Join Artists Faith Evans-Sills and Mati Rose McDonough for a Creative Journey as together we'll dive deeply into our Painting process, demonstrating so many of our techniques and talking about the many ways that we look to the Natural World for our inspiration.
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 passion for painting with us, come dive in!
Nature’s Abundance
Paintings Inspired by Flowers, Water & the Animal World
{Online Instant Access Painting Workshop}
A 4 UNIT PAINTING COURSE GUIDING YOU THROUGH ALL OF OUR TIPS, TRICKS & STRATEGIES FOR GATHERING AND USING INSPIRATION FROM NATURE IN YOUR PAINTING PROCESS, TO GET YOU PAINTING AND RENEW YOUR CREATIVE ENERGY!
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 nature….birds, flowers, water, butterflies, elephants!
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, learning how to playfully build up texture and pattern to create painting full of depth and meaning.
Learn to use inspiration drawn from your time in nature to create balance and ease in your art building your painted layers like a pro!
Create one painting a day: dive into our video painting lessons where you'll paint right along with us!
You'll gain access to 15 Video Painting Lessons, see the full course curriculum bellow!
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 nature painting goddess to express the creative energy in your soul, this course is for you!
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 (14:13)
Mati’s Favorite Supplies (12:29)
What you’ll need in your studio.
Nature’s Abundance: Inspiration from the Natural World
Capturing Movement and Ocean Inspiration with Mati (9:20)
Loosen Up with Contour Drawing: Capture the Feeling of the Marks with Faith (14:43)
Keep It Simple: Water Inspired Paintings with Mati (10:37)
Ways of Seeing: Shape & Pattern from Feathers with Faith (13:36)
Painting Your Story in Flowers with Mati (18:40)
White Lotus & Mandala Layers with Faith (14:18)
Soul Animals: Painting Totem Elements in Your Work
Happy Elephants with Mati (13:53)
Butterflies and the Evolution of a Painting with Faith (13:38)
Transfer & Collage Techniques, with Fish & Foxes, Mati (6:30)
Soft Translucent Layers: Soulwork & Sparrows with Faith (19:50)
Little Animal Paintings with Mati (11:54)
Bonus Material
Painter Interviews: Carrie Schmitt and Elke May
Sealing and Finishing a Painting with Faith (5:10)
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.
We love celebrating our students, take a peek at some of the gorgeous student work!
This is going to be so much fun!
Come dive in with us!
xo Faith + Mati
