The Luminous Season

My Winter Retreat is now live for sign ups!

✨ The Luminous Season

A Gentle Watercolour Retreat Through Autumn into Winter

November 16 – December 21, 2025 · $65

Have you been longing for a quiet place to land as the year turns?
A soft rhythm to hold you through the deepening season?

As autumn gives way to winter, we’ll keep the easy, spacious feel of summer’s retreat — but let it deepen: 🕯️ think hearth fire, candlelight, gathering in, misty mornings, muted berries, silvery branches. A gentle creative companion for the months when the world grows quieter.

Each Sunday, you’ll receive a new email with:
🎨 Two video lessons — one 15-minute and one 30-minute — exploring the week’s theme through colour mixing and expressive brushwork.
🌿 A focus on seasonal palette building — we’ll work with a split primary palette (including Indian Yellow, Pyrrol Scarlet, Quin Rose, Alizarin Crimson, and a few earthy and sparkly companions) to create luminous, layered mixes that echo the season’s mood.
✨ A steady, soothing rhythm of creative practice — something just for you.

There will be six Sundays of lessons:
📅 November 16 — December 21, 2025
🪄 with a live opening gathering on Sunday, November 16 at 1 PM Eastern.

Weekly Themes

Early Autumn (Warm Light)

• Theme: Gathering Light: Golden ochres, siennas, olives. Soft transitions, warm brushstrokes.

Mid Autumn (Turning)

• Theme: Letting Go: Richer mixes, red-golds fading into cool earth tones, bare branches, mist.

Late Autumn (Threshold)

• Theme: Quieting: Muted mixes, Payne’s Grey, slate, berry touches. Stillness.

Early Winter (Frost)

• Theme: Lantern Light: Light on dark. Shimmering greys, soft whites, long shadows.

Solstice (Return)

• Theme: Luminous Horizon: Subtle sparkle, thin washes, renewal through simplicity.

How to Join

• 🌟 Cost: $65 USD You can take this link to join my Patreon, and then purchase the retreat.

• You’ll need to be a member of my Patreon (free or paid) to access the community chat, where we’ll share reflections, works-in-progress, and quiet encouragement.

• All lessons will arrive directly in your email inbox.

• ‼️ ✉️ After signing up, send me an email at kateri.ewing@gmail.com with the subject “The Luminous Season.” This is essential — without it, you won’t receive your lessons.

🪶 A Season of Quiet Light

This retreat is meant to be soothing, not demanding — a soft anchor of creative practice during a busy and often overwhelming time of year. 🍵

We’ll explore warm earth tones fading to silvery greys, deep reds, earthy roots, soft whites, and winter light, learning to mix our own colours along the way. All levels of experience are welcome. 🍂✨ ❄️

IMPORTANT: DO NOT PURCHASE THIS ON THE PATREON APP. APPLE WILL CHARGE YOU 30% EXTRA. PURCHASE IN YOUR BROWSER ON www.PATREON.COM/KATERIEWING through the links in this post.

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