What's next year gonna be like?
... I have no clue :D
A new year is approaching…
How does that make you feel? Anxious? Excited?
Are you full of plans? Or running loose?
I drew this drawing last year and decided to reuse it here today.
Because when it comes to me: I have no clue how next year will look like.
I have my dreams & wishes that I am sending to the Universe (see last Newsletter), and otherwise, I will just try to listen to my intuition as good as possible.
I will try to surrender, trust & go a bit slower than I usually do.
All of which means, 2026 is basically gonna be a surprise :D.
I will still write, because I love to write.
I will keep on painting, cos I love to paint.
I will also keep on doing scientific illustrations, projects I really love.
I will keep on working on my part-time job.
I will keep on having ideas, executing some, dropping others.
But most of all: it will be a surprise, also for me.
I only have one workshop lined up, where I will teach a bunch of PhD students how to do digital plant anatomy illustrations & I really am looking forward to that.
The rest is open & surely will be filled.
I also have this idea of a cute & more personal & physical drawing course. One where I send out a weekly lesson via snail-mail (in a very cute format), and then we schedule weekly zoom calls to practice together, eradicate any questions & just create!
Would that be something anyone of you would be interested in?
Cos I somehow have this urge and feeling to share drawing and painting skills, to help people reconnect to their creative nature.
Yes! Most especially because of all the technology & AI slop floating around, I am sure I am not the only one being tired of seeing that…
But also because I really think that creating with our two hands is an inborn skill we have and it helps us with our life and how to be human! Which we better don’t forget!
And you know what one of the most common sentences is that I have heard in the past years?
“But I can’t draw!” enhanced by: “Really not! I am so bad at it!”
To which I say, mostly in my head: “Oh hell no, if you would know what you are actually capable of, if you really want to ;)!”
Thats why I thought to call this drawing course something like that:
I am aware that without knowing the whole concept, I cant really ask you for feedback, but if you have ever had the wish to learn how to draw, but didnt really manage to get to it:
What type of a title would you be drawn to ( hehe ;) ) to learn how to draw?
Well… this was all more than I expected to write, I basically just wanted to wish you an amazing last couple of days of 2025 and a brilliant, or relaxed, or excessive, or sleepy entry into 2026!
Do whatever you feel like and enter the next year in the most connected & serene state you could be.
I know already where I will spend my NewYears: under my standing desk, in a blanket cave made for my dog to console her & together survive the fireworks ;)
And to all of you supporting me, wither with money, or with comments, or with messages, or with reading my words: I AM SOOO GRATEFUL for each one of you! I still cant believe that I have almost 300 people here and quite some regular readers!
You make my day every time you engage with my words & read my newsletters & I want you to know that by doing that, you make a big difference in my world :)
Love,
Daria