Contest closed! the winner is Jeanne Elliott It’s funny how life work sometimes. At first, I was hesitating in accepting Effys invitation to teach in this class wondering what I would have to share. Recent life events have made this the perfect opportunity for me and probably what I will need to navigate the year to come. I will create a piece on stitching your life back together and reinventing who you are. I'm a bit late to the party but here's your chance to win a spot. Simple as usual we are asking for shares! We need your help to be seen!
You have 3 days to enter only. The winner will be announced on the 16th.  Contest closed - |
 | A few months ago I came across Christa's work online and fell in love with her goddesses series. Strong expressive and empowering portraits.I had to invite her to teach on Kabostudio. Today I want to invite you to know her a little more and present you some of her recent work. Read until the end for a chance to win a spot in her class; Explore your inner goddess through mixed media with Christa Forrest |
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What being apart of an art community means to you?I thrive off of others, especially their creativity. I enjoy taking art courses from other artists and joining their community - it helps me continue to grow and learn. Do you ever have creative blocks? |  |
 | A revelation that made your art go to the next level?I started out as a landscape artist. I love painting landscapes but I always felt like my art was missing something. I was always uncomfortable with painting faces but decided to take on the challenge and try my best to master it. Something clicked though - my art had meaning, it told a story, there was feeling in it. I finally realized that I found my true journey with painting Goddesses. My art transformed into something rather than a simple painting of a landscape. My style emerged and I finally felt like I found my true focus. I still paint landscapes though.... Do you put a lot of thinking in a new piece, sketch, trial and error before plunging or do you dive head first and work more intuitively?I find when I create with a plan, it never finishes the way I want it to. I find many of these end of in failure. However, when I approach a painting with an intuitive approach, my work is more successful. I have a general plan of what I want to do but I let the piece tell the story and let it develop as I go along. Many times, the story shifts and moves in a totally different direction and I am ok with that. |
An activity or happy unrelated to art that makes you feel good.
I love to travel! It is something that I haven't been focusing on lately but this year will be different. I need it to inspire me and motivate me. I plan to travel somewhere at least once every month this year and incorporate that into my creative process! Stay tuned for my travel/art Vlog!!!
What's coming up for you?
A whole lot! Again, a lot of traveling in the works so I plan to share my journey through travel and creativity in a Vlog on my Patreon site https://www.patreon.com/Creativesoulsart - so follow along with me there. I am also developing a ton of new online courses on painting the face, oil painting, watercolor, pastel and a lot more.
Winners are Debbie Rose & Pamela Soaring Raven, Congrats!!!
Everyone else, thank you for Sharing we truly appreciate it, Natalie will also have a giveaway on Tuesday, make sure to follow here her for details she will have 3 spots to win! I will contact the winners soon! and we go on sale next Friday!!
I am so happy to make this announcement today! it's been a long time coming and a couple of rescheduling, being an artist while working full time and communicating with collaborator when you live on opposite sides of the planet brings its challenges but am I ever glad that we persisted!
I was looking to expend Kabostudio's class catalogue and bring something that is both unique and complementary to what I already offer and I believe that this new class does exactly that.
It's my pleasure and honour to present to you the first solo class of Natalie Eslick aka Shady Bower. Natalie is a well develop artist whose skills never cease to amaze me. Her passion for pencil work makes her the perfect teacher to guide you and develop your fundamental drawing skills.
I was looking to expend Kabostudio's class catalogue and bring something that is both unique and complementary to what I already offer and I believe that this new class does exactly that.
It's my pleasure and honour to present to you the first solo class of Natalie Eslick aka Shady Bower. Natalie is a well develop artist whose skills never cease to amaze me. Her passion for pencil work makes her the perfect teacher to guide you and develop your fundamental drawing skills.
