We’re kicking off a full year of celebration for America’s 250th birthday!

🎆 Studio Scribbles – July 4th, 2025 

Happy 249 + 1 to our beloved USA!
Celebrating the Land of the Free — and a whole year of it!

Hey everybody!

    Today is one of my all-time favorite holidays — and this year, it hits extra different. 🎉 Today kicks off a full year of celebrating America’s 250th birthday. 🗽💥 Yes, we get to party like it’s 1776 all year long to celebrate America’s upcoming 250th Birthday of Independence. I’ve got a big, patriotic painting project in the works to mark the occasion, and I hope you take a moment today to soak in the blessings of living in a country where we get to create, build, and express ourselves freely. I’ll most likely be able to share it later in the year.

🖥️ Website Wizardry Update::

I finally wrestled Kajabi into shape and moved the Watercolor Quick Start Guide into the Academy Course properly, now behind a paywall (woohoo!). This gives new folks a better peek into the Academy experience before diving deeper.  💡 I’ll be reworking the videos' layout eventually so it flows like butter, but for now, it’s organized and ready!

🍏 Green Apple Goodness:

I’m working on a brand new Green Apple Workshop to go with the Beginner Apples Quick Start Bundle — and this is just the beginning. Workshops will be available for each of the core beginner lessons as we go. 🍎🍏🍐

🗓️ Livestream Schedule:

🔴 Public Livestreams
Watercolor Wizardry Wednesdays • 3:30–4:30pm Pacific Time: Multistreaming on 8 platforms: YouTube, Twitch, Kick, Trovo, Rumble, LinkedIn, Facebook, and X!  ✅ Last week was our first full 8-platform stream and everything ran smooth!  It worked and I didn’t blow anything up! 💥😄

🎙️ Creator Community Livestreams
Saturday Studio • 3:30–4:30pm Pacific Time: These are our chill weekend hangouts inside the free (clients only), Creator Community, for anyone who’s walking the creative path and wants to connect.

🎨 Watercolor Wizardry Academy Community LIVEs
WWA Studio LIVEs: Wednesdays & Saturdays • 11:00am–12:00pm Pacific Time: This is for all Watercolor Wizardry Academy Members — we'll paint, chat, work on our projects, ask and answer questions, and keep building our watercolor confidence.  In addition to our regularly scheduled meet-ups in Academy, will be 🐿️ Super Secret Squirrel Studio Sessions.  These are bonus surprise streams that pop up as life allows. Keep your wand at the ready. 🪄✨

💬 Today’s Scribble Prompt Studio Question:

“What freedom do you cherish most in your life right now?”
Big or small — the freedom to paint, to speak, to rest, to change directions, to dream…  Drop it in the comments or share it in the livestream — let’s celebrate and cherish what we’ve got, together.

See you in the studio,
—Zarah 🎨✨

P.S. Freedom looks good on you. 😉