Welcome to this week's blog. Today I want to share my three secrets to success in Surface Design. For those who are new here, I always like to start with a quick description of what Surface Design is because I had never heard of it until about five years ago when I had to reinvent myself after being laid off from my fancy corporate job.

Hello there, my friend, and welcome to this week's blog. Today is a very exciting day because enrollment is open to my signature 10-week Pattern Design Academy® program!

I’d like to personally invite you to join the Pattern Design Academy® and become a member of the Class of May 2021. This class is going to be spectacular!

Hello, my friend and welcome to this week's blog. I am super excited to be here this week because I have a bonus for you about another way you can make money in Surface Design. My dear friend and mentor, Stu McLaren, is offering a free workshop right now, all about memberships. Read on…

Well, hello and welcome to this week's blog. I am excited to talk to you about my free mini course, From Doodles to Dollars®. Enrollment is now OPEN! This free mini course is only offered two times per year, so you don't want to miss it.

Hello again, my friend. I am super excited to continue this blog series about the four major ways to make money in Surface Pattern Design. If you missed any of my prior blogs on this topic, go back and read them to catch up. This week is all about in-person and virtual workshops, as well as digital courses - more great ways for you to share your passion for the artwork you create.

Welcome back to this series about the four major ways to make money in Surface Design. Two weeks ago, I talked about Licensing. Last week, we discussed Direct Selling. If you missed them, go back and catch up. This week we're going to talk about Indirect Selling. You may also hear this referred to as passive income or making money in your sleep.

Hello, my friend. This month is all about the four ways you can make money in Surface Design. In reality there are many more than four, but I’ve organized this information into four main categories to keep things simple and help you understand your options. Last week we talked about category #1: Licensing. This week we're going to switch gears by discussing category #2: Direct Selling.

Hello my friend, and welcome to this week's blog. I’m excited to share that I’m starting a new series, all about the different ways that you can make money in Surface Design. Over the course of the next four weeks, we’ll break down each of four major categories so that you can understand how each one works and determine which one(s) might be the best fit for you.

Hello there, my friend and welcome to this week's blog. Last week we talked about how to shift from a scarcity mindset to a mindset of abundance. I want to dive a bit deeper this week and talk about our fears around success. It’s an interesting dichotomy because sometimes you can fear success more than failure. Let’s get into it.

Hello there, my friend, and welcome to this week's blog. Let’s talk about how to overcome some of our most basic fears when it comes to our creativity. These are limiting beliefs that come up again and again and we need to practice how to flip them on their head. Learning how to do this will help us gain more confidence and continue to move forward. Here are three that come up all the time.

Hello, my friend, and welcome to this week's blog. Let’s talk about three tips to kickstart your creative practice when you’re feeling stuck. All three of them have really helped me and I hope they’ll be valuable for you as well. Some of them are practical and some of them are a little bit more, I would say, holistic. Let’s jump in.

Hello there, my friend, and welcome to this week's blog. I am very excited to be here this week to do a little bit of mindset coaching. That's going to be my focus here in the month of March. This week, I want to share some tips that I have when you’re feeling overwhelmed. Let’s jump right in.

Bonnie Christine’s Surface Design Immersion program closes at midnight on Tuesday, February 23. That might be TODAY depending on when you are reading this. She only offers this amazing program once a year so you don’t want to miss it. Taking her course 3 years ago literally changed my life. Join us with extra support from me here: https://members.artwithanne.com/bonus-experience

The wait is over! Bonnie Christine’s Surface Design Immersion course is open for enrollment this week. And again this year, I’m offering my exclusive “Bonus Experience” with 5 additional support elements for anyone who purchases Immersion through my affiliate link here: https://members.artwithanne.com/bonus-experience

I'm excited to introduce you to Mary-Ann Walker LeClair. She joined my creative community about 18 months ago, learned surface design by taking my programs and now has a beautiful subscription box business.

Hello my friend and welcome to this week’s blog. I’m so excited to talk to you today about my student, Kathleen Lambert. After taking my 8-week signature course, The Pattern Design Academy®, Kathleen overcame her fear of technology and leaned into her unique gifts in new and exciting ways.

Believe it or not, Valentine's Day is right around the corner. Let’s create an illustration together, that you can turn into a greeting card, a phone screensaver or a digital download. I hope the example I share in this demonstration sparks your own creativity. I’d love to see what you make!

Hello my friend and welcome to this week’s blog. If you’ve been following along, you’ve seen my recent videos on how to use Adobe Illustrator. Since I've done a couple of them already, I thought I’d back up for a second and show you my specific settings inside Adobe Illustrator. You may not be able to replicate my settings 100% but we should be able to get pretty close.