Make Create Express Workshop
Join us for the Year Long Workshop
This workshop is for anyone who creates or feels the desire to create, who wishes to be inspired, who wishes to explore with curiosity, who wants to play in the field of possibilities and dance with the muses and their brilliance. This is for you brilliant Creative Soul.
☆ Learn from 28 artists from around the world- meet our wonderful artists HERE
☆ Explore new techniques & processes - read about the 54 fabulous lessons HERE.
☆ Connect with your own creative spark.
☆ Join a wonderful and supportive community of creative souls from around the world.
☆ Weave your creative practice into your self care practice.
☆ Make time for yourself & your creative expression.
☆ This year long workshop started in July but you can join anytime and have instant access to all the lessons so far shared.
☆ Be In*Spired.
Year-long workshop - $147
“Art is something that makes you breathe with a different kind of happiness.”
Previous Years Make Create Express Workshops are available as instant access self paced workshops:
Jenny Manno’s Lessons
Lesson One: Playing in Abstract
In this lesson we will play with color, texture and focus on loosening up. We will use traditional and non traditional tools to create quick studies in abstract play. In this class it's skies the limit because there are no rules!!
Lesson Two: Abstract Portrait
In this lesson we will work in several mediums. Acrylics, charcoal, Neocolor II's and chalk pastel. We will practice creating a portrait without the traditional blending and smoothing of colors and techniques to create a portrait. We will use bright, non traditional colors to create the high and low lights, to bring forward certain features la well as create some room for play! We will use our imagination and create from the heart instead of the head as we work intuitively along side our muse.
Emma Petitt’s Lessons
Lesson One: Finding the Edges
Firstly we will have some fun with colour to create a unconventional underpainting.
Allowing that underpainting to be revealed in the figurative subject matter to create interesting depth and contrast. We will delve into bold composition and filling our substrate space.
Lesson Two: Looking down from Above
Leading on from lesson 1, by using a quirky figurative pose reference we will be using a different perspective. We will use a lying down pose seen from above to discover how to play with orientation, landscape or portrait. We will explore a quick, fun and easy way to represent draping fabric in my style of stripy towels.
Jenny Grant’s Lessons
Lesson One : Start to get inspired
In this lesson we will start creating in a simple and relaxed process even though we do not know what we will create. I will bring you along my unstructured, tactile and a little bit messy process. This class is all about the beauty of process. I will create just for the sake of creating and I will show you how to focus on your journey and your energy rather than the result. Together we will find ways to be brave and to do art just for us and our souls. Our energy will shift and we will be a magnet for ideas, insights and inspiration. The goal with this class is that we will find a way to just start, to dare, to begin, to be inspired and play – and I will with simple prompts help you if you get stuck.
Lesson Two : Express with flow
In this lesson we’ll take a step further and explore the fun of finding faces in the marks. I will build on what we created in "Start to get inspired” and share my love of painting faces. Faces can be a bit intimidating to draw and paint and I know that many of us, me included, feel a bit scared and frustrated when we get to the "ugly stage" in the painting process and everything looks a bit awkward. I will give you some tools and tricks that will help you to enjoy the process, instead of resisting it and to be ok with the imperfections!
Barb Nicholson
Lesson One - Collage Portrait Story
Have you wondered how to better express yourself with portrait art? We will look at some different collage and mixed media techniques to uncover a deeper story.
(creating a portrait story with collage)
Lesson Two: Telling a Portrait Story
I love portraits. Sometimes I want them to tell a story beyond the pretty face. We will give ourselves permission to play with some portrait, collage and mixed media techniques to story tell.
(Will include basic portrait mapping, collage paint over and various painting and mixed media techniques)
Heather Hoeps
Lesson One : Dreamscapes with Collage
Working on a round canvas we will create a beautiful and dreamlike fantasy landscape. I will show you how to layer and combine magazine images, paper napkins and a touch of mixed media to create a unified composition on a round background. Plus, I will take you on a short guided meditation to channel your inner dreamscape and ignite your innate imagination. This is a fun and easy class for any level of experience that will make your creative juices flow.
Lesson Two: Intuitive Wisdom Cards
Short description: we will continue working with the sacred shape of the circle but this time to create our own little wisdom oracle cards. You will not only learn how to create your own little deck from start to finish but also how to work with collage images intuitively and „read“ your cards like an oracle.
Fonda Clark Haight
Lesson One: Self Sibyl
This is a short workshop on training yourself to seek your inner voice first (before you turn to others) listen to and attempt to follow it's advice. We will be creating oracle cards intuitively.
In being your own Sibyl, you are giving license to yourself to trust "yourself". You are acknowledging your own life experiences as valuable and worth of examination.
When you begin to trust.
Lesson Two: Sibyl Up
Our experiences are unique. No two people share the exact same experiences in life. Your truth and your inner knowing are specific to you. Take time to find out what that truth is...and listen to your inner
Sibyl. Consult yourself and listen at least as well as you would to an "expert". I am not saying that there is not a place for counselors, therapists and the like. What I do want to stress more than anything is that the first person who should be consulted, the oracle most knowledgeable of you is “you.”
