I still feel like I dreamed about our first workshop in our new studio! It was even more amazing than I could have imagined. The women, the energy, the food, the art created. I am still processing the whole weekend and the reality that we have a huge new...
For children, art isn’t about rules and critiques. Art for kids is about expression and creating and fun! Creating art with kids is like opening the most fantastic Pandora ’s Box of possibilities. You never know how they will express themselves through art. Going back...
The more I practice my art and the more comfortable I become with my chosen tools…the more I have a deep desire to take them everywhere. I remember around the time I came up with the idea for The Living Studio retreats that I was missing creative opportunities...
***Tomorrow (June 20th) Children of the Wild with Kate Thompson begins!*** Kate’s techniques and instructions will open your eyes to new ways to use the tools you already love and use. Her courses are rich and full of content. Our creative network has the most...
I have admired Wendy’s work for years and I am so honored that she will be teaching on our site and especially love that she will be focusing on abstracts! In this course, we will listen to our intuition to create expressive abstract paintings. We will explore...
My parents had been married a few years when I was born and with only a semester left in college my mom put it on hold to stay home with me. I was a senior in high school when my mom finished and earned her teaching degree. She didn’t walk across a stage and...
For me summer is pool time, catching up on reading, coffee on the back porch, hiking, days in the yard and my art supplies with me wherever I go. The best thing about a summer online course is that you can take moments to learn and then head out into YOUR world to...
**This giveaway is now closed** The winner is… Paula Fava commented: June 13, 2016 at 3:05 pm (Edit) This summer … I am gleefully gathering all the tools, knowledge & experiences I gave garnered these past couple years after my semi-forced 4 year hiatus from...
One of our most popular classes last year was Intro To Hand Lettering with Jen Wagner and I am honored to tell you that she is back with a brand new course! *** Join Jen this coming Monday (June 13th) for Advanced Hand Lettering! Don’t let the name intimidate...
I’m gonna be honest – working with concrete intimidates me! But with all the concrete home items trending, I was determined to figure out a way to imitate the concrete look without having to dive into figuring out real concrete. The result? A super clean, cheap...
The weather is finally starting to get warmer here in Colorado and the kids have been begging to go to the pool! After the long hibernation of winter and the slow unveiling of white legs and such I thought it would be fun to share some of my day to day beauty...
Sometimes we get to be wild explorers and travel far away, other times we can connect with other creatives not far from home and at other times we have the joy of hunkering down right where we live and creating among our day to day life. Each one of these are life...
It has been months (way more than we intended) in the making! Our first devotional is ready for pre-order and we couldn’t be more proud! January of 2016 we launched our free video series Listening | Finding the Quiet on our creative network...
I love, love, love our town of Castle Rock, CO. I am so thankful all of the time that this is where we LIVE and this is where we DREAM and this is where we CONNECT! Tomorrow night (June 3rd) is Downtown After 5 and it is the perfect way to kick off your weekend. You...
We only do this twice a year and this will not happen again until winter 2017! 24 hours left of our Semi Annual 50% off Online Class Sale! This is the perfect time to stock up on all of those online classes that you have been dreaming about taking. Our creative...
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