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Please note that class descriptions may be adjusted or changed during the year due to unforeseen circumstances. We do aim to stay as closely as possible to the provided class descriptions however.

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Month

Lesson Date

Theme

Celebration & Journey Week 1

January

2 January 2017 nd

(Releasing Fears & Setting an Intention)

Lesson Description

Teacher

“Introduction & Little Art Bites for Beginners” A fun section specifically for beginners or those who feel a little intimidated which goes over all the basics including basic supplies, some colour theory and Life Book how tos.

Tamara Laporte

“Flexing our Art Muscles – A Fun Warmup” This section includes a creative warm up in which we will explore materials, lettering and we will look at setting an intention for the year. Journey with the Light Let go of that which doesn't serve you by following (and creating) your own light. Using a variety of techniques and materials we will create a beautiful page that focuses on empowering you to feel strong, ready & empowered to step into this new year.

Tamara Laporte Bonus: “Taking Flight” Celebration & Journey (Releasing Fears & Setting an Intention)

Week 2

January

What do you want to fly towards this year? Set an intention, choose a word of the year or an affirmation to help embed this goal into your mind. We will create a beautiful page that contains a mixed media painted & collaged hummingbird in flight, Each feather can hold a goal/ intention or affirmation.

9th January 2017 Andrea Gomoll Celebration & Journey (Releasing Fears & Setting an Intention)


January

16th January 2017



January

23rd January 2017



January

30th January 2017


Bonus: “(th)INK Positive” With the new Year just starting there's lots of Room for new Stories to write, new Roads to take, a new Mindset to focus on. A new Year is like a blank Page, waiting to be filled by YOU ... We will have some fun with Ink & liquid Watercolors while we create a Piece of Art together based on some positive Affirmations for the new Year ahead.

Main: “The person I know best” Often the portraits I paint evoke the feeling of connection. Connection to an expression, a resonating feeling of knowing what the person coming to life is going through or has been through. As an artist that spends a lot of time alone this brings me a feeling of great comfort, knowing I am never actually alone, but surrounded by those that understand and celebrate me. As Frida Kahlo once said, “I paint my own reality”. Whether it be a self portrait or a portrait you connect with the face that emerges most likely is one you know well. In this lesson I will share with you how I go about creating a portrait, starting with loose sketches and finishing with layers of paint, crayon, and ink.

Bonus: “Stick them figures!” In this bonus activity I'm going to take you through the process of visual note-taking that I use for my art journaling. Sometimes ideas or feelings we have can seem a bit big to journal about. This exercise helps erase any fears for the white page or for complicated topics and takes a good step in addressing any topic in your journal. We're going to capture memories, ideas and feelings into miniature drawings featuring stick figures and make them so good looking that they become a journal page in themselves!

Main: "Paint Your Intention” What is keeping you from creating the art you really want to make? In this lesson, we will explore what fears are holding us back in our creative exploration and journey. Through color play, making marks and messy abstract exploration, we will learn how to tap into our intuitive voice. Let color and texture and mark making become your words. We will take risks and give ourselves permission to get lost in the process. Express with paint what you can’t with words and paint your intentions for the year.

Misty Mawn

Mandy van Goeije

Wendy Brightbill

Tamara Laporte

Week 6

February

6th February 2017

Main: "Build Your Dream & Affirmation Board" In this bonus offering we will explore all the things we are Celebration & Gratitude grateful for in our lives and put them on a Dream & Affirmation Board. By looking at what we are grateful for (Celebrating you, your family, all the we will connect to what we want more of, find imagery that positive elements in your life) supports what we want more of and add those to the Dream Board also.

Tamara Laporte Celebration & Gratitude (Celebrating you, your family, all the positive elements in your life)

Week 7

February

Bonus: “Count Your Blessings” Using bright, happy colours, layering and fun shapes we will create a beautiful page that celebrates the many blessings we have in our lives.

13th February 2017 Donna Mulholland Bonus: “Pat, Pat” Why is it that we tend to remember our mistakes more than our successes? Donna will guide you through a quick (Celebrating you, your family, all the exercise to write a Pat, Pat List to celebrate successes in positive elements in your life) your life. That’s right; we all need to learn to give ourselves a pat on the back from time to time, eh? (Pat, pat.) Celebration & Gratitude

Week 8

February

20th February 2017

Main: "Jar of Gratitude" In this lesson we will be exploring all of the depths of our lives we can be grateful for. It can be as massive as the Celebration & Gratitude family we have to as small as the faster checkout line at the store. Make everything we have positive in our lives the (Celebrating you, your family, all the focus of our days. We will write down as many of our positive elements in your life) grateful elements and put them in a "jar" you will learn how to draw and create a realistic look glass jar to place all of your grateful thoughts into. Then we will incorporate our jars into a mixed media layout.