In this lesson I will be walking you thru how I use my oracle cards and other's to prompt some inner knowing.
I sit down, get still, and listen. I pull cards and let them prompt my art. This is a wonderful technique when you are feeling stuck or in a lull or just need to talk to your wiser self.
Yvonne Morell
Lesson One: Sketching your kitchen
Let's get inspired and find beauty in common objects from our homes. Sketching with ink pen and layering watercolor. Learning how to draw busy subjects (ex. shelf with a lot of objects). Composing a page with thumbnails to document your lovely home.
Lesson Two: Mixed media fruits and vegetable sketch
Our kitchen is full of treasures! We will sketch vegetables and fruits in a spontaneous and loose way in a mixed media technique that I will demonstrate step by step.
Sketching your EVERYDAY!
Wendy Solganik
Lesson One : Pages of Petals
Painting loose, spontaneous watercolor leaves and florals. Mark making.
Lesson Two : Book of Petals
Converting the paintings that you have created into a stunning, sewn handmade book that you can add your favorite quotes to.
Laura Dame
Lesson One :
In this class we will work on creating unique collage papers using your favorite colors and mark making supplies. We will then turn those collage papers into a couple of quick, fun, and grungy collages.
Lesson Two :
In this lesson we will take the concepts from the first class and build on them. We will create two large abstract collages on wood panels using the collage papers we made, plus some paints, fabric, and ephemera. I'll show you how to make some unique rust dyed fabrics with some awesome patterns that will really add interest to our collages.
Lesson One: Word a Day Journal
In this lesson, I’ll introduce you to my “Word a Day” journal. I started out using this as a quick warm up exercise to do before a day of work in the studio. Now it has become a favorite art journaling prompt that I look forward to every morning! You will find it amazing how the perfect word for that moment will just show up for you. I’ll show you some easy and fun techniques for documenting your word, with minimal supplies.
Lesson Two: Art Journal Jam
In this lesson, we will dive deeper into the art journaling practice. I’ll share some tips and techniques for getting unstuck and finding inspiration when you are faced with the “blank white page.” I’ll show you some of my journals, past and present. Then we will walk through a demo in my large altered book, where I share my thought process as I complete a colorful spread featuring a favorite quote.
Erin DeCoste
Lesson One : Flowing
Watercolor portrait- We will work watercolors using with a limited color palette and layers to build up drama and emotion while also keeping a loose playful approach. We’ll discuss where to add focus and where to abstract.
Lesson 2: Love Through Chaos
Acrylic and collage portrait- We will work with bits of paper, ephemera, lots of color and whatever else calls to us to build up a background in which to create our portrait. We will discuss composition while also diving deep into intuition and following where the layers lead.
Christina Forest
Lesson One: Invite your Creative Soul To Play
Using mixed media tools and techniques, we will create an expressive portrait. Beginning with a playful opening of intuitive flow using watercolor and inks, we will expand our creative journey by using our creative senses to see our portrait emerge. Using acrylic paint, ink, colored pencils, and collage we will create her, our expressive portrait. Inviting our Creative Soul to come out and experience her tell her story.
Lesson Two: Create a Soulful Story with your Creative Self
Using acrylic and collage we will create a expressive portrait. We will begin with a soulful practice of writing our beginning, our intention. Then building upon that story with collage and acrylic paint. As our story emerges, we let our expressive portrait come to life - allowing her to finish the story.
Jodi Ohl
Lesson One: Line Over Matter
Often, I hear students exclaim that they want to explore abstract painting, but they do not know where to begin or how to loosen up and let go. Honestly, it can be difficult to paint without having a reference or knowing where to go, what to add, and when to stop. I’ve found the more you employ several of the techniques I share in the class, the more in tune you will be in the process.
If you are up for the challenge, I would love to show you how I paint abstracts by working on a series of work. Demonstrations will include working on several pieces at once. I will show you how to leave the obstacles behind and bring back the inner child and watch her grow as an artist.
Let’s let go of the anxiety and stress of the painting abstract and grab some acrylic paint, crayons, pencils (and whatever else you want to add),and have some fun.
After all, it’s just “Line over Matter” when you dig down deep
Lesson Two: Line Over Matter-Digging Deeper
Line over Matter: Digging Deeper is a continuation of part one-“Line over Matter”.
In this part we will explore ways to create a cohesive composition and discuss what to look for when you are stuck. There are tons of variations of abstract painting, virtually something for everyone.
My goal for you by the end of this workshop will be: to create routines in your painting practice and explore ways to make a cohesive collection.
Kristen Fagan
Lesson One: Mystic Moon Magic
Awaken the mystic moon goddess within. Invoke the Divine Feminine through painting with sacred lunar energy. Deepen your creative connection & illuminate your essence by using moon symbolism to better understand and honor your own cycles. We will begin with lunar breath and take a closer look at each phase of the Triple Goddess. While painting this ancient symbol we will channel our inner goddess power.
