🌱 What My Sketchbooks Are Really For: Sketchbooks, Seeds, and Slow-Growing Ideas
In this video, I trace the slow-growing connections between old sketchbook pages and the paintings I create today. It’s not about copying a page or following a plan, it’s more about letting scattered marks, loose ideas, and forgotten shapes compost over time… and trusting that the dots will connect when they’re ready. . 🌿 Nothing is wasted. Everything connects when it’s ready. Does this echo your own creative journey? I’d love to read your reflections in the comments. 👀 Read the full blog post I have written to accompany this video including links to materials mentioned: https://helenwellsartist.com/blogsand... 👉 Explore my online classes: Joy Filled Flowers, The Still Life Lab, Nature & Nurture and more https://helenwellsartist.com/online-c... Music credit: Stepping Stones, Laura Platt via Epidemic Sound.

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