Find the Joy of Sketching & Watercolor
Make time for yourself and more room for your creative hobbies. Try new things, online in Gabriela's Creative Circle and in person at my Creative Habits Club workshops in Rotterdam.
You are creative and like to try more things
But right now? It feels overwhelming, and you don't know where to start anymore.
I'm Gabriela, an ex-architect turned artist. A few minutes of sketching a day, making a birthday card, playing with embroidery or exploring a new material became my creative habit, and now I help women all over the world to do the same.
I teach online in Gabriela's Creative Circle and in person at Creative Habits Club in Rotterdam. I love organising my workshops and making everyone from my community feel special. Simple steps, real supplies, and no pressure to make it perfect.
How I can help you
Choose your next art adventure
Workshops in person · Rotterdam
Creative Habits Club: Creative Afternoons in Rotterdam
Once a month I set the table at ALTAR Studio, with all the materials ready for you and other creative, like-minded women. Two hours, no experience needed.
- 1TryWe explore a new technique or material together, step by step, and I guide you along the way. No experience needed.
- 2MakeEverything is ready at your place. You make your own piece and take it home with you.
- 3ConnectThere's time to chat and share ideas with other creative women around the table.
Come on your own and enjoy quiet creative time just for yourself. Bring someone, a friend, your sister, your mum or a colleague, and create something side by side. Or come to meet new people: chat, share ideas and make new friends.
Explore with me
Let's try it and see what happens
Ink and watercolor are where it all starts, and I keep teaching them. On top of that, I'm trying new supplies, papers and ways of making things, and I share what I find: what worked, what didn't, and what I'd try next.
More room for creativity, without having to be perfect. Come and explore with me.
- ✏️ Ink and fineliners
- 🎨 Watercolor
- 🧪 New supplies to try
- 📓 Ideas for your sketchbook
Online · Gabriela's Creative Circle
Create in your own space, with company
Learn at your own pace
100+ ink and watercolor tutorials, from the very basics. Open them at home, whenever you have time.
Something new to paint
A creative challenge every 2nd Tuesday and a mini tutorial every 4th, so you never start from a blank page.
Kind company
Share your pages and ask me questions, with creative women from all around the world.
My Approach
There is no perfection. There is only beauty.
Art gets fun when you stop trying to get it "right" and start enjoying the happy mistakes and the little mess.
Every sketch is a chance to be curious and play. When you let go of the pressure, you try more and you learn more. I show you how, step by step, in Gabriela's Creative Circle.
Kind words
What my students say
Thank you, Gabriela, for bringing back my love for drawing. Everything is so easy with your help - drawing gives me peace and ease. I look forward to the next challenge!
Svetla Y.I truly enjoy the creative challenges in Gabriela's Creative Circle! Super relaxing painting time that recharges me completely. Simple, fun, and so energizing - highly recommend!
Diyana G.I finished “Meditative Leaves” and loved it. I'd recently decided to add ink to my watercolor - your class came at the most perfect timing and was EXACTLY what I was looking for!
Brecken B.I really enjoyed the workshop you prepared. I love the details, like the printed illustration on how to make the palette of colors, and the surprise souvenir gift. It was a relaxing and warm environment and you showed us very practical tips and how to make the most of our creation. I would totally recommend it.
The doors are open · your first 7 days are free
Not sure where to start?
Come and join Gabriela's Creative Circle, my online group where you get something new to paint twice a month, and kind company to share it with. Your first 7 days are free.