Lesson Two: Wild Flower Essence
Description: Awaken the wild flower goddess within. Invoke the Divine Feminine through painting with sacred flower energy. Deepen your sensual connection & embody your wild essence by using flowers as a portal for enchantment. We will begin with sound healing and invite playful movement into our painting process. While painting expressive flowers we will nourish the goddess that we are.
Maureen Nadeau
Lesson One: THE INNER YOU- Illuminate & Celebrate
What are your deepest needs? What makes you feel emotionally secure?
Connecting to the energy of the full Moon helps not only to remind us of who we are, but of what we need right now.
For this playful yet contemplative creative practice we will begin by journaling and move into a mixed media process. This can be done in an art journal and with supplies you have on hand!
Lesson Two: THE INNER YOU- Discover & Embrace
In Astrology the moon governs the “inner you” and influences your emotions, reactions and responses. In this lesson you will discover what your moon sign is (where the moon was when you were born). We will then use that knowledge to create a beautiful mixed media moon face infused with the essence and energy of that zodiac sign to represent your emotional Self.
Holly McLaughlin
Lesson One: Soulful Symbols
In this lesson, we will explore being receptive and allowing symbols to come to us intuitively. We will invite those symbols into our art to create a visual narrative, while gently seeking to interpret how those symbols resonate with our souls.
Lesson Two: Sacred Conversations
In this lesson, we will show up to the blank page with intention, but without plans for a specific outcome. Through mindfulness and intuition, we will connect to our bodies and heart spaces to lay down some simple, yet meaningful, beginning marks. This will allow us to begin a sacred conversation with our art. As we add layer upon layer, delving deeper into conversation, we will feel our way to a finished painting that honors our creative journey.
Rachel Cronin
Lesson one: Intuitive Watercolour Landscapes
Working with watercolour and mixed media we explore ways we can divide up the picture plane to create inner dreamscapes. We will explore different colour palettes and I will show you how to create luminous skies, how to create striking foregrounds and how to use landscape lines in an interesting way.
Lesson two: Spellcasting Landscapes
Weaving a spell as you create a landscape. We all have a relationship to our roots, our landscapes. This may not necessarily be where you come from, just a place that you feel an affinity with. Where are your soul landscapes? What colours do you think of when you visit this place in your memory? Where does your mind wonder when it is left to explore?
You can also scratch messages, symbols and lines of poetry into your work as you go. I will suggest working on wooden board for this as your surface is going to take quite a lot of punishment in the way of sanding, gouging and scoring through the surface.
Marina Teding van Berkhout
Lesson One: A golden Girl
In this project we will paint a girl in Cold Wax and Oils on a golden acrylic background. You will learn how to apply paint with a palette knife and work with a limited colour palette.
Lesson Two: In the garden of love
In this mixed media class, we will mix our own greens and make a colour chart for all the different greens we can make with the yellows and the blues we have. We will take the green we love most and make a monochrome portrait of a beautiful textured statue.
Kat Hamilton
Lesson One: Art Deco Girl
In this workshop we will be exploring a limited colour palette to create an effective and emotive Art Deco portrait. We will explore different mixed media techniques to enhance and bring to life our limited palette.
Lesson Two: Spring Girl
In this lesson we will explore several mixed media technique to layer our piece to add interest and texture to our final piece. We will be playing with stencils, napkins and acrylics to build up the layers, give depth and enhance your style. You can use these technique not only in figurative artwork, but they can also be used in any abstract styles.
Kristy Kensinger
Lesson One: Gold Forest- Mixed Media Journal
Through this lesson, we will create our own paths in our journals. Thinking deeply about our connection to nature and the direction we want to follow in our own life. Will you allow yourself to follow a path unexpected in both your life and in your art journey? Allowing the marks to guide you into an unknown direction. We will gather materials for inspiration, select our color palettes, and walk down our path through layers of inks, acrylics, soft pastels and gold foil.
Lesson Two: Nature’s Goddess- Mixed Media Portrait
Do you have a planned vision of who you are or who you wish to become? What part of your plan allows for flexibility for the unexpected? How can you embrace your inner goddess and allow your intuition to guide you and the best version of yourself to emerge? Do you create space for new opportunities to come into your life? Through this lesson, we will include patterns from nature to reflect our own patterns in life. We will work on a photo transfer portrait layering elements from nature with mediums that inspire us in the moment. Be truthful with yourself and allow your divine self to come through in this piece.
Karen O’Brien
Lesson One: Creating Character Faces
Creating imaginary faces is my passion. I love drawing faces and sharing fun and easy techniques to make drawing imaginary faces more approachable. In this workshop I will show you how to use simple supplies and techniques that will make drawing faces a relaxing, playful experience. Most importantly, we will focus on ways to make these faces your own.
