Join me for another live Zoom art workshop. This session will be all about abstract techniques on paper. I have so much I want to share with you so we are making this a special two part workshop. Our first session will be 10-noon MT followed by a two...
Busy lives, fleeting time . . . So often the significance of a season will escape our notice when we are in the midst of living it. It is only in hindsight that we’re able to see the indelible mark left on our soul. Other times, we find ourselves wanting to hold...
Finding flow and getting lost in the moments of creating is one of the most important reasons to make art. There are limitless, sometimes overwhelming options for methods of making, with endless mediums and tools. One way that has stood the test of time is oil...
Join Aimee as she guides you on a transformative journey of self-discovery and artistic expression. Drawing from her own experience of profound loss and the subsequent exploration of beauty in unlikely spaces, Aimee invites you to delve into the questions: What is...
Join Wandering Artist Lorraine Bell for a journey into the world of Urban Sketching. Lorraine has been keeping journals of her travels for nearly two decades and has learned to capture the soul of place through her sketchbooks and journaling – something that...
Georgia O’keeffe’s life embodied the practice of Gesamtkunstwerk, which means” a complete work of art”. A life immersed in beauty. That is how I want to live. A life where my own sense of place, my home, my art, my family and the natural world around me all influence...
Everyone needs a place to gather beauty just for beauty’s sake. The purpose of this artist’s journal is to be a gathering place for what captures YOUR attention. What if your creating felt easy and inviting? How would a few minutes a day here and there...
In Japanese culture, wabi-sabi is the view or thought of finding beauty in every aspect of imperfection in nature. The idea that nothing is perfect and that’s what makes it beautiful. Seeing the details in simplistic day to day and accepting the wonky and natural...
One of the most compelling things about art is being able to capture our response to a moment. A camera can capture the moment down to the last detail, but a drawing or painting tells the story of how the artist interpreted that moment. Painting “en plein...
Have you ever noticed how the feeling of AWE is so full and surprising that it can’t be manufactured. It’s a natural response to something that activates a unique joy and wonder in you. True awe is a treasure. I’ve felt it many times like when I...
Learn how to create gorgeous pigmented inks from natural elements all around you. Join Auria Bohn in this free video and learn how to make your own natural inks from sources like cabbage, copper and cherries. Making your own inks is a great way to discover new...
One of my earliest memories of my Grandma Jeanne was of her gathered with our family and stitching. She would be working on her needlepoint with her basket of threads next to her and conversation going on all around her. Over the years I found my own style and...
All around my studio I have bowls of torn abstract lines and forms, cut up vintage fabrics, papers with my marks, odds and ends of vintage trinkets and ephemera and then another full of stitched vintage French linen scraps. Often as I am creating, I will pull these...
Using simple tools and magazine pages you can transform your surface and create gorgeous works of art. Whether you are creating substrates for abstract work, journaling pages or more, you will be inspired to try Stephanie’s techniques. Go grab some magazine pages and...
I have found that the best moments are often those moments in the in-between. Little amounts of time where I can be present if I choose. It is in those moments that a book slowly gets read over a month, I capture my thoughts through writing, I have the face to face...
Join Roselyn as she shares the process of studying and learning from artists we love. Leonardo da Vinci said, ‘He who can copy, can do.’ Following the theme of hats, Roselyn will demonstrate quick and simple methods to sketch from works by Hogarth, Fergusson,...
The changing of seasons can always be an invitation for reflection and sometimes change. It is a physical reminder around us to take the time to notice the changes within us. Whether you are finding yourself in need of finding beauty and rest in the slower season of...
Any time of the year is the perfect time to pull together an inspiration board whether it is for a new home project, a series of art you want to make, an event you are imagining or even for life goals. Being a visual person and artist means I find a lot of joy in...
Have you always wanted to wear your art? This hat workshop is the perfect opportunity to create something beautiful that you can wear and show off your unique style by using mixed media techniques on your accessories. You will find the perfect opportunity to express...
“A pastel is the dust on a butterfly’s wing.” ~ Wolf Kahn Unlock the mystery of the rich, pure pigment of pastel painting. Join Anne Gee in the creative experience of painting a loose, playful and gorgeous interpretation of sunflowers with a fresh background. A common...
