Lucy Kagan, the instructor of the upcoming Creative Journaling class at Gather on Thursday March 28th, is a talented artist and illustrator who grew up in a family focused on art and design here in Raleigh, North Carolina. After going to an arts-centric magnet schools growing up, she then went to Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD for all you art school nerds out there) and studied illustration & textile design. Following that she worked at both URBN and Martha Stewart where she designed products and repeat pattern designs before a wrist injury sent her back here to recover in the lush plant focused home of her parents – both landscape designers and artists themselves.

Lucy is one of those quirky, jill-of-many-trades types that resonates as a kindred spirit with me. In addition to her specific illustrative style, a sweet and whimsical watercolor look rooted in fairies and plants, she has printed and distributed numerous small publications, and graphic novels and sewn (and hand dyed with plants) a line of apparel including the top she is wearing in these photos.

In the Creative Journaling class that she is teaching she will be going over the processes of three different type of journaling styles and teaching you how to stay on track with making your own. The class will go into depth on three different styles: Bullet Journaling, Art Journaling & Autobiographical Comicbook Style Journaling. Students will walk away with a started journal and practice in each technique as well as productivity tips and tools. In a few months she’ll be teaching a specifically illustration based class at Gather as well so be on the lookout for that.

I so enjoyed photographing Lucy at her home base and have more photos to share in the coming days as well. I’m looking forward to carving out some time to express myself through this upcoming journaling class. If you’d like to join us you can register for the class on Thursday March 28th at 6:30pm at Gather here.

Photos by Michelle Smith for Gather Goods Co.