The hardest part of painting your story is knowing where to start.

This guide helps you get there. Before you pick up a brush, it walks you through the objects, memories, and people that matter most to you. Then it gives you 20 visual mood boards across categories like Personal Objects, Home and Kitchen, Written Keepsakes, Textiles and Patterns, Garden, Nature, Faith, Ceremony, Travel, Holidays, Pets, and more.

Each category is packed with real image examples to spark ideas. A locket. A stack of old letters. A favorite quilt. A well-worn cookbook. A teacup from someone's kitchen. Your grandmother's buttons. Whatever it is you've been holding onto, there's a prompt in here to help you turn it into something you can hang on your wall.

You'll also find reflection questions to help you connect your objects to the people they belong to. Their favorite colors. The patterns from their clothing. The words they used to say. These are the details that take a painting from pretty to something that actually means something.

20 mood boards. Hundreds of ideas. One goal: to help you figure out what you want to paint before the first lesson begins.

This is a downloadable ebook you will be able to access and download upon purchase from the Let's Get Artsy student platform