Lesson Two: Creating Character
How do we breathe personality and movement into the figures who populate our journal pages and art? In this workshop I will show you a quick and easy resist background that will give you the building blocks to make unique characters. I will show you different ways to use your background. Tips to spark ideas for unusual body shapes, adding faces and integrating your characters into your background using simple supplies. You will come away with a multitude of ideas and characters unique to you.
Monica Stadalski
Lesson One: Wings of Watercolor
In this class I’ll teach you how to paint a delicate butterfly in watercolor. I’ll go over a variety of methods to get your sketch onto watercolor paper, show you a few watercolor techniques and then we’ll begin painting our butterfly! You’ll be able to personalize your butterfly by choosing colors that resonate with you and we’ll embellish our butterfly with some sparkly details at the end. I’ll also show you how to finish off your painting so that it can be given as a gift or displayed in your studio, see you there!!
Lesson Two: The Queen of Wings
This mixed media lesson was inspired from an actual tarot card and I knew once I saw it, that I had to paint it! In this class we’ll go over the basic proportions of sketching a face, I’ll show you how to transfer your drawing to watercolor paper (I’ll also provide a sketch you can use), teach you some watercolor techniques and then we’ll be ready to paint the face and add some magical background details with collage!
Lesson One: Morning Shadows
I painted this in the morning when the sun was casting shadows on my table. It was so moody. Hence it’s name. I had to move quickly before the shadows left it’s position on my paper.
With a thick dry brush I quickly but lightly lay down some colour on the page with acrylic inks. I drew my favourite botanicals with a black Stabilo pencil & Derwent Inktense watersoluble pencils. Used Lyra pencil on the border for the watery effect. I will show you step by step how I create this beautiful mixed media piece in your journal, layer by layer. I used my printables printed on clear sticker paper and lay them down too! Bridal notions for interest. Love this! I hope you do too!
Lesson Two: Cascading Blooms
This mixed media piece really excites me. It’s one of my favourite colour palette, corals, pink, shades of magenta! Starting with a background of assorted papers such as book pages takes the first challenge away, the blank page. I fill it with colour, then botanicals and the most exciting part is the molding paste added for texture. Even in this piece you can feel the texture just jumping off the page! It’s such a cheerful piece of art which reminds me of cherry blossoms cascading down in spring... I will work on a watercolour block.
Marieke Blokland
Marieke Blokland
Lesson One: Raw Lettering & Quirky Dolls
I believe that without dark there is no light. So I made it my mission to inspire creative people to bring more rawness and quirkiness in their work. I’m known for my art journal pages with raw lettering and drawings of quirky dolls. In this lesson for Make Create Express I want to introduce to you my easy raw lettering techniques and teach you how to draw quirky dolls and combine both of these techniques into fun art journal pages.
Lesson Two: Raw Quirky Art Journaling
In this lesson we will be taking the ideas explored in lesson one and applying them in a rich and layered art journal spread.
Galia Alena
Galia Alena
Lesson One: Colour Fields of Flowers
“My paint brush always gives a tremor of pleasure when I let it paint a flower.” W Nicholson For this lesson I really wanted some beauty and joy so we will be creating beautiful and loose fields of flowers allowing our brushes to do all the work and creating suggestive pieces of flowers.
Lesson Two: Floralscapes
“The flowers are sparks of light, built of and thrown out into the air as rainbows are thrown, in an arc.” Winifred Nicholsoh.In this lesson we will add new ideas to the process explored in Colour Fields of Flowers adding new elements of mixed media to enhance our pieces with interest and bling.
Renata Loree
Jerney Marisha
Lesson One: The muses of Rorscharch
In this lesson you will learn how to prepare a journal that will inspire you on the days you’ll need it the most. This journal will tickle your muses and help you to find interesting characters and stories. I will show you how to bring out one of them using charcoal and pastel.
Lesson Two: Tiny explorations
If you’re experiencing fear of the white canvas, this lesson will help you to deal with that. Working on a small scale and getting rid of all that intimidating white space will make it easier to get started. We will then make random marks in the ink to find some characters.
Robin Sturis
Lesson One: Imaginative Travel - A Sense of Place
It’s been a long time since most of us could travel. I don’t know about you, but I’m thinking of all the exotic places I’ve always wanted to go. In these sessions, we will choose a destination, somewhere we haven’t been, but would love to visit, or maybe an all-time favorite destination we are missing.
In the first lesson , we will do a bit of research to find the visual elements of the place, and then we will create a visual representation of our emotional reaction to the place. What shapes, and textures are this place for you? What colors? We will look at an overall color temperature and scheme to make our journal spread harmonious.
Lesson Two: Imaginative Travel - A Sense of Place Abstracts
In session two, we will take what we discovered in lesson 1 and create 4 small mixed media abstracts from 1 piece of 11x15 or larger paper. You will be amazed at how they represent the feel your chosen place.
Renata Loree
Lesson One: The Wild Child
We will be exploring and studying the portrait of William-Adolphe Bouguereau - learning from a master to explore colors and composition in a journal.
