Because I hated my corporate desk job so much, I eventually opened that box of supplies and started playing around with the stuff inside, which was old brushes, some calligraphy and old acrylic paint, and eventually started posting work on my Instagram six years ago! Just after four-ish months of posting my work on the ‘gram, I started getting a steady amount of inquiries for commissions and custom stationery jobs, so I quit my day job and founded my first company, Mon Voir! It was a crazy time.ī+C: Tell me more about the turning point when you were able to turn your side hustle into your main hustle. I went to school in Chicago to be a music therapist or do something similar in that field, and between school, working as a server at a bar, then at a financial planning office, and figuring out what I wanted to do with my life, I found a box of random art supplies that was mixed in with my stuff during my move from Chicago back to southern California. My mom and both of my grandmothers were decent artists, but art was never something I pursued or took seriously. I grew up in San Clemente, CA, a little beach town in Orange County. Jenna Rainey: Three years?! Wow! Well, to keep a long story short, I never knew art would be my career path.

Head on over to Patreon to get all the fun details.Brit + Co: First off, for our readers who don’t know all about you from my interview with you three (yes, THREE!) years ago, give us a little bit of your backstory.

Get early access to the tutorials before they’re released on YouTube.Join my Patreon community! You have a variety of fun options to choose from like: … and for even more tutorials, subscribe to my YouTube channel! Get access to all my favorite art supplies and business tools here. Get cozy with your paints and cocoa and let’s paint!ġ3:40 – Golden Christmas tree with “FA LA LA” These watercolor holiday cards are easy and each will take less than 5 minutes to paint-a pair of cute mittens, a snowman, a little elf, and a modern loose gold Christmas tree. Do you paint your own watercolor holiday cards? Or maybe you picked up a new art hobby recently and want to send a special homemade masterpiece to family and friends this year!

Jenna rainey watercolour