September/October Newsletter

I Got Married!🥰 Here’s What’s Next!

Hi everyone!

I got married earlier this fall! It was truly such a beautiful day. My husband and I felt so loved and celebrated, and we are still soaking up all the joyful moments from the day! I’ll share some pictures at the end if you’d like to see any :)

Since it’s been pretty busy with the wedding, I’ve been away from Substack for the last month, but I’m back now! Thank you for your patience, and if you’re a paid subscriber, I’ve comped you a free month to make up for being away. I was busy celebrating and soaking up all the love, so now I’m spreading that love to you :)

If you’re new here, welcome! Each month I write this Monthly Newsletter as a way to share and reflect about the previous month. I’ll share my updates from August and September, but what I really love is hearing what you’ve been up to. So please feel free to share in the comments.

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What I have for you this month:

Upcoming Live Events:

• Art Gym on September 30 at 10 AM EDT / 3 PM GMT / 10PM MYT

  • (open to paid subscribers of Art Gym)

  • We will be test driving two opposite ways of working, so crack out your art materials and get ready to explore style!

• Illoguild Live on October 21 - 8 AM EDT / 1 PM GMT / 8PM MYT / 10 PM AEST

  • (open to all subscribers)

  • This session is all about Lessons Learned in Illustration. We’ll highlight valuable insights and experiences that have shaped our artistic journeys, along with our favorite tips and ideas for growth. We’d love to hear any specific questions you might have on this topic, so feel free to drop them in the comments. We can’t wait to see you there!
    

Newsletter Updates:

Here are the posts and replays from last month in case you missed any:

Illoguild Live #11

⬆️ Steps to Level Up Your Art

August Newsletter 🐠

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Updates from last month:

3 Materials Drawing Challenge (continued)

Ohh this has been so much fun!! Did you join the challenge, too? The goals were to draw every day for 50 days, but only for 30 minutes and with only 3 materials. I’ve been writing about the materials and process. Read about Week 1 and Week 2.

Here are some of my favorites from July:

30 minutes sketches from the 3 Materials Drawing Challenge

And here are a few more from August/Sept:

Dog Party Pattern

I know, I know, I’ve already drawn so many dogs, BUT they’re the most fun thing to draw! Do you think this would work better as wrapping paper or as a pattern on party plates/napkins?

Our Wedding Invitation Suite

Eeek!! Look at this gorgeous photo from Rellini Art Studio of the invitations I drew and designed for our wedding! He showed me this picture while I was still getting ready, and I gasped at how pretty it was. It was so special to design these for our wedding, and I definitely took way too long perfecting every little olive leaf. But it was absolutely worth it.

And as promised, here are a few photos from our wedding. It truly felt like a fairy tale 🥰

Monthly Pup-date

I guess it’s time to accept that summer is over since there are leaves everywhere in this pup-date! When Auggie was a puppy, it was tough to take him on walks in the fall, because he tried to eat every leaf 😂

That’s all for this month!

How about your month? How did all your art go? Did you also take some time away from art or Substack?

Share in the comments!

Katie