A portrait class using expressionist colors and a unique way of using oils and acrylic Gouache to create portraits your way. As a self taught painter I use my own technique to create colorful and expressive portraits, wanting the student to feel free and not...
Drawing, in its most essential form, is the creation of illusions. Here we investigate the fundamental properties of light and form in order to understand how to create a convincing illusion. We will walk through the techniques of shading using ink and hatching, as...
Join Kristy as she shares her process of natural pigment making. Walk through the process of making your own natural pigment acrylics, oils, watercolors, and pastels. We will grind, sift, and mix our own pigments from scratch using recipes as a guide. Simple...
Have you ever looked at a flower or plant in your neighbourhood and wondered what kind of color could be extracted from its bright petals? Or marvelled at your own hands, marked with beet juice or blackberry stains, and thought “How could I use this color in my own...
Alcohol Inks are the perfect medium for creative play! They are bright and colorful, dries quickly, allows you to create unique pieces, and very forgiving. You can’t go wrong with it! In this course, you are invited to play with this wonderful medium. You will learn...
As a creative being, you are intrinsically absorbent, sensitive, and free spirited. This (very) mixed media workshop is the perfect opportunity to slow down, look inward, and connect with the truest part of you: your unique, absolutely one-of-a-kind soul. Through...
Before Pinterest and Instagram and online vaults of inspirational pictures were accessible at the click of a mouse, there were magazines. Full color, curated images that we’d treat ourselves to thumbing through after all the dinner dishes were washed and put...
“The Middle” is less an age-range, and more a state of being. The “middle” can feel like simply being scattered; you experience the pull, in all different directions, of this relatively new digital lifestyle. The middle can manifest as an...
Joining ‘Ten Days of Art’ provides you with a start to finish look at my creative process. Leonardo da Vinci said, ‘He who can copy, can do.’ This class sets the goal of creating art over ten CONSECUTIVE days. Establishing a habit. The process of becoming an ‘artist’...
Join Aimee as she shares two fun techniques for adding marks and interest to your work. In the first free video she shows you how to safely use fire for mark making and adding dimension to your work. In the second free video you’ll learn how to transfer rust...
Still life painting might seem like an art school exercise that is a fall-back for when more thrilling subjects like a landscape or live model aren’t available. Not so! Still life is an integral part of improving your art and plays a vitally important role in...
Join Marian as she invites us to play with paints, exercise with color and value, and show us a beautiful world of color wheel making. You will find yourself immersed in her teaching and appreciate the subtle shifts and differences in color. Gather your supplies and...
Join Stephanie Lee as she prepares multiple substrates using foam board and plaster gauze. With simple tools you will learn how to create unique substrates full of texture and layers. Learn to experiment and create beautiful and easy washes ready for your next layers....
There is a thrilling satisfaction to inking a line just right. In this course, we will explore materials and techniques to grow confidence in your pen and ink work. We will develop the skills to create inspiring, visually stimulating ink drawings by experimenting with...
Do you see beauty all around you? Do you gather words, nature, and objects that others toss aside? Do you create to bring new ideas to life and to also calm the stirrings inside of you? Are you open to what is and what can be? You are a poet! In this course we will...
Join Diane Reeves as she shares her process for interpreting the world around her with lines and forms. Using a sketchbook, images of interior spaces, brush and ink, she will walk you through her stunning process of seeing. Each piece leaves you with a work of art and...
Join Jeanne as she shares her process for creating patterns on different kinds of transparent papers, vintage ephemera, and even elements that may usually get thrown in the trash. Using a limited color palette she creates a library of marks which she can later use in...
Join Kristi Beattie for an abstract acrylic painting course about harnessing your expressive energy into large, bold dynamic art. Abstract painting can feel daunting and developing a process can feel overwhelming. Kristi will share tips on how she developed her own...
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about ceramics? Idania thinks of magic and beauty. A tactile experience that is also beautiful and functional. Of alchemy and transformation. Ceramics can be as simple as a rough pot or as complicated as a...
Encaustic medium offers unique dimensional quality and luminosity to artwork that has often felt intimidating and overwhelming to artist who are interested in trying their hand at it. The gatekeepers of encaustic knowledge have created so many rigid rules with scary...
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