Creative New You
Welcome to the new creative version of You! I’m here, as your guide, to walk you through a course that will open the door to your innate inner creativity. There is NO previous painting experience necessary!
Have you ever said...
“I’m not creative.”
“I can’t draw a stick figure.”
“I just don’t have time.”
If you haven’t drawn or painted since you were a child, this course is for you! If you’re rusty and haven’t painted in a while, this course is for you! If you paint a lot but never take the time to play and experiment, this course is for you!
Spending time being creative and activating the right side of your brain is healthy for you, like meditating and exercising. We’re going to give those dormant creative muscles a workout.
You have inherent abilities and I’m here to show you how to allow your intuition to flow through you onto paper. We are going to wake up your authentic Inner Knowing!
Together we can set aside space for this practice, even if it’s only 15 minutes a few times a week. The more we flex our new creative muscles, the more positive improvement it will have on your overall wellness and optimism.
Our lives are a blank canvas that we paint with our beliefs, thoughts and actions. Let’s paint a new colorful creative story of You and let’s make it beautiful.
Please sign up to this special list to receive more info about the creativity course coming soon! Can’t wait to see you there.
Learning to See
An Oil Painting Course for Adult Beginners, intermediate, or rusty painters. All levels welcomed from hobbyist to professional.
| Location | Bee Cave Galleria (Off HWY 71) |
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| Dates | August 3 - August 31, 2021 |
| Time | Every Tuesday 2:00pm-4:30pm |
| Format | 4 Classes +Bonus day for Evaluation of Art or make up class. TBA |
| Price | 5 Lesson Bundle $275 |
Welcome to your exciting painting journey! From dabbler to professional, I am delighted to be your guide to becoming comfortable and confident in the painting process. While covering painting principles, I specialize in meeting the participant where they are with a personalized approach.
We will cover how to set up your easel, palette and paints, discover how the eye works, and work on skills to capture a 3D object onto a flat canvas. I know you are going to AMAZE yourself. This is an exciting place to be because you will see great improvement as you learn how capable you are!
Each week we will incorporate a different principle into our painting practice. We will implement short exercises to accelerate learning. These exercises are fun and enlightening.
Topics we will cover are:
- How to Create An Eye Catching Design
- Light And Dark, You Create Value
- The Magic Behind Creating Form
- How To Express Mood With Color
- Your Next Steps Forward
There is so much to think about in painting we will focus on one principle at a time with fun exercises. Repeating these help us learn faster and make it easier to integrate them into our artistic magic bag to be pulled into our painting process as needed.
With over 40 years of professional painting experience, I’m ready to guide and inspire you to understanding your unique voice and play to your strengths and at the same time strengthen your weaknesses.
I look forward to working with you on your artistic journey.
Powerful Painting Practices
Inspiring your unique painting voice
| Location | Bee Cave Galleria (Off HWY 71) |
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| Dates | March 5 - May 22, 2019 |
| Time | Every Tuesday 10am-1pm |
| Format | Ongoing class, begin any time! |
| Price | 6 Lesson Bundle $405 6 Lesson Bundle $225 |
There is only one You in the Universe! You are brilliantly special and unique.
Are you ready to take your paintings to a level where you are able to easily express yourself and let your unique voice and vision shine?
Each week we will incorporate a different principle into our painting practice. These fun short exercises at the start of each class will give you a firm foundation to incorporate into the remaining painting time and a firm foundation onto which you can add your special sparkle!
Topics we will cover are:
- Awaken Your Bold Side With Design
- Light And Dark, You Create Value
- Form The Illusive Illusion
- Color Moods Matter
- Develop Your Inner Sense Of Color
- Your Beautiful Expressive Brushwork
There is so much to think about in painting we will focus on one principle at a time with fun exercises. Repeating these help us learn faster and make it easier to integrate them into our artistic magic bag to be pulled into our painting process as needed.
Participants can join at any time for the 6 week bundle.
Acrylics can be used but I will be able to help you more if you use oils. All levels welcome but some experience is recommended.
With over 40 years of professional painting experience, I’m ready to guide and inspire you to understanding your unique voice and play to your strengths and at the same time strengthen your weaknesses.
I look forward to working with you on your artistic journey.
Heads Up!
Leap your portrait and figure work to the next level
| Location | Bee Cave Galleria (Off HWY 71) |
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| Dates | March 20-23, 2019 |
| Time | 10am-4pm |
| Format | 4 Day Workshop |
| Price | $517 Model fee included |
Capture the viewers heart with your paintings by adding people and pets to your artwork. People want paintings that they can relate to and that tell a story. By adding figures and animals you will immediately tell an understandable and relatable story that your audience will connect to emotionally.
This class will cover techniques to help you accurately add people and pets to your paintings even if they are not there. We will be working from a selection of your photos and mine. Bring your ipad and iphone to the gallery for tips and techniques. We’ll be taking it outside in the morning to photograph and observe and bringing it back into the gallery in the afternoon to refine your work.
You’ll find the techniques and tips in this class invaluable to emotionally connecting with your audience and adding life to you paintings!
Add Life to Your Paintings
Leap your portrait and figure work to the next level
| Location | Bee Cave Galleria (Off HWY 71) |
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| Dates | April 18-21, 2019 |
| Time | 10am-4pm |
| Format | 4 Day Workshop |
| Price | $472 |
HEADS UP! Do you want to quickly learn how to draw faces more accurately?
Would you like the hidden secret of painting the head without years of anatomy classes and memorizing every bone and muscle? If your answer is yes, this class is for you. Having this knowledge will help you place believable figures in your paintings even when they aren’t there! Be prepared to leap your portrait and figure work to the next level.
This four day workshop gives you the information with practice time in the morning and working with a live clothed model in the afternoon.
You will also be given the keys to knowing exactly where each value shift should take place to master the illusion of a 3D form onto a 2D canvas. Building on that we will then use color temperature shifts that add extraordinary beauty to your paintings.
I look forward to helping you take your artistic journey to the next level.
Expressive Impressions
How to keep paintings loose and expressive
| Location | Bee Cave Galleria (Off HWY 71) |
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| Dates | May 23-26, 2019 |
| Time | 10am-4pm |
| Format | 4 Day Course |
| Price | $472 |
In this four day workshop we sill use still life as a way to improve and develop our technique to make expressive impressionistic paintings, no matter what subjects we choose to paint. We will cover design, observation, atmospheric perspective (yes it appears inside!), focal point and expressive brushwork.
This is a chance to step up your painting game and take it to the next level. Join me to have fun and be more playful with your paint!