Course Description

Life is made of stories. Whether you are a natural born writer or not, the beauty of storytelling through words and art is a powerful expression.

Learning to lean into your own stories and transforming the power of words into painting from your own imagination is truly creating from a free place. Join Shaunna Parker as you embrace the creative voice within you as you write and paint your way through this course giving a gift to the world around you.

Techniques Taught in this Course

• Explore how words and art go hand in hand
• Discover how words and your stories influence your painting
• Paint loose, abstract landscape studies
• Journaling exercises designed to inspire artwork
• Understand how your own stories provide inspiration and direction in your painting
• Learn how to gather your palette for loose, abstract landscapes
• Explore how you see the world around you to create paintings from memory
• Learn how to mix pigments into paint
• Understand how writing is a form of expression for the everyday person
• Create word & art studies through journaling and painting
• Uncover how writing is soul work, and a jumping off point for your painting
• Make your own oil paint using pigments and walnut oil
• Explore different words and create paintings from their meaning to you
• Discover what comes out of your own hands with loose exercises designed to inspire creativity