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Unofficial Sketchbook Dare #10: draw out a quote you like in whimsical lettering! I picked to draw a Carl Sagan one last night to remind me just how magical books are as a medium and how grateful I feel to be a creator. 🌠📚 . . . #sketchbook #sketchbookdares #drawoutyourinnerartist #lauraleegulledge #art #shareyourdare #watercolor #illustration #quotes #carlsagan #carlsaganquotes #booklover #booksaremagical https://www.instagram.com/p/BsG_Yonl4XB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gvhzz38k2067

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GREAT NEWS!! 🎉📚I’m thrilled to announce that Sketchbook Dares is now officially available through @barnesandnoble ! You can check your local store under the Crafts & Hobbies section and if they don’t have it in stock you can order it and help me get this under-the-radar book baby onto the shelves of this national chain. (Especially if being more creative is one of your New Year resolutions!) 🙌👯‍♀️High fives & happy dance @abramsbooks @abramsnoterie @maggielehrman @danlazaragent . . . #sketchbookdares #drawoutyourinnerartist #lauraleegulledge #shareyourdare #abramsbooks #abramsnoterie #barnesandnoble #authorlife #publishinglife #interactivesketchbook #getcreative #drawingdare #creativeprompts #getinspired #smallsuccesses #booklover #ilovebookstores (at Barnes & Noble) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsWez2jF01c/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rxapaf0sc0id

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How about some silly drawing games from over the holiday break? ✍️✨First is (unofficial) Sketchbook Dare #9: exquisite corpse! Fold your page into quarters and draw a “creature“ from top to bottom, folding back each section as you take turns drawing with your Artner. ✏️Plus here’s a Christmas themed pen play word drawing game, also made with @e_vallery . . . #sketchbook #sketchbookdares #drawoutyourinnerartist #lauraleegulledge #shareyourdare #drawinggame #drawing #drawingdare #artnerlove #artners #absurdart https://www.instagram.com/p/BsEL9lcFO8M/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=axycb0sjmud2

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Sketchbook lovers—I’ve posted a new video in my blog! 🎥 I share some fun handmade sketchbooks from the massive @thesketchbookproject housed at the Brooklyn Art Library. (Link in bio) 👈Such great inspiration for drawing in YOUR Sketchbook Dares! And thanks again @yaytime for helping me shoot this on my last visit to NYC. . . . #sketchbook #sketchbooklovers #sketchbookproject #brooklynartslibrary #brooklyn #sketchbookdares #drawoutyourinnerartist #lauraleegulledge #drawinginspiration #authorlife #artfieldtrip (at Brooklyn Art Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrQ0fV-li95/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lquwtwauq3zd

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🎉😆I have guest DARES to share! My inspiring cousin Wendy Addison, who is the only professional visual artist in my family, tried out Sketchbook Dares! And of course she picked the one most directly based on my self-therapy practice. (Our work does eerily share some similar themes...) My grandma Patricia was sisters & besties with her mom Penny...I think they would be so proud to see us Artnering! Plus here’s a picture of us from the one magical day we got to hang out in NYC. Serendipity abounds! 💫 . . . #wendyaddison #lauraleegulledge #sketchbookdares #drawoutyourinnerartist #drawing #art #sketching #sketchbook #sketchbookart #idareyou #artnerdare #ancestors #drawoutdarkness #family #serendipity #artnerangel #ancestralalchemy #familyconnections #ancestorsarewatching

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Did I mention the new book makes a RAINBOW?? I love how this color gradient turned out!😮🌈 . . . #sketchbookdares #lauraleegulledge #drawoutyourinnerartist #idareyou #sketchbook #newbook #bookbaby #gettingexcited #abramsnoterie

[whoislauralee]

Anyone else having trouble slowing down? Moments like this it’s good to STOP AND PAINT THE ROSES!🌹🎨 As well as smelling them and putting lots of them into your tea, too...🌹☕️Thanks for sharing this floral bounty with me, Megan! They definitely carry the loving spirit of our precious Sunday dance sanctuary.💃💕ps—this is painted in my copy of Sketchbook Dares! If you’d like a copy you can snag on on my website store. . . . #art #sketchbook #sketchbookdares #drawoutyourinnerartist #shareyourdare #lauraleegulledge #watercolor #watercolorpainting #flowers #springtime🌸 #inbloom #roses #stopandsmelltheroses https://www.instagram.com/p/CAV-Gmsl_lt/?igshid=axbj6uxijvm9

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HOLIDAY SALE: 🎉$5 off Sketchbook Dares!📚🎀 Perfect for sharing some inspiration. Free gift wrapping & confetti optional! Visit my blog to learn more. (Link in bio)👈 . . . #sketchbookdares #lauraleegulledge #drawoutyourinnerartist #shareyourdare #holidaysale #holidayoffers #booksale #creativegifts #giftsforartists #creativity #drawingprompts #sketchbook #sketchbookartist #sketchbooklovers #spreadinspiration #artnerlove https://www.instagram.com/p/B53gcRclE2U/?igshid=nm0hm70rfoya

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"I should really draw something in my Sketchbook Dares, but my brain is too melted. Well...I guess I could just draw that??"😋✍️🧠🌈 I made this at my table at @awesomecons and it pretty much captures my mental state right now. ALSO Ive gotta say I'm really loving how weathered and beat-up my copy of Sketchbook Dares is getting. Because sketchbooks are not supposed to stay perfect...they are made to LIVE LIFE!📓✨ . . . #sketchbookdares #lauraleegulledge #shareyourdare #drawoutyourinnerartist #drawhowyoufeel #mybrainismelting #tiredbrain #rainbow #drippingart #watercolor #art #drawing #sketchbook #artreflectinglife #drawyourexcuses https://www.instagram.com/p/BxLhXsLF06y/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xa55g855ncb9