Jamie Dougherty

Vicky Papaioannou

27th February 2017

Bonus: "Shading and highlighting" Bring your page to life as you learn how you can turn a flat page into three dimensional! While making a page I will demonstrate tons of different ways to add that extra (Celebrating you, your family, all the finishing touch to your page. We will also discuss tips and positive elements in your life) tricks on avoiding smearing and smudging no matter what medium you are using.

6th March 2017

Main: “Roots Down, Branches Up: Grounding and Centring in Your Truth” Join Effy for a mixed media art journal spread in which we will create a patchwork tree with roots and branches that (Meeting with compassion that which join to create a sweet spot of truth in the centre. The is alive in us right here and now: healing component of this class will include a way to work spending time with our thoughts/ with the inner critic without shaming that part of ourselves, feelings & needs compassionately) while switching our focus to the kinder, gentler voices we have available to us.

Celebration & Gratitude

Week 9

February

Effy Wild

Honouring & Grounding

Week 10

March

Lindsay Weirich

Week 11

March

13th March 2017

Honouring & Grounding Bonus: “Solid Ground" In this bonus lesson I will show you ways to ground your (Meeting with compassion that which artwork and bring elements together that may seem to be is alive in us right here and now: discordantly floating around the page. We will explore spending time with our thoughts/ charcoal, pastels and acrylic paint in this lesson. feelings & needs compassionately)

Susana Tavares

Honouring & Grounding Week 12

March

20 March 2017 th

(Meeting with compassion that which is alive in us right here and now: spending time with our thoughts/ feelings & needs compassionately)

Main: “Crystal Heart” I believe everything carries energy, so does artwork. For this project we will use watercolor to create a girl portrait with a Crystal heart and energize your creation with your most meaningful intentions.

Annie Hamman Honouring & Grounding

Week 13

March

27 March 2017 th

Bonus: “Soulful You” In this lesson we will create fast, inspired and expressive (Meeting with compassion that which face that reflect inner beauty, vulnerability, sacredness and is alive in us right here and now: sincerity of you. We will learn to create soulful expression spending time with our thoughts/ in a portrait. feelings & needs compassionately)

Tamara Laporte Honouring Your Story Week 14

April

3rd April 2017

(Tell your story/ your story matters/ you matter/ your life is relevant & important)

Main: “Finding The Gifts in our Stories” Our lives, stories, feelings and experiences matter. Some were painful, some were fun, many will have carried great gifts with them. In this lesson we will explore the gifts in our experiences and honour them on the page.

Jodi Ohl

Honouring Your Story Week 15

April

10th April 2017


Bonus: “Words to Live By” Words have always been a part of my life in such a significant way. A Quote I come across can lift me up when I’m down, a phrase I hear can give me strength when I need it most, a song verse can inspire me to keep going when I need a little more reassurance. In this exercise we will explore ways to incorporate lettering, words, quotes, and or mantras into a fun and colorful journal page using paint, collage, markers, pens, pencils and more!

Main: “Letting Your Story Surface” In this colorful and playful lesson I'm going to introduce you to a fabulous watercolor and mixed media technique which is meditative, adventurous, easy, intuitive and technical all at the same time.

Mandy van Goeije

Honouring Your Story Week 16

April

17th April 2017


This lesson is perfect for both beginners and advanced artists, offering a challenge and play to all. At the same time this lesson invites you to listen to your stories that lie beneath the surface and to lay them down in imagery and in words. With a perfect mix between creative accidents and intent, this lesson provides plenty space to discover or play with your own style. Gwenn Seemel

Honouring Your Story (Tell your story/ your story matters/ you matter/ your life is relevant & important)

Week 17

April

Artist Interview

24th April 2017 Tamara Laporte Honouring Your Story (Tell your story/ your story matters/ you matter/ your life is relevant & important)

Bonus: “The Chaos Theory” Using the Chaos Theory as our inspiration, we look at how each and everyone of us matters. Even the smallest of actions can have a strikingly great impact on the world and people around us. Never underestimate your relevance and importance

