How to be a confident, courageous and curious artist

(Even if you’re not sure where to begin).

Do you yearn to create art focused on nature and the wild,
but feel overwhelmed with ideas, fear and comparison?

We are born to create - that is what we are called to do, from our toenails to our eyelashes.

But we live in a society that puts value on product and productivity, often making us feel like we have to produce things to sell for them to be of worth.

Which is why I have created,

and am so thrilled to introduce you to…

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Let me show you how to create a sanctuary for your curiosity.

Over SEVEN weeks together, we will make a beautiful place for your experimentation and play, and for your evolution into the confident, compassionate artist that your creativity is holding space for you to be. 

From as little as 15 minutes per day. 

One of the most valuable things you can do for yourself

is to carve out space for the very tangible self care that creating for
play and curiosity and development of ideas provides.

$397 USD

🍃 Six month payment plan available at no extra cost! 🍃

  • new to art making,

  • have been doing it for two years,

  • or twenty years,

there are lots of big feelings, questions, fears and doubts that keep coming up.

And I don’t think that these get talked about enough.

Having a practice that allows you to learn and to
make beautiful art while being mindful of all the physical, emotional, and imaginal work that goes into it, helps to build your resilience, strength and groundedness in pursuing making larger works of art.

And sharing them with confidence.

Let’s talk about

all the real things it takes to be an artist (and it is not just about putting pigment on paper).

The mindsets, self trust, compassion, and grounding.

And more.

(But let’s make some art while we do that too).

$397 USD

🍃 Six month payment plan available at no extra cost! 🍃

This invitation is made for you

  • Create a daily practice that puts you first, and that celebrates the courage it takes to do this work.

  • Explore, play, and get clarity on the work that excites you and what you want to dive deeper into.

  • Be supported by a community that completely understands, that will stand beside you and encourage you, and that you can rely on to inspire and uplift.

What’s inside

A new tutorial each week

Designed to help you get an understanding of animals and birds in motion, their habits, their intricate details, and show you that this practice can be as simple or as spectacular as you would like.

  • How to use graphite to capture an animals likeness

  • How to make a two page spread with a single coloured pencil focused on one animal or bird

  • How to paint a wildlife portrait in acrylic paints

  • How to paint a wildlife portrait in oil paints

  • ALSO - each week has a graphite tutorial of the reference used for other media, so the entire course can be done in graphite only for those not wanting to paint!

Let me show you inside some of my sketchbooks

AND

Some special guest artists will also show you inside theirs!

Plus

Let’s get deep,
and work on our curiosity, compassion, courage and connection.

These four things are the core foundation for a gentle, sustainable, and inspiring art journey.

open up your heart and mind 

  • build your observational skills, 

  • gain greater knowledge of the tools you use, 

  • and experiment with technique and style,

  • ask what is holding you back, 

  • what is giving rise to fear, 

  • what is sparking joy.

  • two-page sketching spreads

an act of love & kindness

  • compassion for your subjects, 

  • and for yourself

  • deepen your creative energy

  • empower your creative resilience

  • watercolour tutorials

You wild-hearted rebel

  • courage to start - you are so brave

  • to practice, to have a go, to follow your wild heart

  • to keep going, to try again when what you tried didn’t turn out the way you expected

  • to find patience with yourself and recognise time and practice is key

  • to remain open-hearted and learn and grow

  • to be a voice for the beauty of this wild world

  • coloured pencil tutorial

Amazing class that teaches you the most amazing drawing skills.
Love the skills Natalie teaches in a calm and soothing manner making learning fun and relaxing.
Beautiful blend of healing art and artistic expression.
She assisted me with finding the courage to express creativity via artful hand and study.

~ Cheri

a creative weaving

  • interwoven with curiosity, compassion, and courage

  • create your deepest, most personally satisfying work

  • connect to the wild all around you, to the wild in your own heart, to the wild being or wild landscapes you are honouring

  • connect to a community of like minded souls that will support and encourage you through it all

  • acrylic paint tutorial

Valuing Creativity

  • as reciprocity for this wild world

  • Keeping your self care habit

  • Interacting with your awareness, 

  • Interacting with the world you want to honour

  • oil paint tutorials

This course is rich with inspiration, information and valuable ritual.
It helps you to create a space for yourself to capture glorious wildlife in various media
through Natalie’s’ guidance and tutorials.
It is well-planned, meticulously organized and beautifully executed.

