INSPIRATION SKETCHBOOK will help artists and designers create their next body of work or collection with confidence. 

You’ll spend three focused days diving into LIVE trainings, mindset sessions, open studio painting sessions, ideation, exploring sketchbook exercises to jumpstart your creative project.

By the end of this Bootcamp, you’ll have brainstormed an idea for your next creative project. mindmapped your collection theme, created a color palette, explored mixed media techniques and digital sketchbook prompts…and so much more!

You’ll walk away with a series of sketches, ideas and strategies to create a consistent art practice and a plan to complete your next artwork series.

MOST OF ALL...you'll have a  a creative ROADMAP for your project or collection!

My inspiration sketchbook is the foundation of any project or product I create. It houses a collection of ideas, notes, stories, writings, scribbles, color palette, photographs, paint swatches, collage, motifs and sketches related to my creative projects. 

It’s a place I often come back to throughout my creative process as I develop a collection or product. I take notes, write about my studio practice, write about the project, create thumbnail sketches and use it to jumpstart my ideas.

• Using the digital canvas in your creative process
• The possibilities mixed media & Procreate
• What is an inspiration sketchbook?
• IDEATION & mind mapping YOU
• A peek inside Traci’s inspiration sketchbooks
• From idea to collection
• What is your creative project?
• Creating a consistent painting practice
• Procreate collage: designing an inspiration board
• Creating a color palette from photos
• Mixed media & watercolor swatching
• INSPIRATION SKETCHBOOK process roadmap
• Exploring sketching & motifs in Procreate
• strategies for completing your next body of work
• BONUS: LIVE open studios daily
• Procreate + mixed media sketch challenge
• mixed media technique sampler

We kick off the program on DAY ONE with talking about the creative journey and artistic process. I'll share a number of ideas and talk about ways to leverage your artwork by adding the digital canvas into your practice. You’ll learn about all the possibilities for creating digital art using Procreate.

Each LIVE session, starts with a mini mindset training. In day one, we'll tackle fear and starting a project and talk about developing confidence. 

You'll create a MINDMAP YOU, and I'll lead you through a creative exercise to discover your stories, memories and passions. These will be the jumpstart for your next body of work

BONUS: open studio ~ 3:30pm - 4:00 pm PT

During the bonus session, I'll share IDEAS for what you can create and what the iPad makes possible. lead you in a fun sketchbook prompt challenge. and creating a Procreate mark-making sampler

During DAY TWO, we'll talk about the evolution of an idea through creative PLAY. How do you approach your art process? I'll share how I take an idea to a final collection using a sketchbook.

Mini mindset today is all about...creating a consistent artistic practice. How do you make time for art? What can you do to keep showing up and following through to complete your project?

Today is all about IDEATION...you'll brainstorm your project, create an adjective bank and start to gather stories, images and colors for your artwork. 

Learn about my signature  INSPIRATION SKETCHBOOK process and get outside for  a photo inspiration hunt.

BONUS: open studio ~ 4:30pm - 5:00pm

Inside my inspiration sketchbooks...get a peek inside my creative process as I talk through some of my studio notes plus host a LIVE Q&A

We'll wrap up DAY THREE with planning our CREATIVE PROJECT roadmap. You'll create an inspiration board using Procreate or in your sketchbook if you don’t have an Ipad. This will be your guide as you develop your body of work or collection.

I’ll talk about ways to explore your artistic style using your sketchbook during our mini mindset training and how to be open to exploration as you develop a body of work.

Plus, I’ll share more about my digitalCANVAS FALL accelerator and course 

We’ll talk about next steps and make a plan {roadmap} to complete your project

BONUS: open studio ~ 3:30pm - 4:00 pm PT

During the bonus session,  a bonus painting session: exploring mixed media and watercolor swatching