Paint Your Own Self-Love Reminders with Nicola Newman

Guest Post

In this workshop, Nicola Newman will guide you through a fun-filled process of painting, collage and abstract mark-making to produce your own gentle self-love reminder cards. Nicola is a professional artist, creative living mentor & business coach,   It doesn’t take a lot of experience, so this process is perfect for beginners and experienced creatives alike. 

You are invited to use your choice of either water colour or acrylic paints (whatever you have available!). There is something so special about creating your own gentle self-love reminders to put up around your home or work space. 

You can paint alongside Nicola during the video or you may choose to watch the process and then go through the activity and do this creative exercise in your own time and at your own pace.

MATERIALS LIST:

• Water-colour paper pads A4 or A5 size (minimum 225gsm)

• Water-colours or acrylics (an inexpensive set are fine)

• Paint brushes (small & medium size are good)

• 1 x containers of water

• Masking tape

• Uni-Ball Eye Fine Rollerball Waterproof Pen or other fine black waterproof pen (optional) 

• Stick or twig 

• Paper towel or rags

• Palette or ice cube tray for paints

"I like to encourage people to let go and have fun with it," she says. "There are no rules in abstract painting, so anything goes."

Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned artist, this workshop is sure to be a creative adventure.

If you enjoyed this painting workshop, you might love to join the Sensitive Empowerment Community, where you'll find more of Nicola's workshop recordings and have the opportunity to paint with her in an upcoming live workshop event.

Catch up on her previous events available to all members in our replay library: 

• Paint Your Own Holiday Cards & Tags with Nicola Newman

• Paint Your Own Wisdom Cards: A Journey into Your Creative Heart with Nicola Newman

• Abstract Painting Adventures: Playfully Express Your Natural Creativity with Nicola Newman

• Watercolor Workshop: Painting Flowers and Beautiful Leaves with Nicola Newman

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You are invited to the Art of Creative Living Retreat 

Nicola is excited to invite you to her in-person art retreat in 2023, on Lady Elliot Island, a stunning island on the Great Barrier Reef. You'll have the opportunity to swim with friendly turtles and graceful manta rays, paint on beautiful beaches, rest and restore your energy, and nurture your creativity with a fellow HSP as your guide. You can check out all the details and secure your place for the Art of Creative Living Retreat here.  Want more painting fun? Sign up for Nicola's free video mini-course.

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BIO

Nicola Newman is a creative mentor and business coach, award-winning artist, founder of the Creative Hearts Community and the year-long creativity school Flourish: The Art of Creative Living. Nicola’s passion is inspiring and supporting Creative Hearts to build loving relationships with themselves, nurture their creativity and trust their inner wisdom. Her approach is to embrace gentleness, playfulness and self-care to navigate self-doubt and instead cultivate deep self-trust so you can truly enjoy the creative process, bring together your body of work, make money doing what you love and leave a creative legacy you’re proud of. Nicola’s creative business coaching is tailored to support sensitive, heart-led creatives to develop, grow, and expand their offerings, follow their heart and find fulfilment in their work and life. She offers multiple resources for Creative Hearts. You are invited to take her free Creative Archetype Quiz, get her free Art of Creative Living mini-course, sign up for her Inspiration Letters and nurture your creativity through her online courses, programs and in-person retreats at www.nicolanewman.com

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Julie Bjelland is a psychotherapist specializing in high sensitivity, Author of The Empowered Highly Sensitive Person, host of The HSP Podcast, and founder of the Sensitive Empowerment Community. Her books, blog, online courses, and free Webinars have helped thousands of highly sensitive people (HSPs) worldwide reduce their challenges, access their gifts, and discover their significant value to thrive to their fullest potential. Her HSPs in Heart-Centered Business Group connects and supports HSP healers and practitioners. Julie loves connecting in her Sensitive Empowerment Community and warmly invites you to join this positive, safe, and welcoming space. JulieBjelland.com❤️🌈❤️ (she/her)