit your membership and change tiers for however long you like.