Love Your {Imperfect} Art Journal
Learn Sarah Gardner’s Layered, Playful, & Deeply Personal Approach to Art Journaling
Want to art journal but feel overwhelmed by where to begin?
You are not alone.
Maybe you have admired beautiful art journals online and thought: I wish I knew how to do that. Maybe you have started pages that felt awkward or unfinished.
Maybe you have stared at a blank journal wondering: What goes on the page? Where do I even begin? How do people make journals that feel layered and interesting?
Or maybe you have tried art journaling before, but felt stuck copying other people’s work without ever quite finding your own way.
If any of this sounds familiar, welcome. You are in exactly the right place.
Love Your {Imperfect} Art Journal
is a comprehensive, technique-rich online class with beloved mixed media artist Sarah Gardner, designed to help you understand how art journaling actually works.
Not how to copy Sarah’s pages.
But how to think, layer, experiment, and build pages in a way that feels personal, playful, and completely your own.
Whether you are brand new to art journaling or simply want to loosen up and grow your skills, Sarah will guide you through her process with warmth, honesty, and loads of practical instruction.
Join us!
No perfection required.
{In fact, imperfection is part of the magic.}
ONE-TIME PAYMENT
THREE-PART PAYMENT PLAN
Want to Art Journal… But Feel Intimidated?
You buy journals. You collect supplies. You save inspiration. You want to begin. But then the blank page happens. Suddenly everything feels confusing.
Should you paint first? Collage first? Write first? What supplies even work together? How do people create pages that feel layered without looking chaotic? And what if you mess it up?
Sarah understands this feeling completely.
That is exactly why this class exists.
Instead of teaching you to recreate the same journal spread over and over, Sarah helps you understand the building blocks of art journaling so you can begin creating pages that feel expressive, layered, and uniquely yours.
What Makes This Class Different?
Many art journaling classes focus on: “Make exactly what I make.”And while that can be fun, it does not always help when you sit down alone with your own journal.
Sarah takes a different approach.
In Love Your {Imperfect} Art Journal, she teaches:
How to approach the blank page
How to layer materials in ways that feel cohesive
How to combine words, collage, paint, and marks
How to experiment without overthinking
How to make pages feel personal instead of performative
How to trust the creative process, even when things feel messy
The goal is not to make your journal look exactly like Sarah’s.
The goal is to help you understand how art journaling works so you can begin creating pages that feel like you.
A Class That Gives You Both Skills and Permission
Art journaling can sometimes feel intimidating. There are so many materials. So many possibilities. So many gorgeous journals online making it seem like everyone else magically knows what they are doing.
This class reminds you of something important:
There is no one right way to art journal.
Pages can be messy. Layers can surprise you. Experiments can become favorites. And often, the pages you almost gave up on end up becoming the ones you love the most.
Sarah’s approach encourages curiosity over perfection and experimentation over pressure.
Which, honestly, makes art journaling a lot more fun.
A Peek Inside the Class
In Love Your {Imperfect} Art Journal, you will explore:
art journaling foundations
how to begin a page
layering techniques
paint, collage, and mixed media materials
texture and mark making
writing and words in your journal
visual flow and page composition
overcoming perfectionism
experimentation and creative play
approaches for creating pages that feel personal and expressive
Whether you love messy layers or quiet simplicity, Sarah’s teaching gives you tools you can return to again and again.
Join us!
ONE-TIME PAYMENT
THREE-PART PAYMENT PLAN
“But I’m Not Artistic…”
You do not need to be an artist. You do not need fancy supplies. You do not need to know your style yet. And you absolutely do not need to make “perfect” pages.
This class is designed to meet you where you are.
Beginners will find approachable guidance. More experienced artists will discover fresh inspiration and new ways of thinking about their journals.
All you really need is curiosity & a willingness to experiment.
This Class Is For You If…
You want to learn how to art journal but do not know where to begin.
You feel intimidated by the blank page.
You want to understand layering, composition, and mixed media techniques.
You love paint, collage, texture, and expressive pages.
You are tired of copying tutorials and want to better understand the creative process.
You want permission to stop chasing perfection.
You want your journal to feel personal, expressive, and imperfect in the best possible way.
Your Journal Does Not Need to Be Perfect
It just needs to belong to you.
If you have been wanting to art journal but feeling unsure where to begin, this class offers practical guidance, loads of inspiration, and a refreshingly permission-filled approach to creativity.
Come learn Sarah Gardner’s thoughtful, layered approach to art journaling and discover what becomes possible when you stop trying to make perfect pages.
Meet your Teacher!
Sarah Gardner
Sarah has been art journaling since 2007. Creativity, and art journaling in particular, helps her connect to her self. She is a firm believer that we align ourselves with our own potential and truest essence when we intentionally engage ourselves in the practice of creating…anything…
...even something bad.
Her art journal is a safe place, just for her, where she can play, experiment, and learn. She’s learned a lot over the years: all about different art supplies (media) and what they do; what she likes and doesn't like; how colors work together. And she’s discovered her own creative style. She gets joy out of the process of creating something she think is beautiful. Her creative practice is a mindfulness practice where she’s asking "what if?" She am present in the moment, finding flow, and open to whatever happens.
Willa Workshops General FAQs
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There are no refunds on online courses
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You will have “Lifetime” Access to all classes unless otherwise mentioned—"Lifetime" is relevant to the lifespan of the Willa Workshops business (I don't plan on leaving anytime soon!) or the longevity of the technology.
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This class includes captions in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Hindi, and Hebrew
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All Willa Workshops lesson content is prerecorded video. Once your purchase is complete, you will have instant access to the classroom, and are free to work through the content at your own pace
You can access Teachable and watch the lessons in your browser (PC, Mac, Android) or the Teachable app for iOS (recommended for iPhone and iPad)
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No, at least not available as local downloads to your device. The Teachable app for iOS may allow you to download lessons for offline playback.
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No. One student per registration. This is an honor system that if violated will result in your removal from the course with no refund.
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Please do! Always tag @willa.wanders and mention the course in your post description
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Yes! Please keep them for yourself, give them as a gift, or sell them.
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That's a hard no.
There's an endless amount of incredible art tutorial content in every Willa Workshops course. For some creatives, it's tempting to want to use these videos as a well of inspiration for their own creative enterprise, YouTube channel, brand, etc.
Willa Workshops Courses are not sold with permission for anyone to use it in this way--specifically, as a source of inspiration for any one's free how-to social media tutorial content, whether that be on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok or any other social media platform.
If you are a creative who loves to share your work with the world, that's wonderful! I love it when participants share their finished projects in photos and videos on social media. Please tag me @willa.wanders, I'd love to support you!
But making how-to videos of yourself while creating from the lesson content or obviously inspired and derivative of Willa Workshops course content, and then posting those tutorials on any free social media platform, will get you banned from Willa Workshops with no refund issued.