Lesson Two: Marigold
We will create a small painting exploring painting a flower on a canvas or a board, which ever you choose, and also turn the canvas into a little story to explore the meaning of Marigold and historical value.
I am a visual poet, earth mystic and mist walker. I walk in beauty dreaming with the divine to create sacred art and to partner with intuitive healing practices. I create in dialogue with the sacred feminine and my practice involves listening to the magic as it appears in dreams, journey, tarot, nature and other daily blessings. I’m a beauty unveiler, light huntress, moment caresser, mythologist, archetype weaver and visionary poetess. Ultimately, all of my work is about helping people peel back the layers to experience the intense beauty of each moment allowing them access to both their intuitive wisdom and a deeper connection to spirit and self, helping them find their own truths in connected stillness. In this way I am a guidess helping others find their own mystery school of wisdom and sacred being.
(Because the beauty of this life cracks our hearts open and it is through the cracks that light can flow both in and out and connect us back to our divine selves).
Oh... and I believe in the magic of this life.
I live in the insanely beautiful Blue Mountains, just shy of Sydney, amoung the clouds and mist, with my family, our kitten and all the winged ones who frequent our garden. Each day here is a wondrous delight of tiny miracles through either the glorious light or magical mists.
Mixed media artist, photographer and creator of soon to be published Stardust & Fallen Petals oracle/tarot deck.
Website ☆ Blog ☆ Instagram ☆ Pinterest ☆ Facebook ☆ Youtube channel
I am an artist based in Colorado. I have spent 10+ years as a freelance graphic designer and studied at the University of Colorado, Boulder graduating with a B.A. in Fine Arts and Art History with an emphasis on Digital Art.
Since a young age, I traveled across the nation and globe. My travels sparked an internal passion in me that will never subside. Travel both energizes and humbles. When not on the go, I find myself continually researching different cultures. The textiles, patterns, cuisine, and artisans worldwide inspire my artwork and teaching. I love the lessons and unpredictability that travel brings to my life. Each experience is reflected in my artwork.
I can typically be found with messy hair, paint splattered on my clothes, and walking barefoot. I love field trips and adventures with my two kids Elle and Sterling, creating in my studio, time alone to read, playing outside, yoga, and traveling (to name a few). I hope to forever be a student of the world. I started this journey as a means to expand my horizons and connect to others who share similar passions. I love the feeling of creating with my hands, learning something different, discovering a new place, the sun shining down on me, and belly laughter with good company.
I would love to connect and hear your story!
I love to paint Large Paintings of Real Women! Curvy Beach babes enjoying life and not giving a damn! I love to play with elements of distortion and proportion, texture and colour. I try to capture a moment, whether lively, fun or thoughtful that everyone can relate to.
I create heavily textured underpaintings that are an integral foundation, allowing interest and depth to show through the subject matter.
But above all I love to create real characters with a flair for life!
From a very early age I’ve loved all forms of art, joyously finding myself catching on to a variety of projects quickly.
I was inspired by my mother and grandmother, who happened to be very artistic women. We’d celebrate birthdays and Christmases with art supplies and invested in time together painting, drawing or crafting. As a young person, I was very fortunate to have adults in my life who helped me cultivate the confidence to explore my artistic passions. Even as a child I would notice "the little things" "the details" even before I knew what those things meant. I relished in the idea of adding every little detail, in trying to capture what it was that I was looking at. I have always craved a creative lifestyle, from acting to dancing, to singing to Art. I love it all but I landed in the one field that I can do anywhere at any time with a pencil and piece of paper. From an early age I intuitively knew the importance of art and the impact it was going to have in my life. 45 years later and I am still creating, sharing it with the world and making a difference. Each day I share, teach, explore with my followers on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. However, Facebook and My Private community 'Next JENeration Art' is where my heart lies. I have the BEST women and men who share in the artistic journey with me every single day and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Jenny Grant is a Mixed Media Artist living in Stockholm, Sweden, on a mission to inspire people to be brave, to use their creativity and to do more of what they love.
Jenny found her unique creative spark and source within herself after many years of pushing it aside. For Jenny it is all about the process, the doing. To actually get messy and just do. Her process is very unstructured, tactile and yes, quite messy and through that she is able open up the magic of what is unique within her.
Jenny would love to share her process and her magic with you. She has seen how her creative process and approach has helped the creativity blossom in herself and in hundreds of her students and she is so excited to share it with you to inspire you to expand and grow yours!
Website ☆ Instagram ☆ Pinterest ☆ Facebook ☆ Youtube channel
I have been chasing and playing with creativity my entire life. About 8 years ago I made the leap to full time artist. This act has been the biggest gift to myself! To me Art is expression, story telling, therapy and creativity wrapped up in a gold thread of divine magic!
My art journey is one of self taught artist and MUCH exploration and Play! By ‘self taught’ I mean that I am an avid taker of classes and have learned what I do through reading, doing, experimenting, laughing (a lot at myself) and teaching. I probably won’t teach anything ‘new,’ but I hope you will enjoy my spin on techniques and how we will put them together.
