Adventures in Italy With ME!

Written By Eleaca Young

The Art of Mindful Meandering

January 24 @4PM EST

Leaca Young is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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Wander with intention, gather with joy, and create a collage and sketch journal rooted in Orvieto’s charm.

Let the cobblestone paths and golden light of Orvieto guide your creative spirit. In this soulful art experience, you'll gather found materials, reflect deeply, and craft a meaningful concertina-style journal. This class is designed to help you slow down, awaken your senses, and reconnect with the beauty of noticing. 

🌿 What’s Included
Guided concertina journal setup to help structure and personalize your pages

  • Collage instruction using found treasures—receipts, tickets, tea bags, labels, and more

  • Mindful walkabouts through Orvieto to gather inspiration and paper keepsakes

  • Color swatches to capture each day’s mood—your personal palette of emotion and memory

  • Sacred heart collages created daily, each anchored by a meaningful focus word

  • Gentle group reflections to share discoveries, insights, and creative breakthroughs
    Creative techniques for layering, tearing, and storytelling through collage

  • Quiet sketching, watercolor, and journaling time to absorb the soul of the city

  • Scavenger Hunt to allow us to absorb every moment 

  • A beautiful keepsake journal filled with textures, reflections, and fragments of your Italian journey - Skills that are transferable to other art journal projects

🌸 Artful Travel Tips & Memory Keeping

I'll share my personal system for documenting meaningful travel experiences. I always carry a commonplace journal—a creative catch-all for thoughts, sketches, and found bits. Most days, I press a botanical inside. These journals become soulful keepsakes, rich with little details that make the journey unforgettable.

At the end of each day, we’ll:

  • Capture the feeling of the day in a color swatch

  • Create a sacred heart collage using a focus word

List the top five things we loved—a daily gratitude ritual

Eleaca Young

Creativity has always been a large part of my life. I believe that everyone is a creative, some people just have not discovered their passion yet. My goal is to share the message, “Go Forth and Create!”

Mixed media is my love. I thrive on the freedom of working in any medium I want and combining watercolor, ink, acrylics, fabrics-everything is fair game.

Living in Alaska, I am surrounded by beauty. I find the scenery and the people equally inspiring. the world is endlessly providing inspiration and my mission is to take full advantage. My favorites include color, nature, family, books, people and so much more.

https://leacayoungart.com
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