“I’m so proud of myself! I feel so calm and safe when I follow your tutorials. I walk every morning in the forest with my dogs as you know. I need that to feel safe, peaceful and calm. I find my peace. And I have a similar feeling when I follow your tutorials. You are a very special person Lauren, thank you! I will keep on journaling. And I will keep on practice to get better painting animals and nature with your guiding.”

“The prompts have been like reading a good book that I can’t put down. When I start to get near the end of the book, I start reading slower because I do not want the book to end. A little sad but very excited see where the new art adventure takes me. I thoroughly had a wonderful time, especially painting with everyone on the Facebook group.”

“The consistency with the color palette helped me better understand color and mixing. The variety of paintings and watching you draw has really helped me improve my drawing skills. Sometimes, I wanted to give up because the drawing was too difficult or I didn’t think my drawing was any good, but I hung in there telling myself I can do this! The whole process was amazing, fun, enjoyable and gave me something to look forward to. Thank you Lauren!”

“I really like the “pressure” in a challenge as it helps me to plan my painting time and “mama’s power hour” like you would say. At the beginning, I felt pressure, that I was always behind, but I learned something wonderful during this challenge - be in the present moment and just enjoy it I had never been able to do that before, and it is so helpful in all the other spheres of my life. With the pace of the challenge I also learned to be less of a perfectionist. Your challenge changed my perspective on many topics, I grew up. I knew every day I would have deep questions to reflect on, which in our crazy lives we often avoid.

I really like your calm voice, how you embrace the artistic process, and turn every “mistake” in something even better. I appreciate your transparency about your journey and that you spread your wings and are now a young woman at the head of your own company.”

“I just love doing this challenge! I am so loving each prompt and making it my own based on how I feel. Journaling has really helped me cope with my emotions and I’m so so glad and grateful for you introducing it to me! Having painted for over two years with tutorials and instructions, I had NEVER tried to make my own art until this challenge. It’s really showing me how not following a tutorial isn’t as scary as it looks. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t and that’s okay! ”