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Happy New Year creative friend! As we step into 2025, it’s the perfect moment to look back on the creative journey you took in 2024. Reflecting on your wins, challenges, and discoveries can help you set the stage for an inspired and colorful year ahead. Grab your inspiration sketchbook and fave art supplies!

Reflect on Your Creative Year:

1. “My favorite creative discoveries this year were…”(Write, doodle, or glue images that remind you of your discoveries.)
2. “My most challenging project was… and what did I learn?” (Reflect on how challenges helped you grow.)
3. “My proudest creative moment was…”(Celebrate your big and small wins!)
4. What are three words to describe your creative energy in the past year? (Think outside the box—use unique and meaningful words.)
5. List the tools and materials that you used most.
6. What is one area you’d like to work on in 2025?

These prompts are a great way to honor your progress and plan for what’s next.

I’ve created a free digital INSPIRATION MOOD board featuring a couple of prompts along with a sneak peek from my Winter’s Reverie PDF Playbook, the winter edition of the SWATCH STUDIO. This is also the inspriation for the color palette of the winter ink collection.

The SWATCH STUDIO digital inspiration kits offer endless creative possibilities for artists, surface pattern designers, and Procreate enthusiasts alike. Whether you’re sketching, painting, or designing, these resources are thoughtfully crafted to fuel your imagination and help you embark on a vibrant and colorful artistic journey. Use them to jumpstart your next body of work or simply explore new ideas in your creative practice.

[Download Your Free Inspiration Board]

WINTER'S REVERIE INSPIRATION BOARD

What’s Happening in January:

This month is all about exploring AI in your creative practice. I’ll be sharing how I use AI tools to enhance my art practice, find inspiration, and streamline my creative business. Stay tuned for workshops, tips, and ideas to help you incorporate AI into your own process.

Here’s what’s coming up:

SWATCH STUDIO: Winter’s Reverie – Explore color, texture, and seasonal inspiration in this exclusive SWATCH STUDIO digital PLAYbook, swatch cards, and collage papers. JOIN today and get the full digital PLAYbook​

​Ideation PLAYground – Launching January 31, your personal creative coach and companion. This custom designed AI-driven tool will revolutionize how you brainstorm, plan, and create in your creative practice

#tracibautistaCOLOR Paint & Swatch Workshop – For those who have purchased the #tracibautistaCOLOR HOLIDAY NOUVEAU collections, you’ll receive an invite to our winter workshop to jumpstart your 2025 creative practice.

PLAY Collective – This month’s focus is all about incorporating AI into your creative workflow, planning your creative year with the YEAR IN SEASONS art wheel workshop…more details coming soon!

A Sweet Surprise Coming Tomorrow…

I’m thrilled to announce the upcoming launch of my Bohemian LOVE collection, inspired by romance, creativity, and a touch of wanderlust. This marks the first time I’m creating a special limited-edition collection for Valentine’s Day, and it features rich, vibrant hues designed to spark your imagination.

What makes this collection even more unique is that I brainstormed ideas using my AI assistant and various AI tools. Together, we crafted an AI-generated mood board—a first for my paint collections! I can’t wait to share how I’m incorporating the Ideation PLAYground AI tool throughout the creative process to bring this collection to life.

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s email, where I’ll reveal all the details and open the collection for pre-order. These PIGMENT BARS & watercolors are truly one-of-a-kind, and as always, they’re available in limited quantities.

Thank you for trusting me to inspire your artistic play and for making #TraciBautistaCOLOR a part of your creative practice. You are the heart of everything I do, and I’m so excited to continue creating and growing with you in the year ahead.

Thank You for an Incredible 2024​
Before diving into all the exciting things ahead, I want to take a moment to thank YOU. Whether you’ve purchased my handcrafted paints, joined a workshop, or followed along with my creative journey, your support means the world to me.

You’ve helped make 2024 a year full of color, creativity, and connection, and I’m so grateful to have you as part of this amazing community. I can’t wait to continue sharing inspiration, tools, and ideas with you in 2025. Here’s to a year of dreaming big and creating fearlessly—together!

Your support and passion for creativity inspire everything I do, and I’m deeply grateful to share this artistic adventure with you.

P.S. Don’t forget to download your free WINTER'S REVERIE inspiration board to kickstart your creative review: [Grab it here].

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Here's to a beautiful and colorful 2025!!

With creativity and color...

Artfully, xo Traci Bautista 💞 Founder, #tracibautistaCOLOR

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