Julie Miette’s Notebook
Writings on art and the pursuit of a meaningful life through craft and creation.
How I Transfer My Drawings to Watercolour Paper
The technique I use for transferring my food illustrations to watercolour paper offers a lot of advantages: preserving your drawing, keeping steps to a minimum, and reusing materials. In this post, I share a step by step tutorial with pictures and explanations.
A YouTube Update
After almost a year away from YouTube, I want to start sharing videos again. This video is an update, and the reasons why I want to give my channel a slightly different direction from the one it was headed last year.
Notes From My First Botanical Watercolour Workshop
In February, I finally pursued my interest for botanical art by attending a two days watercolour workshop at Vincent Jeannerot’s atelier. Not only did I learn a lot and get inspired, but I also realised something I needed about my art practice.
Rebuilding Your Art Practice After a Rupture
Every artist goes through creative ups and downs, and rebuilding your art practice after a break can be a challenge. In this post, I share my experience and some advice on how to approach this process: from understanding and addressing what went wrong to finding what you lost.
I Tried Analog Photography: Learning to Love the Process
I first picked up analog photography in Spring 2024, but it took a year and a half before I finally got my first roll of film developed. In this post I share my experience with analog photography, and what it reminded me about learning any craft.
Taking Creativity Back From Algorithms
The media we consume and devices we use daily have a deep impact on our creativity. The type of content algorithms feed us as well as the cognitive patterns our current use of technology encourages are not only affecting the quantity and quality of our creations, but also our very ability to create.
Fostering a Perennial Art Practice
When thinking about my annual goals, I put my art studies aside for the first time in years. In this post, I share why I decided not to focus on art as much for a while. An essay about motivation, creativity, and how to protect and nurture the most important part of your art practice.
2025: A Year of Change Beyond Expectations
This year has been an extremely rich one, and pivotal for me on artistic, professional and personal levels. In this post, I reflect on my initial goals for 2025, all the unexpected developments, the art I created, and share my greatest takeaway from 2025.
Is Meaningful Content Creation Possible?
After a six months break from YouTube, I find myself wanting to create videos again. But stepping away has been such a deep relief that I can’t come back lightly. In this post, I reflect on the sustainability of content creation, as well as the moral question of sharing on addictive and harmful platforms.
Art or Craft: Why I Won’t Choose
Can you be both an artist and an artisan, or do you have to choose? A comment I received made me reflect on how creativity, skill, and identity are often misunderstood in the art world. Here's why I believe you don’t have to pick sides; and what keeps me hopeful.