New Online Course!

Hack your Sketchbook with Page Alterations

Hello Wildlings,

New Online Course

I’m delighted to announce my new online course: Hack your Sketchbook with Page Alterations. It’s all about how to alter any kind of commercial sketchbook and really make it your own. If you’d like to add some variety to your sketchbook practice, this course is for you!

As a thank you for being an subscriber to my email newsletter, you can get 50% off with code EARLYBIRD50 for one week only.

New YouTube Videos

Watercolour Palettes Price Change

My mini watercolour palettes have increased in price, but if you want to get them at the old price, you can use discount code OLDPRICEPLEASE for one week only.

Personal Update

In my last email, I mentioned that I had some health breakthroughs. I’m thrilled to report that the good news continues!

In December, after a sleep study, I was diagnosed with sleep apnea. At first, this was very unwelcome and upsetting news, due to the stigma surrounding this disease. But knowing about the problem is definitely better than being in the dark! Especially as it can be addressed with a non-invasive, readily available treatment.

I started CPAP therapy in January. It took a few months, but it has been truly life-changing! I no longer wake up in the morning feeling like a swamp creature, trying to drag myself out of bed. Miraculously, I usually wake up feeling rested. My energy levels have increased, and I can go about my normal daily activities without feeling bone tired all the time.

I look back over the last decade with so much grief about the mental anguish I suffered from being perpetually exhausted and not understanding why. I assumed for a long time that it was depression that was to blame, and that if I could only change my mental state, everything would be better. Last year, I came off the antidepressants, thinking that possibly it was the medication itself causing the fatigue (I think this was at least partly true).

Then last July, I had an incredible spiritual experience, which I now believe was a Near Death Experience (NDE) caused by a sleep apnea event. In that experience, I got a strong message that I should get tested for sleep apnea.

In August of last year, I was also diagnosed with ADHD, which, untreated, can also cause exhaustion and burnout.

The unearthing of these problems in such a short space of time has felt like an awakening. I literally feel like I am finally waking up after a long period of being incapacitated. What a relief!

Skillshare

I am now teaching on Skillshare so if you already have a Skillshare subscription, you can access both my online courses on there for no additional cost!

If you’d like to try Skillshare for one month free of charge, you can do so by clicking on this link.

Painting of the month

Octagon Dance, Mixed media on paper 30 x 30cm, €45

Patreon

You can join me over on Patreon and support me from €1 per month, or just join for free! I am posting updates over there now instead of on Instagram. I have some exciting things planned for my Patreon account over the next little while :)

That’s it for now.

Sending love and tulips from Amsterdam,

Rose

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