Reader…
You’re officially invited to join me for a hands-on exploration inside the PAINT & SWATCH LIVE Workshop—a creative session where you’ll experiment with the WILD TERRAIN collection, mix your own swatch recipes, and build your personal palette library.
This workshop is designed to help you explore color, layer mark-making techniques, and play with handcrafted paints from your stash—whether from WILD TERRAIN or your own collection.
🗓 LIVE SESSION:
Date: TODAY, September 10, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm PT
Join Live: check your email again at 12:55pm PT
📺 Important Note About the Live Session Link
I’m using a new streaming platform for this workshop, which means the YouTube Live link will be sent out approximately 5 minutes before we go live. Keep an eye on your inbox (and check your spam/promotions folder just in case) around the start time. You’ll also receive the link inside the workshop reminder email.
Thanks for your patience—and I can’t wait to swatch and paint with you!
📄 BONUS: Download your printable Paint Swatch Cards PDF to prep your workspace.
🖌️ CREATIVE ITINERARY
Here’s what we’ll explore together:
01. Welcome + Swatch Session Setup
A quick overview of how to set up your play space and prep your pigment bar or paint collection. We’ll go over suggested surfaces and tools (paintbrushes, palette knives, water brushes, cotton swabs, etc.).
02. Swatch Sprint: Layered Experiments
You’ll create a series of mixed media swatches using your paints—building from pure hue to layered, mixed tones. We’ll experiment with color pairings, gradients, and textures.
03. Color Story Building
We’ll move from swatching to storytelling—mapping out creative palettes inspired by your mood, themes, or terrain references (e.g. coastal paths, canyon walls, rainforests).
04. Remix + Reflect
We’ll end with a few prompts to help you reflect on what swatches you want to explore further in your journal or future projects. You’ll be encouraged to circle favorites and remix them into new forms (e.g. collage snippets, pattern seeds, digital textures).
🎁 What to Bring:
- #tracibautistaCOLOR WILD TERRAIN collection
- Your favorite handmade or watercolors, pigment bars, or inks
- Swatch paper or watercolor paper scraps
- Mark making tools (palette knife, pencils, Derwent Inktense, water brushes, etc.)
- The printable Paint Swatch Cards (PDF linked above)
I can’t wait to see your color stories unfold! Prep your studio space—it’s time to PLAY.
Access WILD TERRAIN paint & swatch Notion dashboard…creative prompts, workshop itinerary and links!
✧ Bonus: WOVEN HERstories Mini Collection
Woven HERstories is a limited-edition collection celebrating my 8th anniversary of paintmaking — a journey woven from my Filipino, Chinese, and Spanish heritage, and my lifelong devotion to color, art, and creative exploration.
Inspired by resilience, softness, and story woven color, this new handcrafted paint collection is now available and almost SOLD OUT!
NEW in the shop!! An heirloom mini set for pigment lovers and collectors:
- 2 multicolor duotone confetti PIGMENT BARS — all brand new colors, never released before
- 1 multicolor watercolor mini XL ceramic swatch tile — contains 5 handcrafted artisanal XL watercolor swatches.
- 1 metallic shimmer ink in 10ml bottle — perfect for mixing into your paints
- water-reactive crystals for special staining effects
- Mark making tool set
- Digital Pigment Stories + Creative prompts Notion dashboard — the inspirations, origins, and mixing notes for each color and printable swatch cards PDF
- Signature Anniversary Packaging – Each box is lovingly stamped, signed, and numbered as part of the anniversary series.
SHOP WOVEN HERstories mini collection
There are a few PIGMENT BARS & VIP Collectors Boxes left…
Thanks again for being a part of this pigment-loving community. I can’t wait to see what you create!
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