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Welcome to your Studio Insiders' newsletter
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Hi Insiders!
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Welcome to your Studio Insiders newsletter for May.
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As always, we have a new daily watercolor challenge for our members this month, and you won't want to miss this one because it comes with the chance to win a prize! Scroll down to find out how it works and to get the prompt sheet.
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We have a new mug in our shop, proudly sporting a bird you'll probably recognise. As a newsletter reader you get 25% off this week.
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Keep reading for a handy summary of the most popular content we've posted this month on YouTube, Patreon and our blog, in case you've missed anything.
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And lastly, with Mother's Day approaching we'd like to remind you about the Diane Antone x Meeden painting set, which has a permanent 15% discount waiting for you if you use the code DIANE15. The set comes with a free month of our top tier on Patreon, and is available from all of Meeden's international stores.
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May's Daily Challenge
Paint Your Quiet Home
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May's Daily Challenge is going to be a bit different because if you paint at least 21 of the 28 prompts you have a chance to win a prize!
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The challenge is called Paint Your Quiet Home, and as you can see we're encouraging you to try out different styles and media as you go through the month.
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The prompt sheet is now available to members on Patreon and YouTube, and in our members only Facebook group. We look forward to seeing your creations, and to choosing a prize winner at the end of the month.
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Please use the hashtag #myquiethome when you share your art!
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Confidence Bird Mug
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Our new mug is available in two colors: white, and with a dark blue handle and inside. The white mug is available in 11oz, 15oz and 20oz versions, and the colored mug is available in 11oz and 15oz versions.
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To get 25% off, us the code CONFIDENCE25 - valid until 7th May.
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$18.95 – $22.95Price range: $18.95 through $22.95
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$18.95 – $20.95Price range: $18.95 through $20.95
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New on YouTube
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New on Patreon
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(these videos are exclusive to top tier Patrons - click to view, or to watch a preview)
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Join our first ever Daily Challenge with a PRIZE! #myquiethome
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Paint Your Quiet Home The May Prize Winner Challenge - 2026 This May, Diane Antone Studio is thrilled to announce our latest community event: the "Paint Your Quiet Home" Daily Challenge. If you’re like me, a quiet home is a wonderful blessing and it deserves to be celebrated - which is what we're inviting you to do in this month’s …
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Why We’re Saying Goodbye to the "Everything Store"
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For years, this community has grown through a shared love of watercolor painting. One of the ways I’ve been able to keep our channel and website running and keep the tutorials free is through affiliate links with Amazon. You click a link, you buy a product, and the retailer sends a small "thank you" commission my way at no extra …
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Letting the Water do the Work: Painting Blobby Blooms!
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It’s a familiar moment. You sit down with your paints, thinking it will be a quiet, relaxing half hour, and within minutes you’re clenching your jaw, frowning, concentrating hard, and desperately fiddling with a wash, trying to get everything just right. The petals aren’t quite right, the edges feel awkward, and somehow the whole thing has become a bit tense. …
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Diane Antone x Meeden
Premium Watercolor Painting Set
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Our limited edition watercolor set is now in stock in all of Meeden's online stores (unless the stock runs out of course... do let us know if your regional store says it's out of stock and we'll contact Meeden to find out when they expect new stock to arrive).
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I unboxed and explored the set in this video...
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If you read last month's newsletter then what follows will already be familiar to you, but we hope you'll indulge us as we share the information again this month!
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We had absolute beginners in mind as we decided on the contents, and our goal was to create a complete kit which would help the owner of each box to experience success from the first brushstroke.
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Here's a bit of information about what's included, and why:
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- The 48 vibrant and intense pans of paint are stored in an innovative and high quality palette, which is designed to make it easy to customise the layout and use a limited palette of six colors at a time.
- As well as the usual swatch card, each pan also has a sticker with a swatch and the color's name, so you'll never be confused about which color is which if you choose to reorganise the palette.
- The small brush which is included inside the paint set has been boosted by the addition of three professional quill brushes, sizes 2, 4 and 6. After all, beginners need big brushes too! And if you later want to expand your range, you can buy Meeden's set of four (sizes 1, 3, 5, 7) without doubling up on any sizes.
- The cute concertina Brilliant Birds coloring book gives you a way of trying out your new paints straight away, without first having to decide what to paint. Each design also has a short tutorial on YouTube to inspire you. The high quality watercolor paper can be painted on both sides.
- The four page folded insert includes:
- my most important tips for beginners,
- a list of supplementary materials you might want to explore, with a 15% discount code,
- useful links to our 1500+ tutorials, 300+ traceable sketches, Facebook group and Patreon community,
- PLUS a month's FREE membership of our top tier Patreon membership!
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Here are links to the set on all four of Meeden's websites. Use your nearest shop for the best shipping times.
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Get 15% off using discount code DIANE15.
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One final thing before we go!
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Did you know that you can get an email every time we publish a new video on YouTube?
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We're hearing more and more (and experiencing it ourselves) that YouTube isn't reliably notifying subscribers about new videos, so we've decided to offer that service ourselves!
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At the bottom of this email you'll find a row of links in orange text. It's the 'Manage your subscriptions' link that I want to draw your attention to. Click on that link and you'll see that you're already subscribed to our "Newsletter mailing list". Tick the box below that list, and you'll be opted in to our "YouTube video notifications" list too.
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Once you're signed up you'll automatically get an email a few minutes after the video goes live on YouTube. (Unless we forget... in which case we'll gratefully receive a reminder from anyone who notices!)
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That's it for this month. Thanks for reading, and we hope you enjoyed this edition of the Insiders' Newsletter.
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