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  • Creative Wanderlust Prompt: Watercolor a Palm Springs Sunset

    Follow along with this process video and learn how to watercolor a Palm Springs inspired sunset with palm trees in silhouette. Here is the final work! For more details about this Creative Wanderlust Prompt and more, see: Add Creativity to Your Everyday and Creative Wanderlust Prompts: Palm Springs

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    A Day at the Shore Collection Surface Design and Illustrations by Betsy Beier, Wanderlust Designer

    Wanderlust Patterns: A Day at the Shore

    May 17, 2017

    Draw on a Photograph: Adding Murals to Buildings You See (Digital Art School)

    February 15, 2022
    Opera Houses of the World (illustration by Wanderlust Designer)

    Culture: Entertainment – Opera Houses of the World

    August 29, 2016
  • Creative Wanderlust Prompt: Palm Springs

    It’s time for a little Southern California, mid-century modern, wanderlust adventure this week with our Creative Wanderlust Prompt: Palm Springs! Palm Springs is a desert resort area in California’s Colorado Desert, a 7 million acre area of land that is part of the Sonoran Desert. The landscape is arid and brown like many deserts, yet unique as it is surrounded on three sides by towering mountain ranges: Little San Bernardino Mountains to the north, the Santa Rosa Mountains on the south, and the San Jacinto Mountains to the west. San Jacinto Peak rises 3,302 m or 10,834 ft and is often covered in snow in the winter. Palm Springs is also…

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    The Only Art on the Go Supply You Need

    March 25, 2020
    Apple Watercolor Wash Tutorial by Betsy Beier

    Art School: Apple Template & Watercolor Wash Tutorial

    November 9, 2018
    Ethiopian Berbere Spice Mix Illustrated Recipe by Wanderlust Designer

    Culture: A World of Flavors – Ethiopian Berbere Spice Mix

    January 18, 2017
  • Creative Wanderlust Prompt: Collage a Globe

    Learn how to create a creative collage of a globe by following along with this process video. Use the quote in this video or write your own quote how you feel about the world! For more details about this Creative Wanderlust Prompt and more, see: Add Creativity to Your Everyday and Creative Wanderlust Prompt: Globe

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    Free Printable Venice, Italy Journal and Sketch Pages by Wanderlust Designer

    Art on the Go: Free Printable Venice Journal and Sketch Page

    May 31, 2013
    Type Inspired by India by Wanderlust Designer

    Type+Place: Type Inspired by India

    May 29, 2013

    Digital Travel Journal: Visiting a Llama Farm in Peru

    April 5, 2019
  • Creative Wanderlust Prompt: Paint Some Colorful Globes

    Follow along below to learn how to paint some impressionistic, watercolor globes. Use any colors you’d like- be experimental. Make the world as colorful as you’d like! For more details about this Creative Wanderlust Prompt and more, see: Add Creativity to Your Everyday and Creative Wanderlust Prompt: Globe

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    Reflecting Pond at Filoli Country Estate, Woodside, CA by Wanderlust Designer

    On Location: Sketching at Filoli Country Estate

    October 27, 2014
    City Pages: San Francisco Journal and Sketch Pages from Wanderlust Designer

    Art on the Go: Free Printable San Francisco Journal and Sketch Page

    May 6, 2013
    The Art of Andean Weaving by Wanderlust Designer

    Pattern+Place: The Art of Andean Weaving, Peru

    May 15, 2013
  • Creative Wanderlust Prompts: Add Creativity to Your Everyday

    I’ve been wanting to provide inspiration through creative prompts for a long while now – for not only myself, but also the creative, wanderlust fueled community around me! I am always inspired by artsy prompts, writing prompts, 100 day projects, etc., but haven’t found a prompt list to satisfy my endless curiosity for exploring not only the world (hello, wanderlust!) but also varied creative mediums! So, in my desire to try new things and strengthen our creative community, I thought it would be fun to publish a weekly Creative Wanderlust Prompt list. Each list will provide inspiration for people like you and me to explore a wanderlust topic through multiple creative…

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    Golden Gate National Cemetery, Colma, California by Wanderlust Designer

    Happy Memorial Day

    May 27, 2013
    A Trip to Ellis Island, New York by Wanderlust Designer

    Culture: History – A Trip to Ellis Island, New York

    November 22, 2016

    15 Minute Art Lesson: Learn How to Draw a Historic New Orleans Home

    March 1, 2022
  • Creative Prompt: Draw and Tell the Stories of Your Holiday Ornaments and Decorations

