Hi lovely members 👋 Last weekend it was pouring in Manchester, so we ducked into Mackie Mayor, a big old market hall turned food hall. We got a corner table, ordered some nice food and a glass or two of wine, and spent a couple of hours drawing the people around us. 🍷 The best bit? My husband joined in. [ He won't let me show his drawings, though, sadly. Even though they were great ❤️ ] He has no background in drawing, but he has his own sketchbook now, and this is the second time we've gone off to a city together just to draw what we see. We both loved it. - - - - - ✏️ 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲-𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 People don't stay still, so you can't fuss over anything. You catch a pair of glasses or the curve of a shoulder, and move on. Nobody expects a finished portrait. My pages are a few little faces and one couple deep in conversation, with "Faces of Mackie Mayor" written underneath, and that page now holds the whole afternoon for me. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘕𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘑𝘢𝘪𝘯'𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 (𝘚𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘺) 𝘈𝘳𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵. - - - - - ☕ 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘀𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗮𝘆 A café, a library, a train station or a park bench all work. Find a seat with a view, take one pen and a small sketchbook, order something nice and settle in. Let people walk out of your drawings and just start the next one. 💛 Bring a partner or friend along if you like. They don't need to be "arty". Or go on your own and enjoy the quiet company of your sketchbook. - - - - - 💬 Where would you go for your sketching day, and who would you bring along, if anyone? Have you tried this before? Would you like to try it? Tell me in the comments, and share a page if you've tried it. I'd love to see it. 👇

Welcome, Founding Member! 🎉 I'm so glad you're here. This is a sketchbook journaling space for grown-ups who lost touch with their creativity somewhere along the way. However you draw, in five minutes or fifty, in a proper sketchbook or a dirt-cheap spiral notepad from the supermarket, it all counts. ❤️ ❤️ 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘: 👉 The Printables Starter Pack & Extras 👉 The Sketchbook Magic 7-Day Challenge - Start here ❤️ 👉 50 Beginner's Prompts easy ways to start sketchbook journaling 👉 You can find everything in the classroom here You're getting in early as a Founding Member, 𝘀𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗼. If you ever want a bit more support, here's what's here for you: ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 🌻 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗩𝗔𝗨𝗟𝗧 Ever stare at a blank page and freeze? The Vault gives you a growing library of seasonal printables, prompts and ephemera to journal with all year, so you always have somewhere to start. Founding Member pricing right now: $5/month or $30/year, locked in for as long as you're here. 👉 Get instant access here ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ✏️ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 Ever wanted to draw your pet, or something that means the world to you, in the kind of detail that makes people say "𝙉𝙤 𝙒𝘼𝙔 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩!!" ? 😮 ❤️ 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙤𝙣𝙚-𝙩𝙤-𝙤𝙣𝙚. - Two 45-minute Zoom sessions a month, working side by side, building real detailed pencil and colored pencil skills - Send me your drawings in between sessions and I'll tell you exactly what to work on next - Old teacher put you off, or a voice telling you that you can't? That's exactly what I'm here for too. I'm a certified coach as well as an artist, so you get real accountability and confidence-building alongside the skills

Welcome to 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 - so glad you're here. 🎉 Here's where to go first: ----- ----- 🌸 ----- ----- 1️⃣ 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 LINK 👉 Start Here Get set up - how the community works, where everything lives, and how to get going. ----- ----- 🌸 ----- ----- 2️⃣ 𝗦𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗜𝗖: 𝟳-𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗘 LINK 👉 Sketchbook Magic: 7-Day Challenge This is your first step back to yourself. ----- ----- 🌸 ----- ----- 3️⃣ 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗞 LINK 👉 Printables Starter Pack Vintage-style tags, journal extras and fun little add-ins for your sketchbook. 𝘐𝘧 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘴𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. ----- ----- 🌸 ----- ----- 𝟰️⃣ 𝟱𝟬 𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗧𝗦 LINK 👉 50 Beginner's Prompts Easy ways to start sketchbook journaling ----- ----- 🌸 ----- ----- 🍁 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗟𝗬 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗩𝗔𝗨𝗟𝗧 LINK 👉 The Monthly Printable Vault A growing library of seasonal and fresh printables, with something new dropped in every month to help your journal move through the seasons with you. 🌟 Right now it's just $5/𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵, and this is the lowest it will ever be. As the vault grows, so will the price - join now and you lock in this rate for good, as a founder member. 🌟 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲? Go annual for $30/year, that's 50% 𝗼𝗳𝗳, and lock in even more. 👉 UPGRADE HERE ----- ----- 🌸 ----- ----- ❤️ 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝟭-𝘁𝗼-𝟭 𝗖𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