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Hey creative friend! Have you ever flipped through an old sketchbook, revisited a forgotten Procreate file, or stumbled on a ChatGPT conversation and thought—“Oh right, that was a really good idea”?

A few weeks ago, I was doing just that—organizing stacks of gel plate prints, painted and stenciled papers, collage backgrounds, and abstract landscape experiments.

I found myself flipping through my paint-making journals, too—pages filled with colorful swatches, layered marks, repeating motifs, and half-finished ideas that once sparked something deep inside.

It’s part of my process: returning to what I’ve already created—sketchbook scraps, studio experiments, and fragments of past projects—not to start over, but to gather what already lives inside the work.

You don’t need another course to tell you what to do or show you how to paint a flower.

You already have a studio and life full of ideas. Let’s unearth and gather them, organize them, and design your next creative chapter—on your own terms.

The Studio Storyboard Workshop Experience is almost here—and you’re invited to be part of the early preview.

This is a guided creative experience that blends mark-making, reflection, storytelling, and AI ideation tools to help you.

Your Creative Roadmap

• Studio Storyboard Retreat: A live session to visually map your creative identity, explore themes, color, and tap into your intuitive style.
• Sketchbook PLAY Sessions: Hands-on exploration to expand your visual vocabulary and intuitive mark-making.
• AI Ideation Audit: Personalized AI prompts to analyze your work to reveal patterns and fresh possibilities.
• Studio Sparks & Pathfinder Prompts: Playful tools to maintain momentum, inspire reflections, and clarity throughout your process.
• Creative Companion Resources: Access to a curated collection of project-mapping tools—all organized in a digital dashboard to support your process from start to finish.

We start soon—but first, I want to invite you to get on the waitlist. You’ll be the first to know when registration opens and get early access to creative bonuses.

✨ Early Bird Bonus Just for You✨

Everyone who joins the waitlist will get early access to registration—plus a special creative bonus when you sign up for the workshop experience in the first 48 hours.

(Hint: it includes a behind-the-scenes creative session with me and a taste of the AI tools I’ve been building for artists.)

Studio Spark + AI Prompt

Studio Sparks are mini prompts that help you gather inspiration, reflect on your process, and begin to shape a creative direction—before the workshop even begins.

Gather 5 pieces of your artwork from the past year—physical or digital. Flip through and ask:

• What themes do I notice repeating?
• What colors or shapes show up again and again?
• What might these works be asking me to explore next?

Bonus: Try this reflection with AI

Paste this into your favorite AI tool (like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, or—my custom AI assitant Ideation Playground!):

Your next collection may already be in motion. Let’s bring it to life.

P.S. The full Studio Storyboard Workshop will walk you through how to use AI tools like Ideation Playground to organize your themes, explore your visual story, and design your next collection with confidence. JOIN the interest list here​

P.P.S. While you’re waiting for the Studio Storyboard Workshop to open, there are a few more 🌸 SPRING SURPRISE Grab Bags in the shop—filled with colorful handcrafted artisanal paint treasures from my studio. They’re a fun way to kick off your sketchbook play...order yours today!

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Here's to a beautiful and colorful SPRING!

With creativity and color...

Artfully, xo Traci Bautista 💞 Founder, #tracibautistaCOLOR

If you have any questions reach out to customer care using the chat box at tracibautistacolor.com

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