Drawing is a foundational skill that can enhance not only technical and compositional aspects of art in other mediums, such as painting, but is a sensitive, emotive and powerful medium of its own. A finished drawing has the same amount of thought, feeling and effort put into it as any painting, and may take even longer to execute - tiny grey lines working together to create depth of form, value and story. Many of the artists we think of as great masters produced detailed and intricate dry media drawings alongside their paintings, and there has always been a small but powerful band of artists creating incredible work in pencil and graphite, and charcoal and chalk that perhaps don't get the same recognition as painters - yet what is created is no less a glorious piece of art.
For me, the act of drawing, of putting pencil to paper and making tiny scratches of colour, builds a connection with the divine creative, grows my observational, fine motor and imaginative skills, and often results in intentional, finished pieces of art that does not need to move to another medium to be valid.
Natalie
Natalie has developed a 3-parts / 3-weeks class including 13 lessons (25+ hours of videos) focusing on dry media and the theme of faery and fantasy. All videos are downloadable with lifetime access, private facebook group.
Registration open on October 18th and the class will go live from November 18th to December 8th.
Each week you will receive three lessons consisting of two developing exercises and one main lesson using a variety of dry media on paper techniques. The supplies list is deliberately kept to a minimum making this a class you can practice anywhere, at any time!
Learn the all specifics and download the supplies list here
Between you and me, I watched the lessons and Natalie is an amazing teacher, she has a way to make you feel at ease and leaves you with the impression of having spent the afternoon chatting and creating with a dear friend while drinking tea.
Registration open on October 18th and the class will go live from November 18th to December 8th.
Each week you will receive three lessons consisting of two developing exercises and one main lesson using a variety of dry media on paper techniques. The supplies list is deliberately kept to a minimum making this a class you can practice anywhere, at any time!
Learn the all specifics and download the supplies list here
Between you and me, I watched the lessons and Natalie is an amazing teacher, she has a way to make you feel at ease and leaves you with the impression of having spent the afternoon chatting and creating with a dear friend while drinking tea.
Sounds exciting? Want to win a place? Here's how
We need your help to share the news about the class, the more you share the more chances you get.
facebook, instagram, pinterest, twitter, art page or group but to count it has to be public. I will check!
Once you have done so, come back here and let me know where. I am giving 2 spots away this week and Natalie will have her giveaway right after! Winner will be announce on Friday October 11th 2019
facebook, instagram, pinterest, twitter, art page or group but to count it has to be public. I will check!
Once you have done so, come back here and let me know where. I am giving 2 spots away this week and Natalie will have her giveaway right after! Winner will be announce on Friday October 11th 2019
It's almost here!
I have spent all my time on this since December, researching, prepping, filming, editing, changing my mind, making sure it was different from the first class, that I would push you to explore watercolour further and I am really proud to announce that it will be going live in June, I will be confirming the precise date in the next 2 weeks just have to make some technical calculations ;).
You can read and hear the details about the class here
You can read and hear the details about the class here
Here's how
You all know that social media algorithm is limiting views on small businesses and page post so the best way you could help me spread the words about this class is to share it on you on wall and profiles. Taking about it and linking my site is also a great way to help me making sure that people will know about it. Keeping that in mind here is what you need to do to participate in the giveaway. (each share will give you an entry but to count the post need to be public)
You can share on
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Pinterest (you can use the pin button on the main image)
• Twitter
Remember post must be public to count (I will check!)
Than come back here and let me know what you did. :) that's it
Contest close Friday May 10th 2019 midnight eastern time
Winner will be announced on my facebook page on a live post Saturday morning :)
You can share on
• Pinterest (you can use the pin button on the main image)
Remember post must be public to count (I will check!)
Than come back here and let me know what you did. :) that's it
Contest close Friday May 10th 2019 midnight eastern time
Winner will be announced on my facebook page on a live post Saturday morning :)
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Winners are
Tanja Van Dan Broek Sandman Rebecca Ruff Susan Giftos Kegerreis Congratulations!!! |