Mimi's Newsletter - Spring Flowers (Patreon)

Hello my wonderful flowers!

I've been quiet for the last few days as I spent the weekend finishing up my latest YouTube video about art income, and then yesterday I got my first Covid vaccine which made me a bit tired but after a super long sleep I feel good today!

I went to the library to do some work last Thursday for a change of scenery and it was such a lovely day so I walked the hour and a bit to get there, only to arrive and realise I'd left my Microsoft pen at home and couldn't do any drawing at all 😭 So instead I did some writing and went out for lunch and then walked all the way home haha. It was still a nice excursion, although less productive than I had planned! Plus I saw some really lovely spring flowers.

I wanted to finish the step-by-step drawing guide yesterday but was sleepy after my Covid jab, I'm going to do my best to get it finished today and then on Thursday I'm filming this month's video tutorial for Beautiful Bluebells (thanks for those who voted, this one will be about creating interesting compositions!).

Since I was working on the video over the weekend (the weather was super wet and windy anyway) I'm going to take a long weekend this coming weekend when the weather is nicer, I think we'll go to the mountains and go for a nice long walk.

I was surprised to see how many views our new YouTube video has gotten compared to the views we normally get on a new video and it's really shown me how interested people are in making money from their art. Sometimes stats are really useful for seeing what people respond well to and are most interested in, so I definitely think I'll make more content about the business side of art, both here and on YouTube. I don't mind being transparent and open about the business things if people are interested, so if you're interested in seeing stats or behind the scenes of the business more then let me know!

^The stats so far for our newest YouTube video, the little grey line near the bottom of the graph is our typical views for the same time period (about 500 rather than 2.3k!).

I hope you've been having a nice September so far. Spring and autumn are both really lovely seasons and both have such beautiful colours, so whichever season you're in I hope you've had the chance to get outside and enjoy it.

❤