Thank you to everyone who was able to make the classes this week and last week. I would love to see what you have managed to put on the canvas so far. Do you have any pics you want to share? OR, the bigger question, what has you stuck? Is it time? Supplies? Or something else? This is time for extra help if you need it. I am here to support you and get you moving forward. Because I know that you can paint anything you want to. It is in you. @Janice Peterson @Kate Bullock @LM Sharron @Christine Ross @Rebecca Martin @Melissa Boster The replays are available to you in the classroom HERE

One hour for YOU. To listen, learn and laugh. Have fun and … Get to a place that restores that beautiful you. Learning to paint IS NOT just making a pretty thing to hang on the wall. 🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧 🎧 🎧 When I put my headphones on. 🎧 I turn off the noisy world around me. 🎧 I start to paint. 🎧 The big problems that have been plaguing me, 🎧 Somehow simply start to break apart into smaller bite size parts. 🎧 🎧 🦄 It’s like fucking magic! 🦄 🎧 🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧 THIS is what painting is. It’s like meditation for those of us that can’t meditate. Just ONE hour a week. Attending live is Free. The Results are in the Replays. If you don’t like it, that’s ok. You will not hurt my feelings if you churn. Something this great won’t be free for long. You will make room for others that DO need this. Will you show up for Yourself this week? Tuesday or Thursday. You pick.

But this is life and in life, we roll with the punches. 👊🏻 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 I got some news yesterday that hit me harder than I wished it did. The exhibition that I have been working on for the past year... POSTPONED (no date in site yet) 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 The short story is that the gallery building is owned by the government. The government came in and decided that this building would be perfect to hold November elections from now on. So my exhibition dates have just disappeared. 💥💥 I have spent months and months on this: 👊🏻 developing a new concept 👊🏻 researching 👊🏻 photography 👊🏻 drawing and executing 👊🏻 Literally THOUSANDS of hours of work. (this is not an exaggeration) And now I have a whole new body of work that still needs to be finished but has nowhere to go. 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 Now what I MUST do....... Finish these works. Because I know if I walk away now, I will loose the connection to the message. Then I will have to protect them and store them. That starts the time clock ticking. Most exhibitions do not allow work older than 2 years. OR... Do I put them for sale on my website? Do I risk selling them and breaking up a cohesive body of work? Do I say 🖕🏻to the gallery and cancel? What have you had that you put a TON of effort into that didn't go as you expected? How did you move past the feeling of disappointment?

I’ve been working on bringing fresh eyeballs from outside of Skool into this artsy little space… One of the ways I’m doing that? ✨ 𝗣𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆.✨ Here’s where you come in 👇 I’ve already created a few pins for @Michelle Cyr, and I’d LOVE to feature more of you. 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: - A piece of your art 🎨 - Your tools (brushes, paints, sketch setup, etc.) 🖌️ - Your creative space or studio Basically… give me a peek into your creative world. 🚨💡 𝗔 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝘂𝗽: By sharing your photo below, 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 to: - Use it for Pinterest pins to help promote this community - Run it through AI to create those pins 👉 If it’s artwork, I will NOT alter or change your piece itself. Your creation stays exactly as you made it. Always. 👉 Sharing below does not guarantee it will get used. This is about getting more eyeballs on what you’ve already created and bringing more like-minded creatives into the mix. Let’s show the world what drawing dropouts can actually create 😏🔥

Yesterday I did a FREE live demo to paint the sky in the painting "Hometown Dreams" by our member @Kate Bullock. I can't tell you how awesome these demos are! I strongly encourage asking any questions as we go. I like an open classroom. There are no DUMB QUESTIONS ever and I am an open book. We learned: 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 🫟 🫟 How to decide where to start in this painting. 🫟 How to determine what colors you will mix. 🫟 Mix paint with predictable color ratios and expected results. 🫟 Brush selection 🫟 Applying paint to the canvas 🫟 Blending 🫟 Storing paint till the next session 🫟 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 Image 1 - My demo painting at the end of the class. Image 2 - screen shot of demo video Image 3 - @Janice Peterson in progress painting 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁 Image 4 - Reference Image It thrills me to see this. Thank you for showing up and making this such a delightful experience. I am so pleased that Janice was able to "paint along", I am not sure that I could do that and I am seriously impressed. What do you think? Now, do you think you can do it?