Unleash Your Wild Creativity

Explore Mindful Wildlife Art and Cultivate a Life Changing Creative Practice

Become a confident, courageous,
and curious artist

Learn to create art focused on nature and the wild,
without overwhelm, fear or comparison

We are born to create - that is what we are called to do,
in every fibre of our wild-hearted bodies.

But we live in a society that puts value on product and productivity,
often making us feel like we have to produce things to sell for them to be of worth.

But the real value in life, my friend?

It is in the doing.

It is in honouring your creativity.

It is in knowing you are inherently worthy of investing in your creativity.

Which is why I have created this
immersive experience
for you

The Wild Sketchbook

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Enrolment opens again March 2025

This course is rich with inspiration, information and valuable ritual.
It helps you to create a space for yourself to capture glorious wildlife in various media
through Natalie’s guidance and tutorials.
It is well-planned, meticulously organized and beautifully executed.

~ Treava

Let me show you how to create a sanctuary for your curiosity.

Over SEVEN weeks together, we will make a beautiful place for your experimentation and play, and for your evolution into the confident, compassionate artist that your creativity is holding space for you to be. 

From as little as 15 minutes per day. 

All between the covers of a sketchbook

One of the most valuable things you can do for yourself

is to carve out space for the very tangible self care that creating for
play and curiosity and development of ideas provides.

And you, my friend
Are so worth that

$397 USD

🍃 Six month payment plan available 🍃

It doesn’t matter

if you are

  • new to art making,

  • have been doing it for two years,

  • or twenty years,

there are lots of big feelings, questions, fears and doubts that keep coming up.

And I don’t think that these get talked about enough.

Here’s the thing

Having a practice that allows you to learn and to
make beautiful art while being mindful of all the physical, emotional, and imaginal work that goes into it, helps to build your resilience, strength and groundedness in pursuing making larger works of art.

And sharing them with confidence.

Let’s talk about

all the real things it takes to be an artist (and it is not just about putting pigment on paper).

The mindsets, self trust, compassion, and grounding.

And more.

(But let’s make some art while we do that too).

Enrolment opens again march 2025

$397 USD

🍃 Six month payment plan available 🍃

This invitation is for you

Create a daily practice that puts you first, and that celebrates the courage it takes to do this work.

Be supported by a community that completely understands, that will stand beside you and encourage you, and that you can rely on to inspire and uplift.

Explore, play, and get clarity on the work that excites you and what you want to dive deeper into.

What’s Inside

The Wild Sketchbook is unlike any other art course.

The focus is on you, not on the artwork outcomes.

The core of this course is the transformative and empowering elements, delving into the mindset and personal growth aspects that complement the technical skills of drawing and painting.
The course not only improves artistic abilities but also enhances overall
well-being and connection with nature.

We concentrate on two aspects:

Mindset and Empowerment

+

Art Tutorials

PLUS!

A one on one mentorship opportunity to get you feeling excited and empowered to make your most wild hearted art!

Mindset and Empowerment

Designed to nurture your creative spirit and deepen your connection with nature, this course empowers you to embrace your artistic journey with confidence, curiosity, and compassion.

  • How to cultivate a mindful approach to wildlife art, enhancing both your skills and well-being

  • Techniques for overcoming creative blocks and self-doubt

    • Building resilience in your artistic practice

    • Embracing imperfection as a path to growth

  • Developing a sustainable creative routine that fits your lifestyle

  • Harnessing the power of observation to deepen your connection with nature

  • Exploring the meditative aspects of wildlife sketching for stress relief and focus

  • Cultivating self-compassion in your artistic journey

  • Techniques for infusing your art with personal meaning and emotion

  • Building confidence in your unique artistic voice and style

  • Leveraging your sketchbook as a tool for personal growth and self-discovery

  • Fostering a sense of wonder and curiosity in your daily life through art

Art Tutorials

This course is designed to help you develop the essential skills of observing and capturing the essence of animals and birds, whether they're in motion or at rest. You'll learn to appreciate their habits, intricate details, and unique characteristics through the art of sketching.

  • Begin Your Artistic Adventure: No matter your current skill level, we'll guide you through the first steps of your wildlife art journey

  • Master the Fundamentals: Develop crucial skills in shape recognition, form understanding, value perception, and composition - the building blocks that will inform all your future artistic endeavors

  • Harness the Power of Graphite: Learn to capture an animal's likeness using just a pencil, discovering the freedom and versatility of this fundamental medium

    • The entire course can be completed using only graphite, providing a solid foundation for all other mediums

  • Explore and Play: While mastering the basics, you'll also have the opportunity to experiment with:

    • Creating expressive two-page spreads using a single colored pencil

    • Bringing wildlife portraits to life with a full range of colored pencils

    • Delving into the fluid world of watercolor wildlife painting

    • Discovering the versatility of acrylic paints for animal portraits

    • Experiencing the rich tradition of oil painting for wildlife art

    • Finding inspiration in mixed media approaches

The heart of this course lies in training your eye, hand,
and wild-heart to work in harmony.

An empowering bonus

Included in your enrollment is TWO x 40 minute ONE on ONE mentorship sessions with me!

The first will take place in the first couple of weeks of The Wild Sketchbook, the second after the course has finished.

We’ll get to the heart of your vision and your creative desires, and then get a plan to help you make that happen.

You are worthy of a creative practice that is slow, gentle, sustainable and abundant. I can’t wait to help you make that vision a reality!

