Abbey Sy is a multidisciplinary artist, author, and educator based in Berlin. On a mission to make art more accessible, she guides others on their own creative journey, wherever they're at. Through her Patreon, she shares exclusive journaling videos and resources to inspire her community to explore their creativity and give it plenty of room to grow.

@abbeysy

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Allison Dawrant is a watercolour artist from Calgary, Alberta. After working as an RN for many years, she shifted her focus to art in 2020, choosing a more intentional life centered on creativity and family. Her work is grounded in the search for quiet moments and enjoyment of the process. She shares her inspiration and insights through unedited YouTube videos.

@allisondawrant

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Andrea Scher is an author, artist and life coach whose work is driven by her belief in the transformative power of creativity for joy and wellbeing. She is the author of the book Wonder Seeker: 52 Ways to Wake up Your Creativity and Find Your Joy- playfully inspiring readers to live more vibrant lives full of presence, joy and connection. She teaches Wild Writing these days - a super accessible, powerful, come-as-you-are writing practice done in community.

@andreascher

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Becky is a curious creative with a love for bold colors, playful patterns, and the magic of mark-making. She’s on a mission to help people (like you!) reconnect with their inner artist and use creativity as a tool for clarity, joy, and self-discovery.

As the co-host of the Inner Magic Art Club, Becky thrives on teaching, collaborating, and sparking creative confidence. She’s passionate about the connection between creativity and self-discovery, encouraging others to build a fulfilling art practice, and bringing big ideas to life.

@bhersheystudios

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Cara is a botanical artist, photographer, and educator based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She works primarily in watercolor, focusing on what grows in her own garden seasonally. She is deeply passionate about teaching the art of observation and inspiring others to elevate their creativity and their craft through daily practice. Her work not only captures the intricate details of the botanicals she paints but also encourages a deeper connection with the natural world.

@carasgarden

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Caroline's sculptures are evocations of a dream world, comparable to a vision from a fairytale, nursery rhyme, or folktale. Caroline is intrigued by stories of the mythic hero who travels inward and the quality of spirit found in the art of ancient cultures. Her animals are shamanic beings and wise healers. She has taught workshops and participated in symposiums in Morocco, Latvia, Greece, Serbia, Mexico and the US. Her work is included in the National Mueum for Women in the Arts and many collections.

@carolinedouglasart

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Claire of Claire Makes Things is an illustrator, lettering artist, and educator from the Netherlands, based in Madrid, Spain. She creates playful artwork and teaches creatives worldwide through online workshops and courses on Skillshare. She also hosts in-person art events and creative retreats in Spain.

@claire.makesthings

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What if your art could help you see yourself in a whole new way?

Cynthia Hauk, MFA, is an artist, educator, and the founder of Mindful Creative Muse. She loves helping people discover how creativity can become a gentle practice for reflection, self-discovery, and joy.

Through her internationally accredited Mindful Art Teacher Training programs and online classes, Cynthia has supported thousands of students around the world in using creativity to reconnect with themselves and discover new meaning in what they create. Her approach encourages greater curiosity, self-compassion, and confidence, both on and off the page.

@mindfulcreativemuse

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@dandanliustudio

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Debasree Dey is an intuitive mixed-media artist and educator, known for her love of textures, layers and vintage-inspired, earthy colour palettes. A former IT engineer, she left the IT corporate world to follow a more tactile and expressive creative path.

Collage is an important part of Debasree’s practice. She works with layered papers along with fabrics and stitched elements to add depth and texture to her art journals and mixed-media pieces.

Inspired by nature, travel, and everyday surfaces, her work reflects a slowing down and a willingness to let materials lead. Since 2016, Debasree has taught nearly 30,000 students worldwide, encouraging artists to trust their intuition, work with what they have, and create fearlessly.

@debasreedeyart

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Elina Lukas is a digital abstract artist whose work brings etherial daydreams to life. Elina’s art draws inspiration from fleeting moments, dreams, nature and poetry.

Her creative process is intuitive and fluid - each of her artworks takes on a direction of their own, shifting and changing until it’s complete. Like a dream you don’t know the ending of. Her work is a way to express the many emotions and feelings within, the ones you often struggle to find words for; inviting you to connect with your inner child and reminding you to
keep your daydreams alive.

@elinalukas

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Eulalia Mejia is a graphic designer, illustrator, mixed-media artist, teacher, and maker of stuff. She lives in Colombia, South America. Eulalia spends her days in her studio, illustrating and splashing paint on handmade journals while discussing worldly matters with her cat. Her dream is to bring a little cheer to daily life and she truly believes that we are never too old to be amazed by everyday life.

