I'm excited to share another demo this week. Let’s create a very simple print using just one of the motifs from our illustration last week. As you follow along, if you’d like to get more detailed steps, download my free 3-part video series on how to make your 1st repeating pattern.

Well, hello, my friend. And Happy New Year. One of my goals this year is to actually make sure I have enough time to do my own artwork. Over the holiday week, I’ve enjoyed spending time creating illustrations and I thought I’d share my process with you.

Welcome to this week’s blog. I’m doing something a little bit differently this week. I thought it would be fun for me to demonstrate how to make a beautiful holiday wreath using some of your hand-drawn little doodles and the magic of Adobe illustrator.

Merry Christmas! I'm recording this a little bit before the Christmas holiday here in the United States. I want to wish each and every one of you a really, really lovely holiday, no matter what it is that you celebrate or when it is that you're celebrating it.

Welcome to this week's blog. This is part two of our little mini-series about healthy habits with a specific focus on how to stay healthy and engaged as a creative during the entire course of the year. Last week, we talked about morning routines and I shared three tips about how to come up with a great morning routine. This week is all about evening routines.

Welcome to this two-part series about healthy habits for creatives. These are healthy habits for anyone, but they are particularly helpful for creatives. This week we’ll focus on the importance of a morning routine. And next week, I’ll dive into evening routines which are also very helpful.

Let’s talk about encouragement, specifically as it relates to your creativity. Have you ever felt a little bit stuck or like your creativity has dried up, all of a sudden? It happens to all of us, from time to time. And I have three tips for you to help you move through this.

I think it's very important, especially in a year like 2020 has been, that we actually reflect on what we have in our lives that we can be grateful for. We are approaching the Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S. No doubt it will be different this year like so many things. However, that doesn't mean that there isn't a lot for us to reflect back on and to be grateful for.

Welcome to this week's blog. I want to share something that I’ve discovered during this challenging year which is that what you focus on is how you feel. I have three tips that I want to share with you today around how to get around this or how to shift your focus in order to feel joy or excitement instead of fear or anxiety. These tips work for me and I hope they will work for you too, especially when it comes to your creativity and helping you when you feel creatively stuck.

Did you know that I’ve been broadcasting live every Wednesday at noon pacific standard time for the past two years? This happens on my Facebook page, Anne LaFollette Art, and I thought you might like to know how to find it. Ready for a quick demo so you can bookmark it and find me with ease?

I've been thinking about this a lot lately. We're in week 3 of my 8-week Pattern Design Academy program and I've discovered over the years of teaching that students who embrace working at their own pace do better. Why is that, you might ask? Well, read on and pop over to Anne TV for full details.

Well, it’s really happened. I have a space of my own and a new beautiful creative studio steps from my backdoor. Throughout my journey of reinvention, and you all know that story by now, I’ve been dreaming of turning our small one car garage into a creative space where I can run my online business.

Do you often find yourself comparing yourself to others? When you’re looking at Instagram for example. Or when you’re in an online course and you’re looking at what everyone else is posting. It happens a lot. It’s natural. But it can also be destructive. This week I want to revisit 3 tips for how to work through and past the comparison game. I shared these thoughts back in May but they are worth revisiting again now.

I’m so excited to offer my 8-week signature program, The Pattern Design Academy, one last time in 2020. Lean into your creativity before the end of this year and hit the ground running with your own creative business in 2021. Make 2020 count. And guess what? Illustrator is coming to the iPad next week! You’ll get exclusive training on how to use it when you enroll in The Pattern Design Academy.

Pauline Reilly is a salon owner who was told in senior school that she wasn’t talented enough to continue to pursue art. What a shame that just one teacher can have so much influence over us, especially when we are young. But it happens. And it happens to a lot of us! Listen to Pauline’s story of transformation that began when she joined my creative community.

Ready for another inspiring Student Spotlight? I’m so excited to continue this series and introduce you to artist and surface designer Kathleen Lambert. Kathleen and I go way back - two years back in fact - when I was just getting started as an online entrepreneur.

As we prepare for my free mini-course, From Doodles to Dollars, which starts on Oct 5, I have the great pleasure of interviewing past students and sharing their stories and their progress as artists and surface designers. Last week, Sher Hudson joined us and I want to share her Student Spotlight with you.

I thought I’d change things up a bit this week and focus on my From Doodles to Dollars free mini-course. And specifically:

· How to sign up for it

· How to join the private Facebook group, and

· Where to find everything

Let’s start with how to sign up. It’s pretty straightforward but let’s take it step by step. This mini-course is free but you have to sign up for it because some of the content comes to you via email.