Hi Reader, Happy first week of fall! 🍂 It's finally my favorite season, and I'm very ready for cooler weather and hopefully a little more time outside. I live in Florida and it's still been pretty toasty, but the highs are now in the low 80's instead of 90's so I'm loving everyday it gets a little cooler.

Things have been pretty busy in the studio lately! My art bestie Bri and I are still working our way through our 400 mini painting project, and I'm also working on a top-secret commission that I can't share just yet. 🤫 Between the two, my desk is pretty much covered in sketches and tiny paintings right now.

I've also been dreaming up some wildlife art projects for next year... But I have to be patient and get through my current projects first, though! I have so many animals I want to paint in the future.

I really want to do a big Rhino painting next year!

But for now, we have a new batch of mini paintings for you!

We are painting 400 paintings over the next 2 months. We split it up so that we're each creating 200 2" paintings. In a couple months we will board flights to meet up together so we can piece all of these minis together to create one big painting!

We are loving and are so grateful for everyone's enthusiasm for this project. Trust me when I say that we are just as excited.

We are posting little process videos and updates on instagram so if you want to watch us be goofy, follow us here:

KATIE

BRI

Do you have favorite things you wanna see painted in this collection? We do have a specific theme going…. maybe you’ll be able to guess what it is 🤭 for now we can’t actually spill the beans yet with you on what our collection is inspired by, but Briana and I will soon!

OH and, have I mentioned that as an email subscriber, you can claim first dibs on your favorite minis NOW? We won't be launching the full collection publicly to our 155,000+ followers on socials until sometime in November, but you can adopt any you have your eye on right now!

Here are the paintings I've completed that are available to collect:

Yesterday I painted a whole herd of sea horses, but 2 have already been adopted so only 3 left!

and here are the paintings Bri has finished:

There will only be 400 mini original paintings available for this collection release!

So if you already see one or more that you want to claim before anyone else does, then directly reply to this email and tell me which one(s) you want from Bri and/ or me and I’ll send you a custom order link. 🤗

Here’s some important info.

#1 The minis you order will not be shipped until after the collection releases in November because Bri and I need them all until then so we can piece them together for the bigger painting they will all create unitedly.

#2 Here is the pricing for the minis:

1 mini = $75 USD

2-3 minis = $70 each

4-9 minis = $65 each

10+ minis = $65 each with a free 8” x 8” print of the whole collection pieced together.

#3 All orders of original paintings will ship free in the USA 🇺🇸

#4 For International orders, we recommend budgeting approx. around $25-$35 USD for shipping costs.

#5 It's first come, first serve. Once you let us know which painting you want, we'll send you a custom listing. You'll have a grace period of 3 days after we send the listing to pay, but after that those paintings are back up for grabs to our email subscribers.

Thank you all very much for the excitement you’ve been expressing for Briana's and my collaboration 🥰🥰 We are so grateful for you all 🫂 🫂

A couple more updates from my studio:

International Red Panda Day was last week, so I added a new painting to my shop as prints & cards!

Unfortunately red pandas are endangered, mainly because of a loss of their favorite nesting trees in the Himalayas & their food source of bamboo.

My favorite fact is that they’re the Original panda. They were called pandas before our fave black and white panda bears. 🐼

Collect your Red Panda here.