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Step into the art of nature 🐝

Discover the joy of sketching gardens, parks, and the tiny wonders that live there in my course “A Garden Sketchbook: Drawing from Nature for Beginners”. This beginner-friendly course helps you grow your drawing skills, experiment with materials, and create a sketchbook that captures the beauty of nature — your own visual diary in bloom.

Let’s slow down, observe, and draw the world together — one sketch at a time!
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What people say about me:

Sharon Borsavage

Beautiful work Katie, so inspiring! Love your muted color palette also, it’s all very dreamy!

Susie Esse (@susie_esse)

62k+ followers

They’re so sweet! I love the little tabby patterns.

Stephanie Hofmann

I love all your birds, Katie, they are so beautiful combined with the flower backgrounds x

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🌸 6+ hours of course

🐛 35+ video lessons

🦋 9 modules

🐝 Access to a private online community

🐞 Certificate of Completion

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Hi, I'm Katie!

I am an illustrator and artist from New Zealand, currently living in Vancouver Island, Canada. I work for clients internationally on projects for publishing, surface pattern design and art licensing. Not only that, but I also have my own line of stationery and other illustrated goodies under the brand In My Backyard.

I find the colours, shapes, and textures of the natural world an endless source of inspiration, and filling sketchbook pages with these observations is a vital part of my practice. My sketchbooks are where I can try out materials, discover new colour combinations and be free to play.