I spend my life between Florida and Michigan, close to the beach and water. Nature and faith are my inspiration. My best friend (Hubby) and I have been married for over 30 years. We’ve raised three boys, two are now married to the most amazing young women, and we have three grandchildren!!! My studio muses are Tito and Titus, a white and a black Miniature Schnauzer.
I’m a mixed-media collage artist and certified SoulCollage® facilitator based in Hamburg, Germany. I am the creator of the bestselling "Inner Compass Oracle" Deck which is an expression of my love for intuitive collage and spiritual art. I studied art history in Canada and art therapy in Spain and Germany. What I love most is guiding others on their journey of creative self-expression for personal and spiritual growth. Since 2020 I facilitate monthly workshops online for an international community of women combining guided meditation, journaling, intuitive art and SoulCollage®.
Kat is an Iranian/Australian artist who resides in Australia. She works with all types of media, with her favourites being mixed media, acrylic and oils. Throwing in some unusual material into her work to add texture and layers and mood to express emotions and depth. Her work is all self taught from her passion within to constantly create and the therapy it provides for her in her busy life with 4 young kids. Kat is influenced by her children and her life experiences, bringing to life a lot of raw emotions on paper. Most of her work is based around beautiful and strong women with influences in the lowbrow/pop surreal as well as the fantasy genres. She finds Persian miniatures very fascinating, and a lot of her work has been inspired by the ancient miniature paintings originating from India, Egypt and Persia.
I feel very fortunate to live a creative life in a big old yellow house with my sweet hubby and two rescue labs. After owning a gift shop/make & take art studio for 12 years, I closed the door on those special memories to venture out on my own artistic journey. I am a full time mixed media artist who works mostly with acrylics, but I also love the thrill of introducing other mediums, such as fabrics, graphite, and collage. I create both abstract and figurative work which is often described as playful, uplifting and colorful.
While I stay busy running my creative business, my art journals remain an important part of my creative practice. Art journaling enables me to play, experiment and express myself. Sometimes I work out specific ideas or techniques in my books, and sometimes I am just giving myself a little “art therapy” on a hard day. The sky is the limit with what an art journal can be for you, and l love seeing the variety of approaches that different artists take with this medium. There’s just something about putting marks down in a book. It never gets old for me.
Hi! I am a mixed media artist! I love to glue, paint, print, sketch, read about art, meet with art friends. I guess you get the picture. Living a creative life is such a blessing. I do want the same for you! That is why I give online classes, created an ART blog and hope to connect with you!
I work mostly on big canvases, lots of ladies with character, townscape but also flowers. Besides that, I also got completely hooked on sketching. It keeps me constantly connected to art.
Wendy Solganik, aka @willa.wanders on Instagram, is a lifelong artist and crafter, currently working in book arts, mixed media and watercolor. From production wheel pottery to scrapbooking to knitting and so many more passions, Wendy always dives deep to master a craft. After a fifteen year stint as the co-owner of Luscious Verde, a successful, Louie award-winning, custom invitation design, printing and manufacturing company, you can find Wendy at home in her studio, crafting handmade, colorful, and highly custom art journals for clients while caring for her large extended family. Her wildly popular course, The Willa Journals Course, launched in January 2021 with almost 500 students. Wendy launched The Bookmaker Collective in 2021, a yearlong series of live online bookmaking workshops where participants create artisan books in one weekend led by different instructors. You can also listen to Wendy talk about her thoughts on prolific making on her new podcast, "Show Up or Shut Up" where she interviews fellow mixed media artists. Her work has been featured in Uppercase Magazine. You just never know where she will wander to next!
Marieke Blokland a.k.a. Bloknote is an artist and art teacher from the Netherlands.
This beer-drinking rock-chick loves modern art, illustration and graphic design, has a passion for art journaling and is mad about art supplies. Marieke is known for her raw lettering and drawings of quirky dolls.
She made it her life mission to inspire creative people to create shameslessly and bring more rawness and quirkiness in their artwork.
Hello, my name is Laura and I am a mixed media artist based in Austin, TX. I love to play around and experiment in my art journals, and also enjoy dabbling in abstract, collage, and floral artworks. My favorite thing about art is that there are no rules - the only requirement is that it makes you happy! My main goal when I began sharing my art was to show people that you don't have to be classified as an artist to begin creating. Your art doesn't have to be perfect, or even 'good' - it's the act of creating that matters.
I am married to a wonderful husband, who is the person who nudged me down my artistic path (although he probably didn't realize how much money I would spend on art supplies!). I am also the mother to two boys, and a full-time Sonographer.
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Jerney is a 41 year old Dutch artist living in Antwerp who thoroughly enjoys teaching with a focus on creativity. She often works art therapy techniques into her lessons to help students overcome fear of failure and other anxieties when it comes to creating art. Helping people to overcome their artist struggles, and find their groove, is her biggest passion in life.
