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Join me live today → behind the scenes of URBAN PETALS

Published 3 months ago • 1 min read

Reader…

A paint collection starts long before the first pigment is mulled. It starts with design — the walks, the thinking, the research, and the inspiration that give the making its direction.

The colors are chosen. The mood board is designed. The direction is set.

Now comes the part I love most — turning that vision into physical paint. The inks, the PIGMENT BARS, the Wax Printmaking Oil Bars are all next, and the design work you're about to see is exactly what makes that making possible.

That moment right before the making begins — when the Creative Direction is locked in — is exactly what I want to show you today.

Today's LIVE FREE session:

AI Experiments Lab: Behind the Scenes

How I Collaborate with AI to Develop a Paint Collection

Thursday, March 26, 1:00 PM PT

YouTube Live (link below)

Cost: Free

I'll walk you through the design phase behind URBAN PETALS: Concrete Bloom — the voice-memo brain dumps, capturing photos on neighborhood walks, the AI tools that helped me organize my messy thinking into a collection direction, and the blueprint from first spark to product graphic.

Then I'll do a live demo of the Collection Research Muse — one of the AI tools I've built — and you'll watch a brand new collection concept take shape from scratch. Messy middle and all.

This is a free peek at what happens monthly inside the AI Experiments Lab in Ideation PLAYground. If you've been curious about how AI fits into an artist-led creative practice, grab a cup of tea and your sketchbook!

Grab a cup of tea and your sketchbook. Bring your questions.

​Save your spot → 🌸

P.S. The URBAN PETALS: Concrete Bloom collection is in pre-order now — Mineral Wash Inks, PIGMENT BARS, and Wax Printmaking Oil Bars. We’re almost SOLD OUT!! Grab your Collector's Box → ​

P.P. S. Thursday 3/26, I’m going live on YouTube with a free peek inside the AI Experiments Lab. I’ll walk through the story behind this collection and do a live demo of the Collection Research Muse — a custom Claude AI tool I developed to help design the concept. Bring your questions. Join me live​ → 🌸

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

#tracibautistaCOLOR, Danville, California 94526
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Hi! I'm Traci Bautista.

Artist. Paint maker. Creative + AI educator.

I make small-batch handcrafted artisanal paints and PIGMENT BARS and teach artists to build a cohesive body of work and a visual creative brand using artist-led AI tools. Founder of Ideation PLAYground + AI-Powered Studio. Resources + newsletter below.

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