We have just added another free video to our creative network! Today we have released Free Art Video: Dye + Stitch Journal with Jeanne Oliver. This free video gives you a taste of the course, Storytellers and Mavericks and we hope you will join us for the full class!...
We know that not everyone can attend one of our live business workshops so we have created a rich and beautiful ONLINE version and registration is open! Are you building...
Being a female artist and business owner has allowed me to walk out interactions that are more raw and exposed than many other professions. I teach and create with a majority of women which means intimate travel, small groups and often very real and open...
We can have long lists of dreams and maybe even a bucket list. What I have found to be true is that me just dreaming about something has never led to the actual doing and experiencing. If I want to learn something, go somewhere, spend time with...
| Images provided by Christa Parodi and Andrea Garvey and Kathi Graves| I live in a creative world that has predominately been created, supported and sustained by women. I am constantly reminded how much of a powerful impact we have when we work with one another. It...
Are you building a business that is aligned with how you want your life to look and feel? Knowing this answer changes everything. Building a business that isn’t aligned with your life takes as much time, energy and resources as building one that is. ...
So many good things are happening in 2020 and I do not remember the last time I was this excited for what a year will hold. 2020 will be my year to create at home! In 2020 I will not be traveling to teach for anyone (that was hard to say no again and again but I feel...
When you look at the work of an artist you are able to see so much deeper into their past, what they find beautiful in this world and an intimate glimpse into what makes them have to create in the first place. Renee Muller is an artist with such a love and history in...
I have become a bit of a collector of the works of Emma Petitt. Each time I have been able to purchase another piece I fall more and more in love with all of the colors, layers, and emotions in her creations. There is so much life in what Emma puts out into the world...
The first time I saw an original J. Kirk Richards in person I gasped! The colors, the emotion, the depth of layers. I was instantly in awe of the artist and how he created. For years I have admired and followed his work. Whether Kirk is working in clay, oils or...
This week is the one year anniversary of the official release of my first book The Painted Art Journal. It has been a total kick to have my book be a best seller and even sell out on Amazon. Thank you to everyone that has purchased, shared and created using my...
Sometimes you meet another artist and everything they are putting out into the world is so fun, colorful, relatable, joyful and just dripping with my favorites of layers and textures that you cross your fingers that they will want to teach a course and share it with...
We only do this twice a year and this will not happen again until January next year! For the next 48 hours we are having our Semi Annual 50% off Online Class Sale! USE CODE: JO50 This is the perfect time to stock up on all of those online classes that you have been...
“Focusing only on imperfect papers and book parts from the past, explore the notion of creating beautiful collage work using very few supplies. No marks, no paint, just paper. Clear the clutter to create space, both mentally and physically, and allow the papers to...
Imagine learning the art techniques that will allow you to connect with your world. The techniques that help you to be fully present in your day to day life. This is a gift to yourself. Learning how to slow down and see…really see…is one of the greatest...
We have just added another free video to our creative network! Today we have released Exploring Negative Space with Pauline Agnew. This free video gives you a taste of the course, Feel The Pose | Creating Expressive and Energetic Figure Drawings and we hope you will...
We have just added another free video to our creative network! Today we have released Etching in Color with Rae Missigman. This free video gives you a taste of the course, Mixed Media Directions | A Path to Artful Discovery. and we hope you will join us for the full...
Not much has changed since this photo! I still wear my hair in pigtails and I am a sucker for convertibles! I love birthdays! I love making it extra special for those I love and I will squeeze all of the goodness I can when it comes to me too. I have been known to...
You can read part one, two, three, four, five and six. It was now time to pack up and say goodbye to Aistisfoul. Hadn’t we just arrived and unpacked all of our clothes and organized our art supplies? How was it already time to go? We...
You can read part one, two, three, four and five. I am such a homebody so when we arrived at Aitisfoul I could feel my whole mind and body let out a huge exhale. Home. We were home for the next week. |The patio off our room| As we went to...
Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four Waking up to farmland, green fields and distant palm trees. Each day of travel was truly a visual feast. Each mile out of Marrakech was bringing us closer and closer to our resting place that would be Aitisfoul. ...