@happychinchilla

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Flora Bowley is a celebrated artist, author, community builder, and visionary creative guide known for her innovative and embodied approach to intuitive art-making and her signature blend of life-art practices.

Blending over thirty years of professional painting experience with her work as a movement and breathwork facilitator, bodyworker, mindfulness practitioner, and lifelong truth seeker, Flora has created popular in-person retreats, online courses, and books that have empowered a global network of brave painters while fostering a holistic movement in the intuitive art world.

Flora believes creative expression (in all its many forms) is about moving life-force energy to stay clear, connected, and resilient in our ever-changing world.

@florabowley

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Flori Fama is a surface pattern designer and online teacher from Argentina, based in New York State. She feels passionate about color palettes and drawing endearing stories filled with animals and florals, currently inspired by her baby. Throughout her challenge workshops and creative adventures, she loves encouraging creatives to make things simpler for themselves in a slow, steady and human way as they connect with their unique voice.

@florifama

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Genna Blackburn is an illustrator, surface designer and educator in Detroit, Michigan. Her work is a playful exploration of color and shape stemming from her background in graphic design. She loves drawing, seeing her work on fun products out in the world, and teaching other artists what she knows about creating artwork and presenting it in a beautiful portfolio. As a licensing artist, she's had the pleasure of seeing her work on products for companies like Target, Hello Bello, Papyrus and Jiggy Puzzles.

@gennablackburn

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Helen Wells is a professional artist, author, and teacher. She creates vibrant, expressive artwork that blends intuitive marks with thoughtful design. Nature, vintage textiles, and everyday beauty inspire her playful mix of rhythm, repetition, and color. Her work appears in diverse spaces and places, from cruise ships to book covers, magazines, architecture, clothing and packaging. She’s the author of Expressive Sketchbooks Developing Creative Skills, Courage and Confidence (Quarry, 2020).Teaching thousands of students worldwide, Helen shares her passion for sketchbooks and creative exploration from her tiny studio on the South Coast of England.

@helenwellsart

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Jacqui loves being creative; looking inwards; looking outwards; and always being curious, about everything! Her four children and husband keep her busy and always learning. She continues loving finding her messy creative way after having been a perfectionist graphic designer. Affirmations helped her navigate life when undiagnosed AuDHD.

@jacquimulvagh

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Janine Vangool wears pretty much every hat imaginable at UPPERCASE: publisher, editor, designer, customer service… she does anything and everything! Her quarterly print magazine and Encyclopedia of Inspiration book series celebrate design, illustration and craft. Janine got her start as a freelance graphic designer and has also taught typography and publication design at the college level. She has been a shop owner and bookseller, a gallery curator, sold a line of greeting cards wholesale, made 10,000 books by hand (with lots of help!) and has sewn her own products for retail. She has had four collections with Windham Fabrics.

@uppercasemag

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Jen Landis is an artist, author, educator, and community builder who believes creativity is one of the most powerful tools for personal growth and transformation.

She is known for her popular 30-day art challenges, which inspires women to develop a creative habit and experience the joy of making art one small piece at a time. Jen is also the author of Skip the Bad Songs, an interactive book for tweens filled with encouraging pep talks, creative activities, and practical tools for navigating difficult emotions.

As the founder of Pincurl Girls, Youth Art Gang, and Women’s Art Gang, she creates supportive spaces where people of all ages can explore their creativity without fear of getting it wrong.

@jenlandis.co

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Jen is a Procreate educator and artist who has helped thousands of students discover the joy of digital art through her warm, approachable teaching style. With a background in Montessori education, she creates lessons that are thoughtful, beginner-friendly, and rooted in creativity without pressure. Through her classes, community, and resources, she encourages others to build a meaningful and lasting creative practice.

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Juliet Meeks is a watercolor artist and surface designer based in New Orleans, LA. She licenses her signature florals and illustrations for products like stationery, home decor, fabric, and more. She also teaches online classes on art licensing, watercolor, and pattern design.

@julietmeekdesign

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Kaisa is an abstract artist, creative guide and coach, and founder of The Mindful Artist Community. She inspires people to embrace art as a daily act of self-care, showing that even a few creative minutes can reduce stress, nurture well-being, and deepen self-connection.

