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It's Good to Be Here

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Be the artist in residence of your world. Tips, ideas, and inspiration from artist residencies everywhere, from artist and bestselling author Amy Stewart. Supporters get art tutorials and a deeper dive.

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  • Offbeat & deeply researched illustrated stories + a miscellany of good things

Paid Subcription Benefits

  • Draw with me through video lessons, art supply reviews, live zooms, & a subscriber-only chat & art gallery
  • I will draw your vacation photo, use it as a lesson for subscribers, and mail you the finished 6x8 painting!
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  • $60 a year
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About Amy Stewart

Telling illustrated stories and sharing small doses of wonder. I'm the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen books, including The Drunken Botanist, Wicked Plants, and Girl Waits with Gun. I live in Portland, OR.

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