Discover Yellowbright, Inc.'s Art and Design

🎨 Watercolor + Line Drawing

A playful, contemporary art experience for all levels!

Join me for a relaxed and inspiring creative session that blends the beauty of loose watercolor with the charm of modern line drawing. This class is perfect for all experience levels—whether you’re brand new to watercolor or already love to paint.

We’ll begin by exploring basic watercolor techniques, focusing on painting freely and loosely without pressure or perfection. Once your watercolor pieces are complete, you’ll learn how to use microline pens to draw over your paintings, adding simple line work that transforms your art into a fresh, contemporary motif. The result is expressive, modern, and uniquely yours!

✨ All supplies are included, along with light refreshments, so you can simply show up and enjoy the process.

📍 Location:

Yellowbright Creative

918B Washington Avenue

Detroit Lakes, Minnesota 56501

🗓 Date & Time:

February 4th at 1:00 p.m.

💲 Cost:

$55 per person

🎟 Registration:

Registration is required, and your payment is your registration.

Pay via Venmo at @yellowbrightinc

—or—

Contact Dawn Duncan at 970-980-6399 to arrange cash or check payment.

Come unwind, experiment, and leave with artwork that feels both playful and polished. I can’t wait to create with you!

🌼 Learn more at:

yellowbrightinc.com

⭐️Passport to Creativity holders: This class counts as one of your prepaid spots.

✨ How to Write a Children’s Book ✨

A live, virtual workshop on Zoom

Have you ever felt the nudge to write a children’s book—but weren’t sure where to start, how to stay motivated, or how to bring it all together? This light, engaging, and inspiring virtual workshop is designed to help you take that idea and begin shaping it into something real.

Join children’s book author Dawn Duncan, author of Seraphina the Ballerina (published by Yellowbright Press, 2022), for a warm, playful, and encouraging conversation about writing for children.

📚 In this live, interactive Zoom session, Dawn will share:

• Tips and techniques for organizing and developing your children’s book idea

• Ways to stay motivated and move your project forward

• How to write in a way that truly speaks to and delights children

• How to engage children of different ages—from picture books to slightly older readers

• Insight into illustrating a book, whether you illustrate it yourself or work with a professional illustrator

• What the illustrator contracting process looks like

• An overview of self-publishing, plus insight into contacting agents and online agencies

This workshop is perfect for anyone considering writing a children’s book—especially those drawn to richly illustrated stories or who feel called to finally bring a long-held idea to life.

🌈 Expect a session that feels light, soothing, encouraging, and motivating—designed to spark creativity, build confidence, and help you get your project off the ground.

📅 Date: February 4, 2026

⏰ Time: 5:00–6:30 p.m. (Central Time)

📍 Location: Zoom (virtual event)

💻 Cost: $20 per person

✨ Registration details:

• Prepayment is required

• Pay via Venmo at yellowbrightinc or contact Dawn to arrange payment

• After payment, please email dawn@yellowbrightinc.com to receive your Zoom event access link

• Registration deadline: February 2, 2026

📞 Questions or to register:

Dawn Duncan — 970-980-6399

🌐 More information: yellowbrightinc.com

If you’ve been waiting for a gentle nudge to begin your children’s book journey—this is it. 📖💛

🎨 Alcohol Inks + Line Drawing ✨

A bold, colorful, and playful art experience

Get ready for a seriously fun and energizing creative session! Alcohol Inks + Line Drawing is an upbeat, welcoming class where vibrant color meets expressive line—perfect for beginners and experienced artists alike.

Join us for an afternoon of exploration as we dive into the rich, concentrated pigments of alcohol inks, letting them flow, blend, and surprise us. Once your piece is dry, you’ll bring it to life with black and white microline pens and optional embellishments—adding detail, contrast, and personality to either abstract or more representational creations.

No experience necessary—just curiosity and a willingness to play!

🖌️ What you’ll enjoy:

• A fun, relaxed, and encouraging atmosphere

• Hands-on guidance with alcohol inks

• Learning how to accent ink work with line drawing

• Freedom to explore abstract or realistic styles

• All supplies provided

📅 Date: February 10, 2026

⏰ Time: 4:00 p.m.

📍 Location: Yellowbright Creative

918B Washington Avenue, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

💛 Class fee: $55

✨ Registration details:

• Prepayment and registration are required

• Registration deadline: February 8, 2026

• Pay via Venmo at yellowbrightinc or contact Dawn Duncan to arrange payment

📞 Questions or to register:

Dawn Duncan — 970-980-6399

🌐 More information: yellowbrightinc.com

Come ready to experiment, loosen up, and create something uniquely yours. Alcohol inks are vibrant, expressive, and a joy to work with—this class is all about color, movement, and FUN! 🎉🖤🤍

💗 Creativi-TEA: Galentine’s Day Edition 💗

A Celebration of Friendship, Love & Creativity

Join me for a joyful Galentine’s morning filled with connection, creativity, and a little bit of sparkle ✨

Creativi-TEA is all about slowing down, gathering with kindhearted souls, and celebrating the love we share with our friends—and ourselves 💕

🫖 What to Expect:

• Delicious brunch bites

• Cozy, cheerful vibes

• A fun, Valentine-inspired art activity

• Laughter, conversation, and meaningful connection

• A welcoming, no-pressure creative experience (no art experience needed!)

