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Sweet Nature Bodyworks 

for Your Peaceful Nature
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Bodywork, Fitness, and Human Nature

Holistic SelfCare Through Bodywork

Your body, your health, your responsibility. Take charge and create the optimum environment or learn techniques for proactive health, wellness, and SELFCARE.
Meditation
Breathing
Massage
Fitness Exercise
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Natural Science Illustration

View my  Science Illustration portfolio here.
Science illustration in watercolor painting, medical and botanical illustration, digital, and vector illustrations.

Selected Prints 

Art and nature just seem to go together. Many books and prints celebrate this theme. Throughout history, artists have created beauty with nature as muse. Creatives in the fields of writing and art draw on nature for inspiration and ideas.
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Featured Prints:  
Here are nature-themed art prints by Karla Beatty Art. Canvas giclee and prints on fine art paper. Perfect for contemporary home decor or loft art! A large giclee canvas print is a striking type of wall art that really makes a statement.
Spotted Leopard resting in a tree branch stars in this photo collage with hints of Asian artworks.
Tree Hugger
See options for Tree Hugger
​starting at $23
Wild horses running on the range are featured in this photo collage with cave art from the Lascaux caves.
Horses Run With Us
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​starting at $23
A sea turtle is swimming in this photo collage with Hokusai's The Great Wave superimposed within the artwork..
Sea Turtle Great Wave
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​starting at $23
New! Fresh Article
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How To Write Haiku Poetry
Haiku poetry seems so simple, but, like the Japanese Masters, you could spend a lifetime creating the perfect Haiku form. Follow the steps in this downloadable article and begin your quest for beauty in words and vision.
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Have some kind of horizontal, vertical, and diagonal design element.
Composition for Landscapes
Composition Basics All artists use composition rules to make great artwork. Learn about some of these composition basics and watch your artwork improve dramatically.
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 Various ink pens for sketching and drawing in pen and ink.
Pens for Sketching and Drawing
In the past, if artists needed permanent ink in their drawings, their only choice was to use dip pens in a jar of India ink. Dip pens give a stunningly sensitive line, dark and varied. While it is still quite pleasurable to work with dip pens, many artists now choose ink pens, such as...    
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You can do it! Music, poetry, artist, writer, dance, architect, photography
Careers for Creatives
Creative people in the arts are driven by the desire to create. While you may not be able to quit your day job yet, all of us dreamers have a need to find a job that covers our bills.   Full Article --> 
 Watercolor papers in different textures. Cold press fine. Cold press rough. Hot press smooth.
Papers for Watercolor Painting
Watercolor paints should be used with paper made specifically for watermedia. Watercolor paper has a special surface sizing designed to accept the watery paints. Full Article -->

Tutorial

Highly detailed botanical illustration in watercolor paints of a green leafy plant.
How to Do 
Botanical Illustration in Watercolors
Botanical Illustration is at the intersection of art and science.  Follow the steps in the article  to see how botanical artists do their artwork.   Full Article  -->
About the Author
Karla Beatty Photograph of the author.
Hello, my name is Karla Beatty. BA, LMT
I AM a visual arts professional, science education writer, and bodyworks practitioner.
​I have created several arts-related online websites. Yet when I really look at what I do, my work is about helping people get more in touch with their physical as well as creative selves. Why? Because, as all artists-at-heart know, living a creative life is a beautiful thing!