Member Event
Creating a Self-Care Notebook Practice with Katy Biele
Creating a Self-Care Notebook Practice with Katy Biele
This is your invitation to slow down, reconnect, and make art that feels good.
Using watercolours, pencils, ink pens, and mixed media, you’ll explore your sketchbook as a safe, creative space—a personal studio diary. We’ll begin with a short text (a poem, a song, or a journaling prompt) as our starting point. From there, we’ll layer watercolours and other materials, and finally add collage elements from our own painting, transforming the page into something new and unexpected.
This demo is about process, play, and letting the page evolve naturally.
Materials
Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolours: Turquoise, Cobalt blue, Paynes grey, Indigo, Magenta, Opera Pink, Yellow Ochre
Liquitex Acrylic Inks: Fluorescent Pink, Sepia, Fluorescent Yellow, Muted Turquoise
Holbein Acrylic Gouache: Opera Pink, Ice Green, Shell Pink
Sakura Micron Pens Black (0.1–0.5)
Posca Paint Markers: 3M White, Black, Blue, Pink, Light Blue
Magnani Watercolour Paper 100% Cotton, CP 300 gsm
Opus Virtual Demo Common Q&A - Click HERE
This event is for Opus Members — thank you for being part of the creative community!
Hosted by Opus Art Supplies & our Experience leader
Katy Biele is a Chilean-born mixed media artist based in Victoria, BC, on the traditional territories of the Lkwungen (Lekwungen) Peoples. Her work includes painting, watercolour, embroidery, and fibre-based installations. She combines these art mediums to create textured, expressive pieces that explore themes of identity and belonging.Website: katybiele.com
Instagram: @katybiele
Facebook: @katybiele
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