Welcome to Coffee And Paint!
‘art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time’ - Thomas Merton
What is Coffee And Paint?
This is what I’m calling my newsletter where I share my creative musings, behind the scenes process of my work, art tips, as well as sharing exclusive ‘subscriber only’ access to art releases and sales. With moving my newsletter over to Substack everything is getting a bit of a spruce up, including what I call my newsletter. I don’t want this to be just another method of promoting my work. I want this to be something more - more conversational, more learning, and more fun!
Why Substack?
That’s a good question! To start with, I haven’t been happy with the Instagram/Facebook model for some time. I never felt in control, and the constant changing with those platforms was driving me bonkers (I will save my rant on Instagram failings for a later post 😉). The key for me was to be in control of how I communicate with people, and promote my work. And importantly, feeling like I have my voice back.
This is what Substack offers me. A more meaningful and reliable way of connecting with each of you. All my newsletters, journal entries, and musings will be living on this platform. If you wish to read more about this platform and what it can offer, please do so at www.substack.com.
If you’re already receiving my newsletters in your inbox, don’t worry! Nothing is changing for you! It’s free to subscribe (although at some point I will include a paid subscription in addition to this free one but more about that another time). Each new edition goes directly to your inbox (and just to make sure nothing slips past you be sure to add me to your contacts and mark this as not spam), you can always check out the archived posts at vivienmichelle.substack.com (I’ll be linking this on my website as well).
Welcome to Coffee and Paint! Thanks for joining me.