I hope to see you guys. Give yourself a gift of one hour to learn some new painting skills. Today we will mix paint accurately - check out the palette knife lessons too! And then we will just chill and paint. Well, as much as I can chill because by now you guys know I am pretty high energy. OK, see yall soon!

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?

Class #2 - but you are not too late. Today we start paint. Last week, we learned 3 ways to get an accurate sketch onto our panel. Today we will learn to mix paint and apply it specifically for THIS reference image submitted by @Janice Peterson Can you join us again? @Rebecca Martin @Christine Ross @Fefe G @Lisa Vanderveen Check your calendar for your timezone. You CAN paint this!

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 😏🔥

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.