Yes! You don’t need to know anything about AI. You’ll get simple demos + creative exercises you can do with your sketchbook or iPad.
AI isn’t here to take over your art—it’s here to play alongside it.
Explore how AI can become a creative collaborator
AI Exploration Free Live Event
Thursday, Sept 25 @ 1pm PT
AI Exploration Week
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Explore how AI can become a creative collaborator—
helping you remix marks, expand palettes,
and spark new directions in your art practice
without replacing your voice or vision.
What you’ll experience inside AI Exploration Week:
🎨 Daily Creative + AI prompts
A week-long email series of playful, 5–10 minute exercises designed to help you
collaborate with AI and spark new ideas in your creative practice.
🎨 Hands-On Project:
Create your first Artist Inspiration Card (a mini collage sampler)
🤖 AI Demo:
See how AI acts as a collaborator with simple prompts
A Palette Mixer custom GPT sneak peek.
✨ Artist Style Guidebook {ASG} Preview:
Learn why the ASG framework is like a brand + vision book for artists—use it for AI training, portfolios, product ideas, marketing, and even teaching plans.
🖼 Case Study:
Behind the scenes of my WOVEN HERstories and Wild Terrain collections
🚪 Next Step:
How to keep going inside Ideation PLAYground.
AI can feel intimidating. But what if it became your creative collaborator?
AI Exploration Day
Thursday, September 25
1:00 - 2:30 pm PT
In this FREE 90-minute live studio session, I’ll show you how artists, designers, and makers can use AI as a partner in sketchbook play, color exploration, and idea development.
You’ll walk away with:
A finished Artist Inspiration Card (analog or digital)
Fresh ideas for palettes, motifs, and style language
A peek at how AI tools (like my Palette Mixer GPT) can expand your practice
A clear path into the Artist Style Guidebook—a framework we’ll build together inside Ideation PLAYground
✨ AI won’t replace your artistic voice—it can actually help you see it more clearly.
Upgrade to VIP Experience
Want to go deeper?
Upgrade to the VIP Experience for extended play + exclusive tools
VIP Includes:
💻 VIP Coaching + Q&A Session
September 30 ~ 1:00-3:00 pm PT
– 2 hours of extended guidance, AI demos + feedback
AI Sketchbook Play Date
Mixed-media mark-making with Procreate 5.4 brushes + analog play.
🎥 Replay Access
Revisit everything at your own pace.
Visual Vocabulary using Procreate 5.4
Discover the new brush library + make digital collage sheets.
Exclusive Custom GPT Access
Hands-on with my Palette Mixer GPT
available mid-October, with 1-year access
✨ Upgrade to VIP for the full creative experience →
AI Exploration Day is for:
Artists curious about AI but unsure where to start.
Creative entrepreneurs who want to bring new ideas into their practice.
Surface designers, educators, and makers who want to experiment with palettes, marks, and motifs in a fresh way.
Anyone who wants to see how AI can become a collaborator—not a replacement—in their studio.
What if you could train AI to understand your style, your colors, and your story?
In AI Exploration Day, you’ll discover how to turn your sketches, palettes, and motifs into inspiration cards —building assets that reflect you while collaborating with AI tools.
Your ideas and stories are the foundation—AI just helps you remix and expand them.
REMIX YOUR MARKS
Upload a scribble, doodle, or painted texture and let AI suggest fresh variations—patterns, backgrounds, or new motifs to use in collections.
EXPAND YOUR PALETTE
Take 3–5 of your favorite swatches and have AI generate extended color stories, harmonious mixes, and names to inspire your next project.
GUIDE YOUR NEXT COLLECTION
Share a theme, mood, or story and ask AI to outline possible project paths—whether that’s a new series of paintings, a workshop idea, or a product concept.
AI can’t replicate your lived experience or artistic journey—but it can spark new pathways through it.
IDEATION PLAYGROUND
🎨 Want to go deeper?
Get access to the live Q&A small group coaching session, PLAY + mark-making using Procreate 5.4, Palette Mixer Custom GPT, and extended replays inside VIP.
✨ Upgrade to VIP for the full creative experience →
The free session is just the start...
VIP provides you with coaching, bonus play,
and tools that you’ll use again and again.
Hey creative friend! I’m Traci — a mixed media artist, paint maker, designer, author, and creative entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience teaching and inspiring artists around the world.
