Join Artists Faith Evans-Sills and Mati Rose McDonough for a Creative Journey as together we'll lead you into the topic of Watercolor Painting as a tool for developing a daily practice of seeking & finding inspiration everywhere. In over 2 hours of video lessons we share the steps that we take to create our lush translucent watercolor paintings that capture our inspiration, full of personal meaning.

We’ll lay out the steps that we take to create our richly layered paintings in this compilation of some of our favorite start-to-finish video lessons from our beloved & popular year long class: Painting the Sacred Within.

Renew your creative energy and your passion for painting with us, come dive in!

Inspiration is Everywhere

Watercolor Lessons to Develop a Practice of Seeing

{Online Instant Access Painting Workshop}

A 4 UNIT PAINTING COURSE GUIDING YOU THROUGH ALL OF OUR TIPS, TRICKS & STRATEGIES FOR USING WATERCOLOR PAINTING AS A TOOL FOR DEVELOPING A DAILY PRACTICE OF SEEING & FINDING INSPIRATION EVERYWHERE!

Class Details:

WHEN: Instant & Forever Access Upon Purchase
WHERE: Online & Self Paced, yours to keep forever.
COST: $55

Amazing things happen when we change our routines, push our fears aside, and spend time immersed in our work.

Start working and creating paintings from a place of ease and flow, instead of anxiety, stress and wondering what to paint next, or how to use inspiration & themes that you’ve already gathered. We’ll look to the world around you and capture all of the inspiration with watercolor techniques that you can take anywhere!

You'll discover, renew and explore your inner creative genius, she is waiting to shine!

During your deep dive into the world of gathering & distilling painting inspiration from nature, you’ll get to:

Discover how to begin your paintings in a fun, stress free way. You'll beat that white canvas anxiety, learn how to playfully build up soft translucent layers to create paintings that capture your inspiration.
Learn to use watercolors as a way of stepping into your painting practice where ever you are, create paintings that you love, gathering inspiration from the world around you like a pro!
Explore & Develop your own Travel Painting Practice: dive into our video painting lessons where ever you are, you'll paint right along with us!
You'll gain access to 17 Video Painting Lessons!
Re-imagine your potential as a creative: these video lessons will be packed with painting knowledge giving you over 2 hours of artistic exploration and fun that you'll be able to access FOREVER, whenever you are needing a creative boost!

If you’re ready to harness your inner watercolor painting goddess to express the creative energy in your soul, this course is for you!

Join us for this exciting painting adventure! Sign up today!

When does this start?

This class is Instant Access, you’ll be able to begin as soon as you sign up!

Upon sign up, you’ll receive your first email with a link to join our private online classroom. Once you register and create you account with our online course host Ruzuku, you’ll receive instant access to all of the course content, spark your creativity baby!

What’s included in the Curriculum for this course?

We’ve packed this course full of lessons to inspire you and get you painting. The course material is divided into 4 units as follows:

Introduction & Welcome

Hello & Welcome: video from Faith & Mati (8:10)
How to get the most out of this course.
Faith’s Favorite Supplies (19:17)
Mati’s Favorite Supplies (9:51)
What you’ll need in your studio.

Inspiration is Everywhere: Watercolor Lessons to Develop a Practice of Seeing

Exploring Watercolor Warmups with Faith (12:45)
Color Mapping:: Color & Pattern Exercises with Faith (10:50)
Color Exploration & Going Big with Mati (18:27)
Capturing Beach Inspiration with Faith & Mati (8:18)
Flower Power: Free Form Florals with Mati (11:26)
Building Your Library of Marks with Faith (16:00)
Further Developing Your Vocabulary of Marks & Shapes with Faith (18:57)
Little Owl: Favorite Animalitos with Mati (10:59)
Personal Ichonography: Painting Flowers Using Simple Forms with Faith (7:37)

Ways of Seeing: Watercolor Paintings Inspired by Travel

Travel Painting & Watercolor Warm Ups with Faith (15:34)
Watercolor Coral Reef Collage in Hawaii with Faith (13:46)
Layering with Symbols: Inspired by Morocco with Mati (9:52)
Milagro Hearts: inspiration on location in Mexico with Faith (15:18)
Bonus Video :: Watercolor Explorations on location in Costa Rica (5:44)

Bonus Unit on Color Treasure Hunting to Inspire You!

How much time should I dedicate to this?

This class is completely self directed and self paced! You can go through all of the content at once, or take your time. You will watch the videos at your own leisure, as many times as you like!

You're in the right place if:

You've been feeling stale in your creative practice.
You're looking for insights into creating a sustainable and profitable studio practice.
You were feeling dry & in need of inspiration, or confused about where to go next to focus on your art making dreams.
You know you feel most alive when you make art and you want to make it more of a priority in your life.
Maybe you've been dreaming of making your art the focus of your career but you don't know the next steps to take.
You want an accessible way to jump into making art.
You are a bit lost and and looking for inspiration.

How long will I have access to the course?

You'll have forever access to all the course content through the links in the email series to our private online classroom.

Sharing builds community, yay!

We encourage you to post your work and tag us on Instagram using the hashtag #AbstractBliss and #PaintingTheSacredWithin and tag our account @abstractblissretreats In the meantime, make sure you're following us both @faithevanssills and @matirose so we can cheer you on.