Today this newsletter crossed 5000 subscribers, we got 500+ new members in the last 30 days which is a record, Welcome Everyone!
Let’s use this as a chance to (re)introduce ourselves.
I hope as many of us will do today’s prompt and share their work and say hi in the chat! I wrote a new welcome email to mark to occasion, and I’m sharing that with all of you her today...
Remember when making art was pure joy?
Before the pressure of "becoming professional" or "being good enough"... when you just picked up a pencil and created because it made you happy?
That feeling is still there.
I know because I rediscovered it at 40, and it led to something amazing: 11 book deals in just 2 years, including work with Bloomsbury, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, and Walker Books. My first book even won a Book of the Year Award!
But here's my secret: It wasn't about talent or technique.
It was about rediscovering that joy, 10 minutes at a time.
That's why I created Ten Minute Artist.
Each day, you'll get:
A gentle prompt to spark your creativity
10 minutes of pure creative play
A supportive community of 5,000+ artists 👀
Permission to be perfectly imperfect
Here's what other artists are saying:
"If you are looking for daily prompts to keep drawing, you couldn't ask for a kinder, funner host!"
2. My Complete Illustrator's Blueprint - the same roadmap that helped me land contracts with major publishers (but no pressure - it'll be here when you need it)
Choose Your Creative Journey:
Free Membership
As a free member you will get most daily prompts + some community access, you already have this and if you choose to stay here you are totally welcome and I look forward to serving you, and I’ll see you in the next free email.
VIP Membership (New Name)
As a VIP you will get ALL 366 prompts. I often include insights as I’m discovering them or from my journey, I share the mistakes I made so you don’t need to make them. The tips and tricks I’ve discovered to accelerate the process. But also how to get the most enjoyment out of every single day.
As a bonus I will give you access to:
🌲The illustrators career growth collection: A detailed guide on how I went from an industry outsider to working on a dozen 5-figure illustration projects in my first 2 years as an illustrator.
📼 Illustration roundtable discussions: Recordings of my conversations with authors and illustrators about different aspects of the practice, for example Money, Collaboration, Classes etc. As well As a Workshop on Character Design that I did with
💬 VIP Chat: VIP’s have access to private chats, where I might share behind the scenes work, process videos, you will also get the ability to start a chat to ask questions of me or the community.
Imagine this: Years from now, you're looking at a shelf of sketchbooks, each filled with moments of joy, discovery, and creative growth. Not exercises you "had to do," but daily rituals you got to experience. A visual journey of your life, captured 10 minutes at a time.
This is what Ten Minute Artist is really about.
Yes, you can start small with our monthly plan at $25/month. Test the waters, see how it feels, discover the joy of daily practice.
But here's what I really want for you:
I want you to commit to yourself. To claim your creative time. To join me and 5,000+ artists in building something extraordinary - a lifetime of joyful creation, one page at a time.
That's why I'm offering something special:
Join us annually for just $100 $80 (that's only $6.60 per month!) and lock in 20% off FOREVER.
Publishing your own books (like my work with Bloomsbury and Harper Collins and many others..)
Building a consistent practice (like thousands in our community)
Or simply finding joy in creating again
It begins with 10 minutes, and permission to be perfectly imperfect.
Make art,
P.S. Over the years I have helped people in this community develop their skills, build their portfolios, and get represented by agents, but more importantly I help them keep going and believing in their passion, if you can keep going, success is inevitable.
You're lucky you rediscovered the joy so early. It was decades later for me, and perhaps sweeter for that.