@artistkaisahart

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Katie O’Shea is a Bay Area-based artist whose vibrant work celebrates the beauty and complexity of the natural world. With a background in graphic design, Katie seamlessly blends traditional and digital mediums, working in paint, pencil, and digital illustration to create detailed images of botanicals. Her keen eye for detail and color brings each botanical subject to life, capturing both their delicate intricacies and bold forms.

@katie_oshea_design

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Exploring the world with open curiosity is key to Kim Dellow’s art practice. Whether it is through expressive drawing with colored pencils or colourful painted abstracts, Kim likes to find unique textures and combinations of materials. Mark making and experimenting are key to the stories she tells through her art, and her teaching focuses on encouraging others to explore their own unique expression through play and experimentation.

She has been a regular contributor to online art workshops and courses for the last few years. Kim also runs a monthly art club on Patreon – Sketchbooker – helping people to build their art confidence and get creating through creative exercises, sharing her art story and recent experiments.

Finding that deep connection between herself and how she expresses through her art is her current fascination.

@kimdellow

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Kristina Hultkrantz is an American/Swedish illustrator, surface designer, and online educator temporarily living in Germany with her hunky husband and 2 small children. She has worked as a full-time illustrator since 2010 and has had the pleasure of working with companies such as Hobby Lobby, American Greetings, Joanns, Neiman Marcus, and Tarte Cosmetics. She has been represented by Art Licensing Agent Pink Light Studio since 2019.

Besides working as an illustrator, Kristina loves teaching what she knows as a Top Teacher on the online education platform Skillshare. There, she has taught over 50,000 students in 40+ classes. She has made it her mission to help other illustrators and designers just starting out build sustainable creative careers with less insecurity, more focus, less trial and error, and in less time than it took her to build her own career.

@kristinahultkrantz

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Lisa Solomon is a studio artist that moonlights as a college professor, author and illustrator/graphic designer. Profoundly interested in the idea of hybridization (sparked from her Hapa heritage), Solomon's mixed-media works and large installations revolve thematically around domesticity, craft, and personal histories. She often fuses "wrong" things together--recontextualizing their original purposes, and incorporating materials that question the line between ART and CRAFT. She also is focused on bridging the gaps between being creative, living creatively, and making a living as a creative. She received her BA in art from UC Berkeley and her MFA from Mills College. She has exhibited and works with galleries both nationally and internationally, is in numerous private and public collections, and is continually tweaking artworks in her backyard studio. She resides in Oakland, California with her husband, a teenager, two kitties, a three legged pit-bull, a dachshund mutt and many, many spools of thread. Her latest book is Art/Craft/Color released in March 2026. She is also the author of - A Field Guide To Color - a workshop work-a-long watercolor journal on color theory and the follow up The Color Meditation Deck, a historical book on Crayola crayons, Knot Thread Stitch, as well as the illustrator for 20 Ways to Draw a Chair and Draw 500 Everyday Things. She is also an instructor on CreativeBug. Learn more on her extensive website or follow her on instagram - just spell her name and you'll find them.

@lisasolomon

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Maja Faber is a Swedish surface pattern designer, online educator, and Skillshare Top Teacher who has taught over 120,000 students worldwide. As the founder of Pattern Rebels, she helps creatives design beautiful repeat patterns in Procreate through simple, approachable techniques that remove the overwhelm from pattern design. Through her classes, membership, and online resources, Maja encourages creatives to build a joyful and sustainable creative practice while developing their own unique style. She is passionate about making pattern design accessible, enjoyable, and achievable for creatives at every stage of their journey.

@maja_faber

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Mandy Ford is a licensed illustrator, author, lettering artist, teacher, graphic designer, and all-around creative soul living the small-town life in Indiana. She is a creative soul with a knack for finding beauty in unexpected places and hope around every corner. One of her favorite things is connecting authentically with people and using her art and her voice to help others feel seen, cared for, and celebrated.

Her art has appeared on numerous products including her Soul Care Creativity Set, stickers, and washi tape with PaperHouse Productions, and four books with Better Day Books. Other collaborations include Artists to Watch, Legacy Publishing, Inked Brands, Spirituality & Health Magazine and Workman Publishing. You’ll find a variety of magical stickers, printables, art prints, mugs, and other gift items in her shop. She also teaches online and in-person creative courses on a variety of topics including art journaling and lettering.

@mandyfordart

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Mel Rye is an artist and educator who helps people build a joyful, sustainable art practice and develop a creative voice that feels uniquely their own - without getting caught up in copying, comparison or perfectionism. Her teaching encourages curiosity, experimentation, and finding inspiration in everyday life.

