🎨 Finding Rhythm—Real-Time Rebuilding & Watercolor Wins 🚀

In this inspiring episode of the Watercolor Wizardry Journey podcast, host Zarah McIntosh opens up about her bold decision to scrap everything and start over, sharing her behind-the-scenes process of building WatercolorWizardry.com from the ground up. If you're passionate about watercolor painting, hyper-realistic techniques, and online art communities, this is a must-listen!

Zarah takes listeners through the realities of launching the Watercolor Wizardry Academy in beta, detailing the ups and downs of growing as an artist and entrepreneur. She discusses her personal journey, the importance of creative alignment, why teaching foundational watercolor skills matters, and the value of cultivating confidence for artists of all levels. Zarah also shares her daily schedule, live stream plans, and how she's building an authentic, supportive art community focused on mastery and encouragement.

Learn about upcoming workshops, daily email updates, and how you can join the Watercolor Wizardry community as a beta tester. Zarah also highlights the Kajabi platform for hosting online courses and gives a heartfelt shoutout to her mentor, Evelyn Weiss, for inspiring daily storytelling.

Whether you’re just beginning your watercolor journey, looking to master hyper-realistic painting, or interested in the ins and outs of starting an art-based online business, Zarah’s candid reflections and actionable insights will motivate and empower you. Subscribe for daily updates, connect with like-minded artists, and be part of this creative adventure!

Keywords: watercolor painting, hyper-realistic watercolor, Watercolor Wizardry, online art community, art workshops, daily art updates, art entrepreneur, building an art business, Kajabi, Zarah McIntosh, watercolor tutorials, online art academy, creative growth, beta testing, beginner to advanced watercolor, daily artist journey, art motivation, watercolor techniques, creative alignment, art mentorship, authentic art community

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[00:00:01] Zarah:
Hey, everybody, it's Zara. So if you're new to me, I'm with Watercolor Wizardry and we're building watercolorwizardry.com together over there. So we're starting a focus on hyper realistic watercolor. So I'm doing lessons through from beginning to intermediate to advanced to solo projects. That's the goal, is for you to do your solo projects, but learn the techniques first, of course, so that it's easier. So, yeah, we're in beta, which means that we're in building mode. Yeah. So you get to join.

[00:00:39] Zarah:
It's open. Come on in and hang out. I'm in there live every day in the morning because I'm building everything. So I just show up live as I'm doing that. Yeah. And today I tested my new schedule. The live streams will stay the same, but I did change my own personal schedule because it just wasn't working. I was so excited.

[00:01:04] Zarah:
Like, after the live stream this morning, I was so excited about, you know, continuing on and doing the podcast. Like what I'm doing right now, this is this podcast and doing the emails and the blog and the posting and all that. I was excited, but I stopped myself and I was responsible and I did what I needed to do. And now I am so tired that I just don't feel like I'm giving my all. So I'm rearranging my schedule now. I'm gonna do lives, you know, and the community, and then I'm gonna do the podcast. And maybe someday I will do the podcast while I'm live in the community. That's always fun too.

[00:01:45] Zarah:
So, yeah, so, yeah, I'm rearranging things. I'm doing all the fun stuff in the beginning and then I'll do the responsible things after. Yeah, that sounds like a good plan. I like that plan. So I'm gonna do that. So, yep, so I rearranged and that'll be great. Now, tomorrow is Wednesday, which means I'll be live for the public and I'll be on YouTube from 3:30 to 4:30pm Pacific Time at Watercolor Wizardry. So that'll be great.

[00:02:20] Zarah:
I'll also show up in Facebook, on the Facebook page and LinkedIn and Twitch and Kik everywhere. So, yeah, that'll be great and that'll be fun. And on an encouraging note, don't worry if, you know, life is constant chaos. My life has been in constant, like, reorg chaos. Start over for a long time and it feel. Feels like Groundhog Day. Seriously, every day, like, I feel like I'm starting over. Kinda.

[00:02:55] Zarah:
Not really, but kinda like I feel like I'm still at the same spot, which is frustrating, but it's not really true. Like I've learned a lot and I don't know, I think I'm doing pretty good right now. So even though I'm at the. I still feel like I'm at the very, very beginning, which I am because I scrapped everything and started over. But it's all good, you know, I move faster. I believe anyway. Yeah. So I'm not worried about anything.

[00:03:25] Zarah:
Yeah. Because if I beat myself up, I'm just going to stay down and sad and not do anything. Right. So you have to keep going and you have to keep encouraging yourself and you have to be your best cheerleader. You have to keep going. Yeah. So anyway, tomorrow will be two lives, which is great. So it'll be in the.

[00:03:47] Zarah:
I'll be in the academy in the morning at 8:30 Pacific and then 3:30pm Pacific will be live to the world. So come hang out or lurk while you fold laundry. It doesn't matter. So I'll be there chatting and painting and just, you know, just hanging out. So. Cool. So sign up for our upcoming workshops and you'll get my daily emails and ramblings and podcasts and like all the things, anything I'm doing. You'll find out more about that.

[00:04:25] Zarah:
Yeah. And that's it. I'm aiming for daily but of course life happens. So you know, I gotta go fishing sometimes because, you know, everybody needs a break. So it'll be fun. Cool. I will let you go. I will see you tomorrow.

[00:04:40] Zarah:
Twice if you're a member. Twice. Okay, bye.