The Path
Week of April 28, 2025
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In this issue:
🎨 Dive into the world of pan pastels
🌸 Craft a stunning gift for mom
⏰ Build a daily habit in just 5 minutes a day
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Pan Pastels Unleashed: Composition, Color Palettes, and Creative Expression
Take your creativity further with this inspiring Pan Pastels class from Denise Love. Join fellow creatives on Skillshare to explore how color and composition can add depth, mood, and movement to your work.
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Loose Watercolor Florals for Beginners: Let Go of Perfectionism in Art
Create a meaningful gift for Mom—or treat yourself to a creative escape—with this class from Tammy Kaye. Blending watercolor techniques with self-care practices, students leave this class with both a clear mind and a beautiful, gift-worthy piece of art.
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The Sketchbook Fillers' Club: Four Powerful Guidelines for Stunning Spreads
Dylan Mierzwinski
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Build Brush Confidence: A Beginner’s Guide to Watercolor Floral Strokes
Joly Poa
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Meet Gabrielle Brickey
Gabrielle Brickey is a portrait artist and Skillshare Top Teacher who has taught more than 100k students the techniques needed to nurture creative confidence and build daily art habits (see below for her 5-minute method!).
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“The essential element in nurturing our creativity lies in nurturing ourselves.”
— Julia Cameron, author, artist, and teacher
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Life often gets in the way of consistency in art, but Gabrielle Brickey’s 5-minute method proves if you can dedicate just a small sliver of time to your practice each day, you can transform your creativity. In her class, 5 Minutes a Day: Build a Drawing Habit That Sticks, Gabrielle shares her top tips for finding those 5 minutes—and sticking to them:
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Habit-stacking: attach your art practice to an existing routine or ritual like your morning coffee
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Simplify your set up: keep your essentials within easy reach
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Conquer creative blocks before they strike: keep a list of prompts to spark creativity nearby (the class even includes a downloadable list!)
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Choose your hard: committing to something is hard, but showing up for 5 minutes a day is easier to overcome than living a life void of creativity
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Progress, not perfection: it’s the making that matters, not the result
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Too often, motherhood is framed as a pause—or even a derailment—of creative ambition. But in truth, it can sharpen vision, strengthen resolve, and surface a deeper sense of purpose. In this piece from Creative Boom, women share the ways motherhood has reshaped their careers, creativity, and views on what flexibility in creative industries should look like, including:
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Motherhood as creative fuel, bringing into sharp focus the kind of work that feels meaningful
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An appreciation for newfound leadership skills, from negotiation to patience and adaptability
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Tension between ambition and caregiving as many industries continue to see motherhood as a detour rather than part of a creative career
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The mental load and invisible labor, which forges together resilience, creative problem-solving, and an ability to navigate complexity
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Looking for more ways to nurture your creativity? These daily watercolor challenges are the perfect way to build consistency, stretch your skills, and stay motivated with prompts from seasoned artists.
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Give the Gift of Creativity
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This Mother’s Day, skip the flowers and give mom the gift that helps her bloom.
With a Skillshare gift membership, she’ll gain access to thousands of classes led by creative icons and industry experts. Available in 3-, 6-, or 12-month options, you’ll be giving her the greatest gift of all: time to (nurture) herself.
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