@melrye

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Melanie, aka The Swimming Owl, is a mixed-media artist inspired by nature, childhood wonder, and playful color. She lives in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with her husband and daughter, where she creates original art, heartfelt picture books, whimsical coloring books, and joyful products for her online shop.

@theswimmingowl

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Mike Lowery is a New York Times Best-Selling Illustrator who has worked on more than EIGHTY books for kids and adults with major publishers, including Chronicle Books, Scholastic, and Penguin Random House.

In addition to making books, Mike is an avid sketchbook-keeper and has taught classes worldwide over the last 23 years to more than 70,000 students, both in-person during his 14 years as a Design & Illustration Professor and online, through Skillshare classes and his annual Getting Paid to Draw course, which focuses on the business of illustration. Mike encourages others to join him in starting a daily drawing habit.

@mikelowerystudio

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Netsanet (Net) Tesfay is an Ethiopian-American illustrator, graphic designer and muralists based in Walnut Creek, California. Drawing from Ethiopian culture, African diasporic identity, community, social justice, and the natural world, her work is known for its vibrant bold colors, layered storytelling, and whimsical visual style. Net’s portfolio spans a variety of visual media, including children’s book illustrations, brand collaborations, public art murals and juried exhibitions. Represented by Tantau Studio, Net has worked with brands such as Target, Simon & Schuster, Little, Brown & Co., and Barefoot Books. She also serves as a local Arts Commissioner. In her free time, Net enjoys meditating, thrifting, volunteering and exploring nature with her two young kids.

@kokebstudio

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Nicole Piar is a watercolor artist, oracle deck creator and writer who loves to paint magical creatures, cats, forests, and imaginary places. Best known for her Spirit Cats, Witch Cats, and Wander Kittens Oracle Decks where fluffy philosophers share their uplifting messages. Her oracle decks combine character, story, intuition, fantasy, and magic. She creates an entire world of products that feature her art and coordinate them together including art prints, stickers, altar cloths, embroidered pouches, zipper pouches, totes, calendars, yes/no divination coins, and enamel pins.

@ghostkittenart

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Sara McCormick is a writer and astrologer whose work is centered around ditching the to-do list and elevating self-care. Her best-selling Soul Care Planner helps you align with the stars for a life planned with magic. She believes that astrology is more than knowing what's coming our way; it's a tool for slowing down, aligning with the wheel of the year, and, most importantly, uncovering more about who you are.

@saramccormicksoulguide

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Shelly Kim is a full time lettering artist, illustrator and educator based in California. She creates colorful, playful artwork inspired by everyday moments. Her work blends hand lettering, illustration, DIY projects and digital art to create designs that feel whimsical, uplifting and full of personality!

Shelly has collaborated with brands including Disney, Michaels, Sizzix and Mixbook, created artwork for products and creative campaigns! She teaches her creative skills and lettering through tutorials, videos and workshops. She's passionate about helping beginners and aspiring artists build confidence through lettering and art!

@lettersbyshells

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@susannahconway

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Tamara Laporte (‘willowing’) is a creative catalyst of thousands of beautiful people. She is a celebrated mixed media artist, author and art teacher who has been running her creative business since 2008. Her work can be described as ‘mixed media folk art’ with a focus on ‘magical realism’. It ranges from whimsical children’s illustrations to a more stylised fantasy art. Her paintings often contain healing themes, uplifting messages and inspirational poetry.

She believes that the act of creating art can be a gateway into healing and personal growth. She is deeply devoted to helping people get in touch with their creative fire and would love to help YOU too to get in touch with the artist in you!

She lives in the South of England with her two wonderful boys Dylan & Elliot, 4 dogs and her rock of a husband Andy.

@willowing

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Tammy Gilley is an artist and storyteller who creates quiet, creative spaces for women to reconnect with themselves through art and reflection. Through her body of work, The Soulful Journey, she guides women in using collage, journaling, and simple rituals to listen inward, honor their inner seasons, and shape their stories with care.

@tammygilley

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Tara Axford is a Sydney-based mixed media artist working across print, collage, fibre, and photography. She spent decades as a magazine art director before turning that same eye for image and composition to her own practice. She's drawn to what's overlooked: weathered surfaces, forgotten textures, the small imperfections most people walk straight past. Her work often sits between two things at once, human and natural, order and mess, calm and disruption, asking the viewer to notice what they'd normally miss.

@tara.axford

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