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C-Ville creatives, I'm holding my next ART WORKSHOP in a couple weeks at @mcguffeyartcenter for adults & mature teens! ✍️✨It will be sketchbook focused drawing party with a variety of activities and advice for a sustainable creative practice, including some new insights from the recent NYC workshop. 👉Amateurs welcome! Invite your Artners! Bring some wine (for you adults) and a sense of whimsy! Email me if you'd like to register. . . . #mcguffey #mcguffeyartcenter #arthappenshere #workshop #artparty #artworkshop #drinkanddraw #sketchbook #drawing #sketchbookdares #drawoutyourinnerartist #lauraleegulledge #teachingartist #creativity #buildconfidence #expressyourself #keeplearning #trynewthings (at McGuffey Art Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtmIzuxFKSP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=o4icgb0zzck9

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YES Sketchbook Dares was recently used by the largest sketch meetup group in NYC! 🚨✍️📚Thanks @secretsketchnyc for using my book as inspiration for this special imagination-driven drawing event. The full scoop of the activities and TONS of resulting artwork is in my latest blog post (link in bio) but here's a wee sampling. Oh how I wish I could have been there in person! . . . #sketchbookdares #drawoutyourinnerartist #lauraleegulledge #jesserichards #centralparksketchingartmeetup #sketchbook #sketchbooklovers #sketching #sketchmeetup #newyorkcity #nyc #nyccreative #artnerlove #artnercrushb#thereinspirit (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Btj7oCAlA89/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ar9uv3mnck2a

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Draw with your nose!👃✨Here’s a fun painting I made in Sketchbook Dares with Artners Lauren Larken @365songbird & Stephen Scuderi of what smells like healing to us. Plus I just posted a FUN NEW VIDEO of it being made: featuring original music! (Link in bio) 🌈✨PS—I was so thrilled to sell out of Sketchbook Dares at Baltimore Comic Con this weekend! Thank you everyone who came by my table. I will post a proper recap next week when I have my head on straight again, so stay tuned. . . . #sketchbookdares #drawoutyourinnerartist #lauraleegulledge #shareyourdare #artner #artnerlove #artnering #scent #scentmemories #painting #illustration #art #collaborativeart #healing #plantmedicine #smellslikehealing #drawwithyournose https://www.instagram.com/p/BoZ-d58lQgI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vllaj5zynbx6

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More quest drawings: SEEING CIRCLES! 🌀Ripple pattern inspired by falling raindrops drawing rings on the creek...and spirals inspired by my quest reflection. With each spiral I drew I tried to verbally respond to the question, “Who am I?” For I’ve taken so many trips around the medicine wheel further into myself I sometimes forget to take stock of this strange creature I’ve become. It’s like a labyrinth in there. Speaking of which...Wildrock has a great labyrinth! I recommend walking it barefoot.👣💕 . . . #drawing #sketchbookdares #sketchbook #drawoutyourinnerartist #lauraleegulledge #art #designs #spirals #circles #watercolor #ink #ripples #rainbowrain #journey #medicinewheel #wildrock #labyrinth (at Wildrock) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn4cppcn6uU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=118nh47m35qg

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(Unofficial) sketchbook drawing dare #7: pick up an interesting natural object while out for a hike, then trace it on your paper as a repeating pattern. This little leaf winked at me because it beckons the coming of Fall, which truly can’t come fast enough!🍃🍂✨ . . . #sketchbook #sketchbookdares #drawoutyourinnerartist #lauraleegulledge #shareyourdare #watercolor #illustration #pattern #leaves #fallleaves #falliscoming #everydayinspiration #artforfun https://www.instagram.com/p/BnACd9IHMf5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=90jp7wc90jwn

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“I’ve learned that at the age of 12, kids stop enrolling in drawing classes. Are they giving up because they think they’re just not good enough? Laura Lee Gulledge’s SKETCHBOOK DARES might be just what they need. It’s filled with cool pages that dare you and double dare you to pick up that pencil and get motivated! It’s fun to flip through, too, because Laura Lee intersperses her dares with facts and quotes from Vincent Van Gogh to David Bowie. Who can resist a dare?” —Trina Robbins (Legendary cartoonist, historian, author of Last Girl Standing & Babes in Arms) 🌟📚WOW thanks, Trina!! You are such an Artner Angel!💫 . . . #trinarobbins #cartoonistsofinstagram #trailblazer #storyteller #sketchbookdares #drawoutyourinnerartist #lauraleegulledge #idareyou #artnerdare #daretodraw #artnerangel #artnerlove #bookreview #dare #draw #sketchbook #bookstagram #graduationgift #creativity

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Unofficial Sketchbook Dare #3: Draw a themed scene with an Artner while taking turns back and forth. This theme was super-colorful outdoors, made with @e_vallery after talking about how awesome artist Andy Goldsworthy is. 🌳🍃💚 . . . #artnerlove #drawing #nature #colorful #springtime #sketchbookdares #lauraleegulledge #drawoutyourinnerartist #sketchbook #sketchbookart #drawinggame #collaborativeart #outdoors #daysoff