A collection of arty things to ease you into September:

• A sketchbook project for those holiday photos and scraps you’ve brought home with you

• Wanderlust 2027 if you fancy a whole year of creative inspiration

• A few things inspiring me right now including a couple of books, a podcast, some rather excellent ice lollies and a class I’ve been taking myself.

Let’s gently get back to our creativity, shall we?

Got a camera roll full of holiday photos that you haven’t looked at since you got home? In this month’s video I’m turning those summer memories into a collage sketchbook page, and it’s such a lovely way to keep hold of that holiday feeling for a little bit longer.

Let me know in the comments if you give it a try.

WANDERLUST | A whole year of art - and I’m in it!

I sent an email about this last week - but just in case you missed it. I’m delighted to be teaching as part of Wanderlust 2027. A new lesson drops every Friday and it’s a great way to keep your art journal going every single week of the year.

40+ artists (including me), moving with the seasons. No falling behind, no "right way," lifetime access.

Doors are open, and the first 2,000 places are $119. I'd so love to have you in there with me:

Click below for my affiliate link - if you join through it, I earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. A big thank you to everyone who has joined up so far :)

INSPIRATION

Book | My friend, Sally Hirst, has a book coming out soon and it is bound to be brilliant. I know it will be in depth, informative and totally inspiring. If you want to learn more about printmaking jump on the waitlist now.

Class | Back in June I took a class with Still Flower Drawing and loved it. Over the summer I’ve been dipping into this class with Still and the artist Nancy Gurskin. A different take on creating painted papers and compositions has really filled me with inspiration and I’m sure I’ll return to this one. You can read more about Nancy’s process here.

Ice Lollies | We made these watermelon and lime ice lollies over the holidays and they were delicious - if you’re still looking for something to help you cool down try these.

Podcast | So glad that the Laura Horn Art podcast is back

Mark-making anyone? | My friend Liz Ross is teaching a class as part of this virtual retreat and I think it looks like fun. It’s free! If you fancy diving into a bit of mark-making - click here for all the details.

Sketchbook love | The brilliant Karen Stamper is launching the Free up your sketchbook and grow course again this month - always so inspiring - here’s the link

FRAGMENTS OF TIME |

I recently started gifting a 10% discount on my art journal course Fragments of Time to new subscribers of the Creative Fix - and I realised that wasn’t really fair to you - my long term supporters who I love writing to each month!

So if you’re keen to start an art journal that can capture your photos from the summer plus all of those treasured collage scraps just click the link below and use the code WELCOME10 at the checkout for 10% off.

That’s it from me - thanks for getting this far. I hope one of these little nudges inspires you to find a few minutes for your creativity this month. It doesn’t have to be a big project or a whole afternoon, just a little bit of time to make something for the sheer joy of it. See you next month!

Rebecca x