Using your favorite family photos or found images, we will create whimsical portraits surrounded by Matisse inspired floral backgrounds. In this 4 hour workshop you will learn how to break down the face, transfer your image to a wood panel, create...
Only 24 Hours left of our semi-annual 50% off online course sale! USE CODE: JO50 We only do this twice a year and this will not happen again until June 2026! You can buy as many online art + lifestyle courses that you want for 50% off. We...
Welcome to the first podcast of season seven and the new year! Today I’m joined by artist, author, boutique hotel owner, and gatherer of beauty Betty Soldi, whose life has been shaped by light, alchemy, and the practice of noticing. Born in Florence into a...
Over the years when I would dream up the kind of courses I wanted to be able to offer our community, this is exactly what I was hoping for. I love an online art course that invites you to create wherever you go and to pause in your day to day life to see the beauty...
Our semi-annual 50% off online course sale has just begun! USE CODE: JO50 We only do this twice a year and this will not happen again until June 2026! You can buy as many online art + lifestyle courses that you want for 50% off. We have...
Our semi-annual 50% off sale will begin in 1 more day! Did you know we have a WISHLIST feature? You can now add any course to your WISHLIST. Start looking through our courses (we have over 120 art, lifestyle and business courses to choose from) and find the...
Our semi-annual 50% off sale will begin in 2 days! Did you know we have a WISHLIST feature? You can now add any course to your WISHLIST. Start looking through our courses (we have over 120 art, lifestyle and business courses to choose from) and find the course...
Our semi-annual 50% off sale will begin in 3 days! Did you know we have a WISHLIST feature? You can now add any course to your WISHLIST. Start looking through our courses (we have over 120 art, lifestyle and business courses to choose from) and find the...
The changing of seasons can always be an invitation for reflection and sometimes change. It is a physical reminder around us to take the time to notice the changes within us. Whether you are finding yourself in need of finding beauty and rest in the slower season of...
This past weekend we recorded the live Creative Resistance online workshop. We created two art journals/sketchbooks, showed how to print your designs on the book cover and how I create collage art pages for future work and art journals. If you would like to learn how...
I love books. Old books, new books, bookstores, vintage papers and of course checklists on paper. I am a paper girl. I read a lot and I would love to share more but then where do we stop? These are my top favorite 12 books of 2025 in no particular order. I would LOVE...
We have some brand new portrait prints that have just been added to the shop. Each piece comes signed and thoughtfully wrapped so they arrive to you safely. I can’t wait to wait to wrap them up for you! To shop all prints click HERE....
REGISTRATION IS OPEN! South West French Countryside Art Retreat|October 3-10, 2026 I have been working with Uptrek for months now to put together our next art retreat together! I taught two art retreats for them in France this past May and the reviews of the...
If you love history, creativity and studying the works/lives of other artists, you will LOVE our free book club! The next book is Art Work by Sally Mann. We will meet via Zoom on February 7th @ 10am MT. If you have not joined the free book club, please click...
Modern + Artful Design Inspiration | For The Maker Journal Entry No. 18 This is our final journal entry of the Modern + Artful Design Inspiration series. We have loved offering them and I am excited about the new series we will begin in 2026! I would like to...
Join us for another Studying Under the Masters online course! If there is one kind of course we hear from you that you are wanting more of, this is it! This series has been a foundation of our site from the beginning and more are in the works. I am very proud to...
Today I’m talking with artist, writer, photographer, storyteller, mother, and co-founder of Peg and Awl, Margaux Kent, whose life and work are rooted in curiosity, handmade practice, rhythms, and nature. Margaux shares how journaling has been a lifelong...
While in Milan last summer I was in the most beautiful vintage bookstore. My heart was set on little vintage poetry books in Italian. As I was slowly scanning the spines for the perfect treasure to take home my eyes instantly stopped on a vintage poetry book...
While in Milan last summer I was in the most beautiful vintage bookstore. My heart was set on little vintage poetry books in Italian. As I was slowly scanning the spines for the perfect treasure to take home my eyes instantly stopped on a vintage poetry book...