Charcoal, acrylics, inks and printmaking are her greatest loves but she’s always juggling all kinds of media on a quest for playful experimentation.
You can watch some free lessons at her website:
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Erin DeCoste is a self taught, award winning, mixed media artist specializing in portraits. Her affinity to capture emotions within the human face has launched her on a journey of self expression and personal growth that she enjoys sharing with others. Getting messy and using her hands allows her to feel more connected to her art and also helps infuse healing energy into her pieces as she is also a Reiki Master. Erin resides in Texas with her husband and five children, where they get back to nature and enjoy all that life has to offer.
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I am a paint witch and spell-weaver creating intuitive abstract landscapes on the edge of the beautiful Cotswolds in the UK.
I’m fascinated by the landscape and the memories we associate with them; I paint to return to these places and each swirl of colour acts as a homecoming, and an act of remembrance as I try to find my way back to these landscapes.
They are also a way of connecting with my immediate environment and of finding myself in sync within their rhythms, colours, and textures. I borrow recognisable landscape elements as well as hidden myths and folklore, symbols and sigils and embed them into my work by scratching and scraping. Painting takes on the same ritual function as making hot tea, lighting a candle, or opening my journal.
I love paint and I love to see just what it can do. With this in mind I used mixed media techniques combining acrylic, crayon, watercolour and pastel. I often remove layers with a blade or sandpaper to reveal previous historical layers, sometimes words or messages emerge from these experiments.
Alongside this I am a workshop facilitator, creative enabler and confidence builder who loves to help others find their creative path in life. I run classes and workshops throughout Oxfordshire.
Hello, my name is Marilou Cadiz Marshall, I am a graphic artist based out of Vancouver, BC. I have been a graphic artist most of my adult life and have recently returned to my love of painting and drawing. I feel very fortunate to be able to combine both loves of digital design and modern watercolours that compliment one another in my work.
I was born with a curiousity and deep desire for creativity. Being a life-long learner has always moved me forward to learning the next thing. I often try to sum up the courage to try different avenues in creating even the technical side which most of us find scary.
When I am not on my computer or at my art table, you can usually find me in the kitchen making dinner for my family, puttering in the garden or walking our dog Nova, our darling Havenese!
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I am a self taught mixed media artist and painter of soulful characters. I try to find a story of simplicity and harmony in each piece of art I make. I am influenced by shape, color and patterns, both created by hand and found in nature. When I create, I let my muse take me where it wants to go. I play and enjoy the process, while looking for my imaginary characters to make an appearance.
Teaching is an integral part of my artist's life, sharing techniques and learning from my students. The core of my teaching is to share the value of playful curiosity, learning to see with your heart and trusting the process.
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I consider myself to be a creative person, well, lets scratch that. I am very creative. But what I used to consider creativity to be, drawing or painting is now a way of life. I create everything that is in it. As a little girl, visiting my grandmother, I used to admire the paintings that she had on her walls. There were not just prints, but actual reproductions of famous paintings, and very good reproductions at that. One of them was an ocean scene of mermaids, the other one was was a Madonna with a child. I remember staring at the paintings and tracing the paintbrush strokes trying to decipher the colors used. I was mesmerized. And I think those paintings made a great impression on me, forming a decision to eventual be able to create them as well. And that is how I learned to paint. I copied famous painting.
I am a self taught artists, and I have painted all my life. Sometimes more, and sometimes less, I guess it depended on how much time I had. About 6 years ago, I have decided to be a full time artist, and at this time I also fell in love with teaching art. From that I realized that I love the interaction with people, my students, my peers and my fellow artists. I also realized that being an artist is being creative and that there are many ways to create. What ever we do, we add a spark of light of ourself into it, it does not have to be a work of great art, it can be something anything that makes someone else happy.
Christa is a full-time artist specializing in pastel, oil, acrylic and mixed media art. After spending 20 years in a finance career, she decided to follow her true passion and become a full-time artist. Christa spends her time sharing her passion with others, teaching others to be creative and exploring the world's landscape recreating it onto canvas. Her work is a mixture of realism, exploration, experimentation and pure fun.
She recently began creating a detailed and expressive Goddess series where she incorporates the divine feminine and illustrates the strength many women struggle to connect with in their daily lives. “We remember to nourish our bodies with food and water but seem to forget to remember to nourish our souls.” Why do we find our inner selves starving and yearning for something more? Christa hopes to encourage everyone to unleash their inner Goddess through her artwork. A current project is in the works to help others unleash their creative soul through art, music and creative expression. Helping creatives learn to nourish the soul, Creative Souls Art will explore creating from within and intuitively without the pressure of perfection and judgement.
Fonda Clark Haight is a mixed media, intuitive artist living in the mountains of NC. Looking past the obvious, close observation and engagement of my truth is the process. The challenge is to see beyond the distractions of the conspicuous to engage with my feelings deep in the subconscious. My goal is to inspire those who see my work to look more carefully at the world around them, to discover beauty in unusual places, and to question the truth in themselves.