    Ever since I was a little girl, my mom has kept a wonderful tradition of giving my siblings and I an ornament every year. Typically the ornaments are from a trip my parents have been on or memory from that year. Some of the ornaments were even ones she and I made together (i.e., salt dough ornament in the below photo.) Once we were out on our own, my mom gave us all our ornaments so we could decorate our own tree. That first tree I had in my tiny studio apartment in San Francisco was filled with a lifetime of memories. It was magical!  I knew at that moment I would carry on this…

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    Creative Inspiration: Go on a Rainbow Hunt in the Castro, San Francisco

    February 18, 2020
    Over 35 Fonts Inspired by Italy by Wanderlust Designer

    Type+Place: 35+ Fonts Inspired by Italy

    April 4, 2014

    Creative Wanderlust Prompt: Draw and Watercolor Mid Century Modern Motifs and Images Inspired by Palm Springs

    January 16, 2022
  • Creative Wanderlust Adventure: Sign Poetry

    Beware of a one way road.Keep pushing your belief,Worldwide…To yield an amazingOdyssey On my walk the other day I started taking pictures of signs I saw. Anything from things written on the road, to signs in peoples’ yards. My goal… to write some sign poetry! The walk soon became an adventure. I was definitely on a word hunt. What words would hold a lot of meaning? What words could be used in different contexts to relay different things? What words could be truncated? In the end, I had roughly 20 photos and I was ready to don my poetry cap and start writing. Here are two sign poems I created,…

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    Where in the World No.10 by Wanderlust Designer

    Where in the World No.10

    May 17, 2013
    4D Cityscape Time Puzzles - Maps of Cities Through Time

    Time+Place: Map Puzzles of Famous Cities Through Time

    April 11, 2013
    Art on the Go: Create a Landscape Doodle from Your Trip by Wanderlust Designer

    Art on the Go: Quick Landscape Doodle for Fun Travel Memories

    June 18, 2013
  • Creative Wanderlust Adventure: Finding Inspiration in a Recent Read – Crying in H Mart

    I just finished Michelle Zauner’s book Crying in H Mart for my bookclub and although the book had a lot of sadness, as the main character processed the grief of losing her mother, I couldn’t help but be highly intrigued by the constant Korean food references that threaded throughout the book. Since H Mart grocery story is prominently featured in the title, I was also inspired to experience it for myself! Although I have tried a few Korean dishes (I do love bibimbap) I must admit, I’m pretty naive to all the dishes and foods I would find. Near me there are actually 3 H Marts relatively close by, so…

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    Los Angeles Illustrated Map by Wanderlust Designer

    On Location: Los Angeles, California

    August 25, 2017
    Illustrated Interview: Julie Tulba, The Red Headed Traveler (by Betsy Beier)

    Illustrated Interview: Julie Tulba – The Red Headed Traveler

    February 6, 2019

    At Home Creative Adventures: Pantry Raid

    March 19, 2020
  • Creative Journal Prompt: 4th of July Collection

    For many Americans, the 4th of July holiday usually entails some type of gathering with family and friends, some type of food and of course, fireworks. I am definitely no different than most Americans! For decades, I have enjoyed the fourth up in my favorite spot, Lake Tahoe, with my whole family. We always spend the day out in the sun, swimming in the lake (and much warmer pool,) and playing games in and out of the water. As the sun begins to set, the BBQ is lit and our long, loud family dinner (always with corn on the cob) begins. We get so engrossed in conversation, that many times…

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    9/11 Memorial Reflections by Wanderlust Designer

    On Location: 9/11 Reflections

    September 10, 2014

    Creative Wanderlust Prompt List: Suitcase

    January 17, 2022
    The Wild West by Wanderlust Designer

    Free Printable Vintage Wild West Post Card

    June 11, 2013
  • Creative Journal Prompt: Ice Cream Flavors of the Season

    One of my favorite things to do when I walk into an ice cream shop is to peruse all the different flavors. Although I usually go for the same kinds every time (hello cookie dough, cookie crumbs, caramel & coffee), I just love seeing all the different concoctions. I mean, how fun would it be to be an ice cream flavor designer? I’m kicking off my summer, with a super fun prompt to get you inspired, but if you’d like, you could do this prompt at any time of year, I mean, who wouldn’t want to hear about your spooky Halloween ice creams, or your romantic Valentine ice cream assortment?…

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    American Road Trip Puzzle for True South Puzzle (Illustrated by Wanderlust Designer)

    On Location: Road Trips – American Road Trip Puzzle with True South Puzzles

    May 16, 2017
    Fireworks Over Lake Tahoe by Wanderlust Designer

    Palette+Place: Fireworks over Lake Tahoe

    July 11, 2013

    The Benefits of Keeping a Travel Journal and Taking Your Art on the Go

    January 25, 2019
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