Over the years when I would dream up the kind of courses I wanted to be able to offer our community, this is exactly what I was hoping for. I love an online art course that invites you to create wherever you go and to pause in your day to day life to see the beauty...
I can count on one hand the experiences that truly changed my art (and then in turn our business) and hands down the most life, heart and art changing were live art retreats. Being a student, getting out of my comfort zone, having my head and heart open and giving...
For the month of December we are offering Women of Advent for 50% off. Use code: ADVENT50 To read more or register click HERE. December Online Course Special | 50% off Women of Advent Use Code: ADVENT50 Advent, in its simplest definition, means “to wait”. Each...
The older I get the more and more I am trying to live a present and simple life. I have a beautiful rhythm and honoring in my day to day, but as the holidays approach I can get off track if I am not keeping the most important things, the most important things. As...
Using your favorite family photos or found images, we will create whimsical portraits surrounded by Matisse inspired floral backgrounds. In this 4 hour workshop you will learn how to break down the face, transfer your image to a wood panel, create...
My friend Tim Willard has a beautiful offering for this Christmas season! Click HERE to get this special advent series. Coming on November 30th – A Special Advent Journey This Advent, let’s walk together towards hope. Each weekday, you will receive...
Opening our doors and loving on those in our lives is such a sweet gift. The more I gather the more I learn how important it is and that so many just want to be invited. Invited into community and authentic relationship and the joy that comes from that....
Registration will open TOMORROW for South West France, October 3-10, 2026. Click HERE to get on the list and have the first opportunity to register. Immerse yourself in a transformative art retreat, set in the serene countryside of southwestern France. Centered...
Welcome to An Artist In series. In this series a different artist, that is intimate in different parts of the world, will share their insider tips for where to eat, stay, see the best art, sketch the best views, rest at their favorite cafes and more. You will be able...
Registration will open in 3 more days for South West France, October 3-10, 2026. Click HERE to get on the list and have the first opportunity to register. Immerse yourself in a transformative art retreat, set in the serene countryside of southwestern France....
Faded shapes and lines will be our guide as we imagine what comes next. Join me as we alter magazine pages, create copies, tear and burn images, bring in our own marks, stitch and create brand new images from what was. Our imaginations can go wild with realistic or...
Faded shapes and lines will be our guide as we imagine what comes next. Join me as we alter magazine pages, create copies, tear and burn images, bring in our own marks, stitch and create brand new images from what was. Our imaginations can go wild with...
Faded shapes and lines will be our guide as we imagine what comes next. Join me as we alter magazine pages, create copies, tear and burn images, bring in our own marks, stitch and create brand new images from what was. Our imaginations can go wild with...
Faded shapes and lines will be our guide as we imagine what comes next. Join me as we alter magazine pages, create copies, tear and burn images, bring in our own marks, stitch and create brand new images from what was. Our imaginations can go wild with...
Modern + Artful Design Inspiration | Creative Flow Journal Entry No. 17 Welcome to a series here on the blog that shares our true love of art and design. So many of you started following me years ago because of our mutual love of home, design, homemaking and...
Join us for another Studying Under the Masters online course! If there is one kind of course we hear from you that you are wanting more of, this is it! This series has been a foundation of our site from the beginning and more are in the works. I am very proud to...
France 2026! This is the last overseas art workshop I will be releasing for 2026! I am so proud to share that I will be teaching in the South of France, October 3-10, 2026! We will be focusing on portraits and figures through clay, painting and collage. Get on the...
Registration opens today for a brand new course by Aimee Irel Bishop (not on our creative network) and you will get instant access on November 20th! I am a guest artist in this course and I know you are going to love all of the mixed media lessons! Join Openings |...
New art will be released tonight, November 3rd @ 5pm MT on our website! If you are interested in a reminder email and a first to know peek please follow THIS LINK. Thank you so much! -Jeanne
Beauty Round-Up | October 2025 Free Beauty Found I am constantly in awe of the beauty that is all around me if I have my eyes open to it. Sometimes I find it in long road trips, long podcasts and great discussions afterwards, creating art in a tiny airbnb, morning...
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