My work blends handcrafted artisanal paints and mixed media techniques with digital tools like Procreate and now AI. Since early 2023, I’ve been exploring how AI can serve as a creative collaborator in the studio—not as a replacement, but as a way to expand ideas, remix motifs, and spark new directions.
Over the years, I’ve:
- Written three bestselling mixed media books (Collage Unleashed, Doodles Unleashed, and Printmaking Unleashed)
- Created the #tracibautistaCOLOR line of handcrafted artisanal watercolors, inks, and pigment bars
- Designed and led hundreds of workshops, both in-person and online, teaching over 40,000 artists
- Built Ideation PLAYground, a membership for artists exploring color, storytelling, and custom-built GPTs and AI-powered tools in their creative practice
I believe AI should be used to amplify your unique artistic voice—not erase it. That’s why I design frameworks, prompts, and custom GPTs that help artists bring their ideas to life in ways that feel authentic, playful, and personal.
You are a beautiful, creative soul.💗
EXPLORE + collaborate with AI in your creative process
About Ideation PLAYground
Ideation PLAYground is my online program for artists, designers, and creative entrepreneurs.
Inside, you’ll find:
The Creative Blueprint Workshop
A growing library of custom AI assistants (Ideation PLAYground GPT, Creative Project Blueprint, Studio Storyboard Muse, and more to be released)
Quarterly Toolkits with palettes, prompts, and creative briefs
Creative Sprints like the Artist Style Guidebook
Exclusive AI Exploration Days and experimentation library
It’s designed to help you move faster, explore deeper, and create work that feels like you.
EXPLORE MIXED MEDIA + PROCREATE
#digitalCANVAS2022
24-Hour Early Action Bonus: Inspiration Card Reflection
Register & Upgrade to the VIP experience within the first 24 hours {by 9/22 at noon PT}, and you’ll receive a personalized mini-review of your Artist Inspiration Card inside my brand-new Palette Mixer GPT.
Here’s what you’ll get:
🎨 A color palette pulled directly from your card, with creative names + emotional descriptors
💝 A short reflection on the mood, style, and story signals your card is giving off
💡A prompt or idea for how you can expand this card into a sketchbook spread, motif study, or collection
🗂 Delivered in a clean Notion dashboard format—so you can save, organize, and build on it
This is your sneak peek into how custom GPTs can become your creative collaborators—helping you uncover palettes, themes, and ideas that you may not see at first glance.
✨ Available only if you register for VIP Experience within the first 24 hours.
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✨ Want the full experience?
Upgrade to VIP for $37 and get extended replays, Procreate 5.4 play, a custom GPT, and more.
🚀 Don’t miss the extras—unlock the VIP upgrade today.
Fast-action BONUS when you register for VIP by 9/22 at noon PT
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM INFO
Frequently asked questions...
Q: Is this beginner-friendly?
Q: If I can't make the LIVE sessions, are there replays available?
The free session replay is available for 7 days —but the VIP upgrade does include unlimted access to the replays for 1 year, plus extended demos.
Q: What art supplies do I need?
This is not a traditional mixed media or painting class. You may want to paint, so any mixed media supplies you have on hand are perfect for your project.
Q: How is VIP Experience different?
The VIP session is 2 hours, includes a Procreate 5.4 mark-making demo, Palette Mixer GPT access (delivered mid-October with 1-year access), replays, and live coaching.
Q: What is the Artist Style Guidebook?
It’s a framework we’ll build together inside Ideation PLAYground. Think of it as a brand book for your artistic practice—helping you clarify style, palettes, motifs, and stories, while also training AI to reflect your voice.
Q: What is a custom GPT?
A custom GPT is like having your own AI studio assistant, trained on your creative language. I’ve built GPTs that help me brainstorm collections, analyze palettes, remix motifs, and even draft marketing copy. With VIP, you’ll get access to my Palette Mixer GPT, which helps you mix, match, and expand your color stories.
Q: Do I need special software?
For the free session: No—just bring your sketchbook or collage materials. If you’d like to try the demos live, free versions of ChatGPT, Adobe Firefly, and Canva AI are helpful.
For the VIP session: Yes—you’ll need the most recent version of Procreate (5.4) to play with the new brush library during the mark-making demo.