Part One, Part Two, Part Three When I signed up for this adventure I signed up and paid and then just sat back. To be honest I didn’t do more than glance at the itinerary or any of the details. I know Michelle and I trusted her and part of what I was looking...
You can read Part One HERE. You can read Part Two HERE. The first full day in a new city usually is full of too much to take in and when you are as far away from home as Africa it means new languages, smells, sounds, textures, colors, social norms, clothing, and even...
You can find Part One HERE. As soon as I was undressed (down to my underwear because that was what I was told) I put on a robe and was met outside the small changing space and taken down the dark hallway with all lights putting off a soft red glow. At the end...
Last summer as we were getting out of the car to head to our town pool I had an email come into my inbox telling me that registration had just opened for my friend Michelle Fletcher’s first big workshop in Morocco. I have been friends with Michelle for many years now....
Imagine painting a portrait with layer after layer of color and detail. Imagine learning so well how to sketch and bring emotion into your work that your art just gets richer and draws others in. Imagine an online course that guides you to your next level as an...
Imagine creating a handmade book filled with techniques, layers, and details that you will treasure forever. Roxanne Evans Stout is back on our creative network and she has created a course that will guide you step by step to create a gorgeous artistic book inspired...
We have just added another free video to our creative network! Today we have released Scribble Art with Kate Thompson. This free video gives you a taste of the course, Sacred Vestments | Expressive Portraits and Figures with Kate Thompson and we hope you will join us...
We have just added another free video to our creative network! Today we have released Tracing Paper Figures with Dina Wakley. This free video gives you a taste of the course, Figuratively Speaking and we hope you will join us for the full class! Using a technique of...
Imagine using simple tools to document and create from everyday life? Join watercolor artist Christie Drahnak on a journey of discovery and expression using watercolor to capture the beauty that is all around you. In this class, we will start at the beginning and...
I would love to create, shop and just hang out with you in Kansas this fall! I will be teaching for Stephanie Ackerman in her fall Creative Soul Camp! You can register HERE. This is from Stephanie Ackerman. There is something amazing that happens when Art & Faith...
When we bought this home and land three years ago it was for the gathering of creatives and non-creatives alike. We knew it was to be a gathering place and it has fulfilled that desire and promise over and over again. We are so excited to announce our full 2019 studio...
It is almost time to announce our full studio schedule for 2019! All guest teachers have never taught at our studio before and we can’t wait to share them with you. Registration will open for ALL workshops and payment plans will be available. I can’t...
Toes in the sand, sun on your face and paint on your fingertips. Yes, it is as dreamy as it sounds! Imagine traveling to the paradise of the Cayman Islands, being picked up from the airport and then brought to your luxury villa at the beach. For the next five...
We are so honored that our Creatively Made Business August Workshop sold out in days! We are opening a second workshop that will be September 5th-8th and we can not wait to welcome you to our studio, home, and land! One of the truest truths in my life is that I love...
I live in a creative world that has predominately been created, supported and sustained by women. I am constantly reminded how much of a powerful impact we have when we work with one another. It has been through these collaborations with other women that I have not...
One of the truest truths in my life is that I love talking business and how to leverage what makes you unique to thrive. Gathering women in this way creates incredible community, clarity in businesses and these deeply strong and talented women are leaving with...
Join Stephanie Ackerman in beautiful Castle Rock, Colorado on April 5-6, 2019 for a two-day art workshop! Our studio is light-filled and surrounded by wooded property that lends itself to exploring, creating and relaxing. It is our heart’s desire that your time...
Leaps of dreams and finances are hard. I know. I remember years ago the first time I talked to Kelly about taking a creative trip to France just for me. I remember reading the details and crying because it seemed so wonderful and inspiring and SO WHAT MY HEART NEEDED....
We only do this twice a year and this will not happen again until Summer! For the next 48 hours we are having our Semi Annual 50% off Online Class Sale! USE CODE: JO50 This is the perfect time to stock up on all of those online classes that you have been dreaming...
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