🌟 Ready to invest in your wild-hearted creativity? 🌟

$397 USD

🍃 6 month payment plan available 🍃

Each Week at a glance

Week One

Curiosity | Line, Shape

Open up your heart and mind.

Learn how to:  

  • build your observational skills, 

  • gain greater knowledge of the tools you use

  • ask what is holding you back, what is giving rise to fear, what is sparking joy.

  • Immediate access to the sketching and graphite library

  • TWO live sessions - a workshop, and a sketching-together gathering

Week 2

Compassion | Form, proportion

An act of love and kindness.

Learn how to

  • extend compassion to your subjects, and to yourself

  • deepen your creative energy

  • empower your creative resilience

  • dive deeper into sketching from scratch

  • TWO live sessions - a workshop, and a sketching-together gathering

Week 3

Courage | Value, contrast

You wild-hearted rebel.

Learn how to:

  • foster courage to start - you are so brave!

  • to practice, to have a go, to follow your wild heart, to keep going, to try again when what you tried didn’t turn out the way you expected

  • to be a voice for the beauty of this wild world

  • Access to all the other media tutorials opens up

  • TWO live sessions - a workshop, and a sketching-together gathering

Week 4

Connection | Composition

A creative weaving.

Learn how to:

  • find connection, interwoven with curiosity, compassion, and courage

  • move towards creating your deepest, most personally satisfying work

  • connect to the wild all around you, and to the wild in your own heart

  • TWO live sessions - a workshop, and a sketching-together gathering

Week 5

Consciousness | Detail, edges

Valuing Creativity

Learn how to:

  • create consciously as an act of reciprocity for this wild world

  • Keep valuing your self care habit

  • Interact with your awareness, and the world you want to honour

  • TWO live sessions - a workshop, and a sketching-together gathering

Week 6

Congruence | Colour

Authenticity and Alignment

Learn how to:

  • Strengthen your congruence, owning who you are, knowing that you are enough, that you are worthy.

  • Value being conversation with your body, and trusting your body to hold you and keep you safe.

  • Choose to be honest about how you are feeling, and living in your values.

  • TWO live sessions - a workshop, and a sketching-together gathering

Week 7

Consolidation

Strengthening your wild heart

Learn to:

  • Bringing together your innate knowledge and learned skills

  • Following your wild heart

  • Strengthening your creativity habit 

  • Honouring your wildness, and the wild around us

  • TWO live sketch-together and celebration gatherings

Plus

Weekly workbooks, podcasts, master studies, guest sketchbook artists,
Q&A’s in each live, an incredible community space,
and so much more!

Amazing class that teaches you the most amazing drawing skills.
Love the skills Natalie teaches in a calm and soothing manner making learning fun and relaxing.
Beautiful blend of healing art and artistic expression.
She assisted me with finding the courage to express creativity via artful hand and study.

~ Cheri

🌟 Ready to invest in your wild-hearted creativity? 🌟

Enrolment opens again March 2025

$397 USD

🍃 6 month payment plan available 🍃

Plus

You will also receive any updates, the live recordings from future sessions, continued access to the community, AND more.

The Wild Sketchbook is brought to you by the wild heart (and mind) of a wildlife and nature obsessed artist.

Hello, that’s me, Natalie.

I have been working in sketchbooks since coming back to art in my mid 40’s, and continue to learn and grow through working in this profoundly simple, but gentle and spacious place.

My sketchbook habit grounds me, inspires me, and helps me grow, as both
an artist and human being.

Come create your own haven in this nurturing, inspiring program.

Kind words from course students

I love that I joined.

This course,by Natalie has been a way, not just to improve my wildlife portraits, but given me a practice to work on a sketchbook as a form of self care. I. Hoping to translate it into human portrait work as well. Her gentleness and calming voice is just the art break I need to continue my artistic journey.

Tamara

I've learned so much.

Identifying what I enjoyed 'most' about the course would be impossible. This course is a wholistic approach to the actual Archetypal definition of Artist. Other courses I have taken have focused only on the methods/mediums/and supporting supplies. This course mimics showing up the first day of your new career, clueless to all aspects of success, and being given all the tools necessary for stepping into your new title...Artist. The true meaning of Artist. Thank you, Natalie.

Deborah

thank you, thank you, thank you

I love your course and all that you added to it. It’s way more than just a how to create art. It’s a deeper look into yourself and many of the beliefs you have and provides paths to change the mind thoughts that do not serve you to ones that enable you. Shifting from negative to accepting, wonder and curiosity. For me, this really is life changing.

Yvette

If you are ready to nurture your creative practice,

empower your artistic wild heart,

and connect to what inspires you in a deep and grounded way,

is for you

Enrolment opens again march 2025

✺ Frequently asked questions ✺

  • Yes! While I give instruction on how to get started in your sketchbook, everyone from beginner to seasoned artist will benefit from a sketchbook practice, PLUS being mindful of all the other aspects of being a curious and compassionate artist

  • The formal course aspect runs for 7 weeks, but there will be added extras, and you will have access to all the content, any updates, and the community for life.

  • The course is open and live twice a year. The next enrollment is 25th March 2025. You have access to all content for life.

  • There are live components to the course in the form of co-working sessions, but everything else is recorded, and you have access to the content for life. You can go at your own pace. Or you can join a future live round.

  • Yes! Our community will be over on Substack, where we can interact without ads or other distractions.

  • I would never want you to be unhappy! If for any reason you’re not satisfied with your purchase, contact me within the first 7 days and I will give you a full refund.

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