Whether you come with a friend or arrive solo and leave with new ones, this morning is designed to feel uplifting, warm, and full of heart 💗

📅 Friday, February 13, 2026

⏰ 9:00 a.m.

📍 Yellowbright Creative

918B Washington Avenue

Detroit Lakes, MN

💲 $33 per person

Payment options:

• TicketLeap

• Venmo: @YELLOWBRIGHTINC

• Or contact Dawn Duncan at 970-980-6399 to arrange cash or check

✨ Reservations are required

✨ Spots are limited, so be sure to save yours early!

Come celebrate friendship, creativity, and all the love—Galentine’s style. I can’t wait to gather around the table with you 💕🫖🎨!

💛🎨 Paint Your Partner! 🎨💛

A Valentine’s Day Creative Date

Celebrate love, laughter, and creativity with Paint Your Partner! — a playful and heartfelt Valentine’s Day art experience designed for couples or friends. You’ve seen this viral Tik Tok trend…now try it yourself! 

Join us on Saturday, February 14, 2026, from 1–3 p.m. at Yellowbright Creative for a whimsical afternoon of art and connection. Each participant will receive their own canvas and be seated across from their partner, creating a portrait inspired not by technical accuracy, but by how you truly see them — their energy, personality, and spirit.

This class is all about fun, expression, and love. Expect bold colors, loose styles, laughter, and portraits that are charmingly imperfect and full of heart. It’s lively, lighthearted, and a perfect way to spend Valentine’s Day together.

💛 All supplies included

💛 Light refreshments provided

💛 No experience necessary

📅 Date: Saturday, February 14, 2026

⏰ Time: 1:00–3:00 p.m.

📍 Location: Yellowbright Creative

918B Washington Avenue

Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

💲 Cost: $65 per couple

🎟 Registration required

Payment is accepted via Venmo @yellowbrightinc or by contacting Dawn Duncan at 970-980-6399 to arrange payment by cash or check.

Registration deadline: February 9, 2026.

Come celebrate love in color — and leave with portraits as memorable as the experience itself. 💕🎨

🌷 Spring Equinox Art of Rejuvenation Retreat 🌷

Hosted by Yellowbright Creative

March 20–22, 2026 | Nisswa, Minnesota area

Welcome the return of light, balance, and fresh beginnings at the Spring Equinox Art of Rejuvenation Retreat—a beautifully curated weekend designed to help you renew, refresh, and reconnect through creativity, nature, relaxation, and meaningful connection.

Held in a luxury lakeside home in the stunning Nisswa area, this intimate retreat invites you to gently shed winter’s heaviness and step into spring feeling refreshed, inspired, and creatively alive. Expect cozy comfort, inspiring surroundings, nourishing food, and plenty of space to breathe, create, laugh, and simply be.

✨ What’s included:

• A private, luxury lakeside retreat home with exceptional amenities

• Multiple art mediums explored throughout the weekend, with guided creative sessions and open studio time

• Crafting experiences, playful creativity, and lighthearted fun

• Games, activities, and moments of joyful frivolity woven throughout the retreat

• All art supplies and materials included

• Restorative time for reflection, relaxation, and renewal

• Nature-inspired moments and intentional downtime

• Delicious, nourishing home-cooked meals throughout the weekend

• A small, supportive group atmosphere focused on connection

🛏 Accommodations & Pricing:

• Single accommodations (all-inclusive): $599 — available while supplies last

• Double and triple occupancy options available

• Maximum of 8 guests total for an intimate, elevated experience

• Space is very limited

🕰 Arrival Details:

• Check-in on Friday, March 20th between 4:30–5:30 p.m.

• Exact location details will be shared closer to the event

💳 Payment Options:

• Pay in full or split into two payments

• A 50% deposit is required to reserve your spot

• Payments accepted via TicketLeap, Venmo @YellowbrightInc, or by contacting Dawn Duncan at 970-980-6399

This retreat is a celebration of new beginnings, creative awakening, gentle luxury, playful joy, and soulful renewal—the perfect way to welcome spring and reconnect with what lights you up. 🌿✨

Registration opens December 15, 2025

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🎨🍷 Speed Painting & Wine at Clarity Wine Bar 🍷🎨

Get ready for a wildly fun, fast-paced night of creativity, connection, and great wine! Speed Painting & Wine is a high-energy, social art experience inspired by speed dating—except instead of dates, you’re rotating paintings.

