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I have been loving all of the Autumn memories and mischievous animal stories you all have been sharing! Please keep sharing your Fall and Winter appreciation moments in the comments! 👇 📝 I am playing with your ideas to see what I can make into a spread!

Since this series will take us through mid-December, I won’t really have much focus on holiday cards/gift tags this year. But if you’re working on your cards and looking for some inspiration, I have a ‘seasonal’/card themed playlist with many end-of-the-year holiday ideas here: tinyurl.com/RebelHoliday

I’m having a lot of fun with our series so far and think we’ll do it again in the Spring/Summer- so you’ll have all the seasons covered to practice noticing all the little moments!


And in case you want to follow along in this series and use the same notebook as me, I’m using my So Smooth Hot Press Watercolor Sketchbook www.rebelunicorncrafts.com/product-page/so-smooth-…

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My book celebration and first ever YouTube Live is coming up on October 24th! A reminder that we will start at 10AM Mountain Time and we’ll meet right here: youtube.com/live/nqoN1Me3uWw . Bring your watercolors, your book (if you have it, or paper otherwise), a watercolor brush, and some water!

A few of you have already shared some great questions I’ll keep in mind during our paint along and chat. We will do our Q&A to start our time together and if there are specific questions you’d like me to talk about, let me know. As long as YouTube saves the recording, I will post it after we’re done so you can also paint along and hear the Q&A portion later if our scheduled time doesn’t work for you. So please let me know your questions in the comments! 👇

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🐮It looks like you all are leaning towards Heather for the YouTube Live later this month and I can’t wait to paint her with you all and host a Live where we can chat a little bit.

Art has been something I’ve used to process through difficult times and emotions for as long as I can remember. Especially over the last month or so, I know I’ve been using it to help me move through my grief instead of letting myself feel stuck. And with that, I know the tone of some of my recent videos has definitely shifted a little bit and I’m so grateful for all of the support and well wishes I’ve received from all of you. I truly could not ask for a better community. The art retreat Nick and I recently came back from has helped me regain some of that energy I’ve been needing and I look forward to posting more happy tutorials as my emotions and mental state permit.

Whether it’s grief, anxiety, uncertainty, or anything in between, I’d love to hear about the role art has played in your life as you’ve gone through big changes. Do you have any specific art exercises that have helped you?

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🦇🐮🐘🐢My Youtube live will be coming up in a few weeks and I've loved reading your requests for which animal we should paint together. I think I've narrowed it down to four, so please help me choose which animal we should go through together!

And then come back on 10/24 at 10AM Mountain Time to paint it with me! You can hit the 'notify me' bell here- youtube.com/live/nqoN1Me3uWw?feature=share

And if you are still wanting to get a copy, you can find links to order here- geni.us/AdorableAnimals

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It's alive!!! My book is officially alive, and also a Live? Details about a live are below so keep reading.

First of all my book "Learn to Watercolor Adorable Animals" by Lacey Walker is officially out! You can get it through any of your favorite book sellers (ex - Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, Amazon, or request your local book store to order it)! If you love the book I would so appreciate it if you'd leave me a review through wherever you purchased it from. Also, if you paint anything from the book please tag me in it, it would make my day to see it!

We are going to be doing a YouTube Live to celebrate the book on October 24th at 10AM Mountain Time. We'll start by doing a short Q&A and then we'll be doing a full length painting tutorial afterwards. You should be able to see it in the 'live' tab on my page, or you can find it here so you can be notified/reminded- youtube.com/live/nqoN1Me3uWw?si=BAIXvnPvxPWcED77

If you have any specific questions or animal requests from the book please leave them in a comment so I can build some polls to narrow it down.

p.s. thank you all for your kind words lately, it's really helped me while I have been feeling down. I appreciate you so much for being part of such a positive and supportive community. I am a lucky girl, and I love my job so much.

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Lately, I have been trying to be extra mindful in noticing the bits of beauty around me. Whether it has been a mushroom growing in a cute location, flowers my neighbors have given me, or weird little bugs I swear I’ve never seen before (consensus on that little guy seems to be that he’s a bee fly!), I have appreciated these little moments of joy and wonder. I’d love to hear about little things you’ve seen that have brought *you* joy and if you can’t think of anything, I’d challenge you to take a look around you next time you’re able to take a stroll.

PS I know in-person events are often something people ask about, and I’m happy to share that I will be part of a watercolor retreat in a region I often find lots of inspiration from whenever I visit- Sedona, AZ! It is in ‘pre-registration’ now, but booking availability will be opening up soon, with those on the waitlist getting first access. So if a trip to Arizona in May and painting with me are of interest, you can find more information here- www.houseofathenaretreats.com/event-details/sedona…

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📖I just got some exciting news! My upcoming book Learn to Watercolor Adorable Animals is available for a 25% pre-order discount at @barnesandnoble if you’re a Rewards Member! You can sign up to become a Rewards Member (it’s free!) and pre-order my book online between September 9 and September 11 and use the promo code PREORDER25 to get the discount. Premium Members get an additional 10% off! Thank you for supporting my book by pre-ordering it through B&N before it officially publishes in the US on September 22nd! 
And don’t forget, no matter where you preordered from, you can get the bonus full length tutorial of Dottie the Donkey! You can find the pre-order gift form here- www.quarto.com/campaign/LearntoWatercolorAdorableA…

#BNPreorder @quartobooksus

And in case you saw my non-tutorial video on other platforms yesterday, I just wanted to say I am grateful for all of the well wishes.

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📖We’re about a month away from my second book coming out and I can’t wait for it to get into all of your hands! I’ll be sharing an unboxing video with you soon, but wanted to make sure you all knew that the preorder video gift went out last week! If you filled out the form, you should have gotten an email from Melissa Close on August 11th with a link to the video (and confirmation if you were one of the first 100/500 that you should be looking forward to some fun mail soon)!

If you haven’t filled out the preorder gift form yet, you can find it here: www.quarto.com/campaign/LearntoWatercolorAdorableA…. You’ll select where you pre-ordered from, put in your order number, and get directed to the special pre-order exclusive tutorial!

I’ve seen some of you sharing your paintings already from drawing your own Dottie and I’m so proud!

I’d love to know, did you see the email yet?

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In so many of the paintings I love, I often find that there are little details that I’m drawn to and am able to appreciate on their own. From my video the other day, I used Golden acrylic paints and a bunch of Tri-Art acrylic mediums, sometimes using a few of them together until the vibe felt right. I really love how it turned out in the end and wanted to share some of my favorite parts of it. I hope you are encouraged to both give yourself permission to try something again AND to take the time to appreciate some of the smaller details in your own art.

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I’ve had so much fun exploring the basics with you all this World Watercolor Month! I’d love to hear which skill has been your favorite eye opening moment or what has resonated with you. Feel free to expand on your choice (share something else or talk about any of the roadblocks you encountered this month) in the comments! 👇

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