I am a mixed media artist, primarily painting figures and animals. I believe the beauty of art lies in the process of listening to the sacred voice of the heart space, and allowing the energy within to guide the creative flow moment to moment.
Art as a means of exploring and expressing my inner world has been very transformative for me. It has been a guiding force in my life, and has allowed me to see the magic and synchronicities that I might otherwise miss. My hope is that I can share ways that other artists may find valuable in nurturing their own creative processes.
I live in North Carolina, USA with my husband, our son, two dogs, cat, and ferret. When I'm not painting, I work as a Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist.
Jodi Ohl is a best-selling author, award winning mixed media artist and creative instructor, originally from Dunkirk, NY, who now resides in Aberdeen, NC. Having left her day job in 2011 to pursue her artistic career full time, she has built a body of work that is known for its distinctive texture, bold color combinations which are often whimsical or abstract compositions, as well as motivational in nature.
Jodi’s best-selling book, “Abstracts in Acrylic and Ink”was released by North Light Books in late 2016 and is currently working on a variety of new writing and video projects. Combining her approachable teaching and writing style, Abstract in Acrylic and Ink, is much like having a seat next to the artist at one of her popular workshops. Jodi welcomes visitors to her website where you can find a full listing of classes, weekly musings, and additional artwork for sale.
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Kristen Fagan is a color dripping, wild flower loving, symbolism obsessed expressive artist and creative wellbeing guide. She encourages you to be brave, love deeply and shine brightly. Her artwork is created with intention and intuition. It is full of lush color, joyful energy and the discovery of magical moments. She is inspired by the natural world and is a lifelong explorer of self expression. Dark chocolate and foot massages are her self-care necessities. Nature walks, dancing and yoga keep her grounded. And relaxing in a hammock is always a good idea.
Kristen believes art is an invitation to get to know yourself more fully. In her creativity group, Discover Your Creative Magic, Kristen guides you to have a more expressive human experience through art making, creative living and meditation. She is passionate about guiding you to awaken your creative spirit, trust in your magic and transform your life. Life is yours to create!
Hi, I am Marina, a Dutch Artist living in Plascassier, a small village near the perfume Capital Grasse in the South of France. I am very lucky to have my studio in my garden where I am surrounded by lavender and olive trees! I am completely hooked on the Cold Wax Medium and passionate about painting Faces and Figures and I am drawing my inspiration from the environment I live in. Who doesn’t love those old buildings, weathered shutters, cracked and crumbled walls and picturesque villages that we see a lot in France? They inspire me to create these beautiful textured backgrounds, where I add a figure or face that I often see appearing in the marks I make. I do not only use oil paint but also incorporate pigments, pastels, oil sticks in my work. My paintings are bought by collectors from all over the world.
Hi, my name is Maureen I am an Artist, Teacher and Creative Guide
I am a seeker, nature lover and moon worshiper.
Art has always been a healing and guiding force in my life.
In recent years I've explored art more freely by allowing my subconscious to drive the creative process and following it intuitively. This is my favorite way to create!
I find inner wisdom, release and deep connection in the process of making art and that’s what I aim for.
My passion is to help people of all creative levels reach new planes by developing self-awareness and harnessing their own creative energies.
I just recently launched my website The Soulful Creative where I offer in person and online workshops teaching Art journaling, Mandala Magic, Expressive Portrait and SoulCollage®
My name is Monica Stadalski and I’m a freelance artist living in Upstate NY about 30 minutes outside the Canadian border. I grew up a military brat and spent most of my childhood and early adulthood growing up in the interior of Alaska, which is why I feel so at home when I’m surrounded by nature.
I’m a bit of a late bloomer and didn’t start exploring art until I was in my twenties although as a child my crayons and coloring book were always by my side, and now some 30 years later,I’m still learning and exploring. I have always enjoyed the adventurous side of art and have painted commissioned murals, entered in national exhibits, played with fabric art, participated in several street painting festivals, taught art workshops to children and adults, and have created my own oracle deck specifically geared towards creatives. This creative path is one I hold very sacred.
I believe that art can be a catalyst for more compassion, love, healing and magic in the world and I will continuously strive to represent these themes in my art.
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Crawford, TN, USA is my chosen home now, although I have lived all over the USA. I’m an abstract mixed media artist working on paper and canvas. I paint in layers, usually starting with free gestural marks and smears of color. I might then begin to add some sort of structure and choose a focal point. Sometimes this early form holds true to the end, sometimes things change drastically as my creative intuition calls the shots. My work is always an expression of my subconscious and my desire to work through life experiences. I am particularly interested in the relationship of light and dark, layers of meaning, tensions of interconnection, mystery and ambiguity.
I earned a BFA from the University of Wisconsin and later did graduate work in art at Arizona State University. I showed and sold in Scottsdale, AZ and New Hampshire. After taking some time to earn an MS in Mental Health Counseling, I have returned to my creative roots here in Tennessee, where I am beginning to show locally and online.