Here’s how it works:

Each guest starts with a canvas and paints for ten minutes. When the bell rings, you pass your canvas to the right. By the end of the night, six different people from your group will have contributed to each painting—resulting in bold, unexpected, one-of-a-kind collaborative artwork. Anything goes, creativity is encouraged, and laughter is guaranteed!

✨ What to expect:

• A lively, upbeat, anything-goes painting experience

• A finished canvas painted by six people

• No experience necessary—just come ready to play

• The cozy, stylish ambiance of Clarity Wine Bar

• A full menu of incredible wines, beers, mocktails, non-alcoholic wine and beer, and small bites available for purchase

• A perfect night out with friends—or a great way to meet new ones

🪑 Seating is extremely limited to just 24 guests, and this event will sell out, just like all Yellowbright Creative art events at Clarity.

📍 Location:

Clarity Wine Bar

1152 Washington Avenue

Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

🕕 Date & Time:

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

6:00–8:00 p.m.

🎟 Tickets: $45 per person

Reservations are required. Your ticket is your seat. All painting supplies are provided! 

💛 Payment options:

• Venmo: @yellowbrightinc

• Or contact Dawn Duncan at 970-980-6399 to arrange cash or check payment

This is the perfect mix of art, wine, energy, and social fun—ideal for date night, friend groups, or anyone looking for a creative, contemporary night out. Grab your spot now—this one will sell out fast! 🎉🍷🎨

Spring session: 

FREE SPIRIT: A creative journey into self

Art is the way to freedom! 

Let your imagination run wild in this brand-new six-week experience at Yellowbright Creative, 918B Washington Avenue, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. 

Beginning Tuesday, March 31, 2026, we’ll gather from 4–6 p.m. each week for a groovy, soul-opening adventure into creativity, color, and the magic of expressive freedom. 6 weeks: March 31-May 5, 2026

Free Spirit is a celebration of YOU—your quirks, your artistry, your intuition, and the beautifully unique way you move through the world. Think psychedelic color bursts, free-flowing expression, experimental play, and absolutely no rules. This is a course for wild hearts, quiet dreamers, bold makers, and anyone ready to loosen the reins and rediscover their truest artistic self.

Each week includes hands-on creative exploration using a wide range of mediums and techniques designed to unlock your inner freedom. You’ll learn, laugh, experiment, and step into a deeper connection with your own creative rhythm.

Your Free Spirit Experience Includes:

• An inspiring book to guide your journey

• All art supplies for the entire six-week series

• Weekly refreshments to keep the vibes bright and buoyant

• A one-hour individual creativity session with Dawn after the course ends—your own personalized deep-dive to help you expand your creative flow even further

Course Fee: $475

To join this colorful adventure:

– Pay through Venmo at YELLOWBRIGHTINC

– Or contact Dawn Duncan at 970-980-6399 to arrange payment by cash or check.

Your payment is your reservation, and your journey begins the moment you say YES!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Come claim your creative freedom, tune in to your inner artist, and embrace the magic of being a true free spirit.💕🎉

Because art is the way to freedom!

🌸 Creativity in Bloom Retreat 🌸

May 1–3, 2026 | Brainerd Lakes Area, Minnesota

Under the Flower Moon

Step into a weekend where creativity awakens, softens, and blooms.

The Creativity in Bloom Retreat is a soul-nourishing, all-inclusive creative escape held beneath the luminous Flower Moon, a time that symbolizes growth, renewal, and the natural unfolding of what already lives within us. Just as spring reaches full expression, this retreat invites your innate creativity to emerge, blossom, and be celebrated.

Hosted in a luxury lakeside home in the beautiful Brainerd Lakes area, this intimate retreat is designed for deep rest, joyful expression, and meaningful connection.

🌿 What Awaits You

• Gentle yoga and mindful movement

• Nature walks and lakeside moments

• A variety of creative experiences and art mediums

• Crafting, play, and intuitive art exploration

• Nourishing, home-prepared meals

• All art supplies, food, and non-alcoholic beverages included

• A warm, relaxed, and beautifully feminine atmosphere

🏡 Accommodations

This is a small-group retreat, limited to just 8 guests.

• Single rooms available now (while they last)

• Double and triple accommodations available as needed

• Six-bedroom luxury lake home designed for comfort and ease

🌕 Early Bird Registration

✨ Early Bird – All-Inclusive Single Room: $599

Double: $499 per person 

(Rates will increase soon)

Your spot is secured once payment is received. This retreat is expected to fill quickly.

💛 How to Register

• Pay via Venmo: Yellowbrightinc

• Or arrange cash or check payments directly

• Questions or assistance? Contact Dawn Duncan at 970-980-6399

Come soften into spring.

Come create without pressure.

Come bloom — fully, beautifully, and freely.

🌸 Creativity is not something you earn. It’s something you remember. 🌸