~ Treava

Authenticity and Alignment

  • Congruence is owning who you are

  • knowing that you are enough, that you are worthy.

  • It is being in conversation with your body, and trusting your body to hold you and keep you safe.

  • It is choosing to be honest about how you are feeling, and living in your values.

  • It is being your own biggest cheerleader.

  • Graphite tutorials

strengthening your wild heart

  • Bringing together your innate knowledge and learned skills

  • Following your wild heart

  • Strengthening your creativity habit 

  • Honouring your wildness, and the wild around us

  • Mixed media tutorials

🌟 Not for you this time, but want to be the first to know about the next enrollment in September 2024? Excellent! Join the waitlist! 🌟

$397 USD

6 month payment plan available at no extra cost

Each week includes

  • A recorded guide to the content of the week

  • A recorded art tutorial to inspire and follow along with

  • Encouragement and enquiry via prompts and written guides

  • Downloadable workbook

  • Examples of historical and contemporary sketchbooks to spark your imagination

  • A curated reference image library

  • Two 1 hr co-working sessions

  • A recorded studio hours Q&A

  • An exclusive community to share our thoughts and sketchbook adventures

Plus

You will also receive any updates, the live recordings from future sessions, continued access to the community, AND more goodies as I am inspired to make them.

The Wild Sketchbook is brought to you by the wild heart (and mind) of a wildlife and nature obsessed artist.

Hello, that’s me, Natalie.

I have been working in sketchbooks since coming back to art in my mid 40’s, and continue to learn and grow through working in this profoundly simple, but gentle and spacious place. My sketchbook habit grounds me, inspires me, and helps me grow. As both an artist and human being.

Come create your own haven in this nurturing, inspiring program.

Kind words from course students

I love that I joined.

This course,by Natalie has been a way, not just to improve my wildlife portraits, but given me a practice to work on a sketchbook as a form of self care. I. Hoping to translate it into human portrait work as well. Her gentleness and calming voice is just the art break I need to continue my artistic journey.

Tamara

I've learned so much.

Identifying what I enjoyed 'most' about the course would be impossible. This course is a wholistic approach to the actual Archetypal definition of Artist. Other courses I have taken have focused only on the methods/mediums/and supporting supplies. This course mimics showing up the first day of your new career, clueless to all aspects of success, and being given all the tools necessary for stepping into your new title...Artist. The true meaning of Artist. Thank you, Natalie.

Deborah

thank you, thank you, thank you

I love your course and all that you added to it. It’s way more than just a how to create art. It’s a deeper look into yourself and many of the beliefs you have and provides paths to change the mind thoughts that do not serve you to ones that enable you. Shifting from negative to accepting, wonder and curiosity. For me, this really is life changing.

Yvette

If you are ready to nurture your creative practice,

empower your artistic wild heart,

and connect to what inspires you in a deep and grounded way,

is for you

$397 USD

🍃 Six month payment plan available at no extra cost! 🍃

✺ Frequently asked questions ✺

  • Yes! While I give instruction on how to get started in your sketchbook, everyone from beginner to seasoned artist will benefit from a sketchbook practice, PLUS being mindful of all the other aspects of being a curious and compassionate artist

  • The formal course aspect runs for 7 weeks, but there will be added extras, and you will have access to all the content, any updates, and the community for life.

  • The course is open and live twice a year. The next enrollment is 25th March 2025. You have access to all content for life.

  • There are live components to the course in the form of co-working sessions, but everything else is recorded, and you have access to the content for life. You can go at your own pace. Or you can join a future live round.

  • Yes! Our community will be over on Substack, where we can interact without ads or other distractions.

  • I would never want you to be unhappy! If for any reason you’re not satisfied with your purchase, contact me within the first 7 days and I will give you a full refund.