I was scrolling thru some of my favorite artists in Instagram and WOW, this one stopped my scrolling. What do you notice about this painting? Do you love it, or not so much? What do you notice about the colors? The artist is Elena Wuest and I am so in love with her work!!!!!

Can you make it? Today we are starting a new painting. I will talk about what to paint on, where to paint, and demo 3 ways to get your sketch onto your panel. @Fefe G @Anthony McCartney @Rebecca Martin @Rex E Goethe @Firenze Banks @Janice Peterson @Lisa Vanderveen @Christine Ross @Shari Walker Kearney

Several of you showed up for the first class of painting Hometown Dreams @Kate Bullock original image. I appreciate that more than you know. I'm going to be upfront- 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 🫟 🫟 🎯 I WILL DO BETTER! 🎯 🫟 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 We are moving to Zoom - I tested Skool with optimism but it just didn't deliver the quality I expect for you. 😵‍💫 I was so flustered 👩‍💻👩‍💻 tech didn't cooperate ⏺️⏺️⏺️ I forgot to hit the Record Not happening again. ❓❓❓ But the questions and input were great! 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🧑‍🤝‍🧑. The interaction was fabulous! 👍🏻 The value was there. I’ve already added a few things to the classroom today: updates for Canadian students on mineral spirits and I’ll be adding lighting (can’t believe I skipped that 😆) 🎯 We’re building this together ⏰⏰ in real time 💬💬💬 I want your feedback. What could I make better for you? What worked and what didn’t? I am asking for full open and honest. No need to be sugary.

Does that make 100%?? I suck at math but I don’t suck at creating realism paintings. LOL I’m so EXCITED! 🫶🏻 Teaching doesn’t fulfill me 🫶🏻 YOU learning and getting it 🫶🏻 YOU exceeding what you thought you could do 🎯🎯🎯 THAT does I’m a little NERVOUS 🫶🏻 What if I don’t deliver the message right? 🫶🏻 This is a big shift for me 🫶🏻 I’m talking AND painting at the same time. 🎯🎯🎯 It’s harder than it looks So I’ve been practicing, recording myself, watching it, critiquing myself (which is quite… painful 😂) But here’s what I KNOW 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 🫟 🫟 What I’m sharing with you is YEARS of learning 🫟 testing products 🫟 trial and error 🫟 figuring out what actually works 🫟 what’s worth your time 🫟 what’s a waste 🫟 what actually moves the needle positively 🫟 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 🎯 That’s the value here These sessions will be recorded. The LIVE sessions will be FREE (or unlocked at Level 3). The replays will be inside Premium so you can go back. There are several of you that have access to this already and I thank you so much. I want us both to have value in this community. Do you have any thoughts or questions? Drop them below.

This is going to be a pinned post for introductions. Please let us know 🌎 Where in the world are you? I find it so cool that we are so international. 🌱 What kind of art experience do you have? Elementary school all the way to I paint almost daily is all cool. 🖌️ Have you ever tried Oil Paints before? Are you afraid or do you love them? 🖼️ Share a bit of your work here if you feel comfortable.