Amber Kuileimailani Bonnici Main: “Unleash the Intuitive Warrior, A Journey in Paint” Ever feel like you can't hear or trust your intuition? Or you (Connect with your inner wisdom/ can't focus or follow through on your ideas? Time to meet higher self and find the courage to your Intuitive Warrior. Your Intuitive knows how to listen move towards growth, development deeply to spirit and the calling of your heart. Your Warrior and healing. Work through creative & knows how to hold focus and take action on your desires. mental blocks) You need both sides to create change. In this session align with your Intuitive Warrior. Listen Fiercely. Healing, Courage & Strength

Week 18

May

1st May 2017

Bonus: “Less is More: The Healing Power of Intuitive Minimalism” Your inner wisdom knows that you are enough as you are. It could even be said that true self-improvement boils down to peeling back whatever is hiding your core essence. But it’s so easy to get caught up in the false notion that we need to be and do MORE to be enough.

Melissa Dinwiddie

Healing, Courage & Strength Week 19

May

8th May 2017

And in our art, too, surely more layers, more mediums, (Connect with your inner wisdom/ more complexity—just MORE—is better, right? The truth higher self and find the courage to is, layers or no, your core essence, your authentic voice, move towards growth, development will always shine through, regardless of your level of skill or and healing. Work through creative & expertise. mental blocks) In this lesson we’ll scale back and slim down. We’ll explore line quality, shape, and color as I teach you an intuitive, playful way to approach the blank page fearlessly, to create a minimalist piece that fully expresses YOU. As an added bonus, this method of working is FAST! Perfect for dashing off completed paintings while you’re in the middle of longer, more maximalist projects. Jennifer Mercede

Week 20

May

15th May 2017

Main: “Letting go through layers” Its easy to get attached in life.. to how we think things Healing, Courage & Strength should be, to how they were, to what we love, to what feels comfortable. Even when its time to move on, we can want (Connect with your inner wisdom/ to stay firmly put where we are. However, on the other higher self and find the courage to side, once we choose to let go, to experience something move towards growth, development new, to trust, we might just surprise ourselves. We might and healing. Work through creative & discover something completely refreshing and it might just mental blocks) be exactly what we need. Are you willing to give that a shot in your art? Let’s play with layering and see how you courageously let go.

22nd May 2017

“Do Something Creative Everyday" Healing, Courage & Strength We all know how creativity can be so therapeutic to the soul. What does creativity mean to you? In this lesson we (Connect with your inner wisdom/ will play with the quote and I will teach you the process of higher self and find the courage to creating a page that means the most to you! We will move towards growth, development combine techniques such as stenciling and stamping along and healing. Work through creative & with collage. We will play with focal points, their placement mental blocks) and color contrast to make them pop. And the final page will be so different for everyone!

29th May 2017

Main: “Style Self Discovery” Ever feel like your art style has you stuck? For creatives, there is often a lot of pressure to present a unique voice and express a strong point of view. In this lesson, we will Healing, Courage & Strength rediscover our earliest influences and the artists who most inspired us to create art! I'll take you through a series of 6 (Connect with your inner wisdom/ mini style studies, in which you'll emulate your favorite higher self and find the courage to inspirational artists! By doing this study, we will set aside move towards growth, development the pressures of out doing ourselves (and each other) and and healing. Work through creative & simply focus on learning something new and working mental blocks) through artist block! By studying and emulating the styles of our favorite artists we can rediscover what makes each of us unique and give you confidence to experiment with a new style or technique!

Vicky Papaioannou

Week 21

Week 22

May

May

Effy Wild

Healing, Transformation & Magic Working with Inner Critic Wounding Week 23

June

5th June 2017 (Transforming Messages from the Inner Critic into Positive Ones/ Boosting Self-Esteem & Confidence)

Leilani Joy

Bonus: “From blurts to bouquets” Work with negative self talk to arrive at affirmations that you can include in your journal spreads. This tutorial will include a selection of easy ways to get text in your spreads.

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer Healing, Transformation & Magic Working with Inner Critic Wounding Week 24

June

12th June 2017 (Transforming Messages from the Inner Critic into Positive Ones/ Boosting Self-Esteem & Confidence)

Main: “Fertilizer for Your Creativity” Come with me on a creative journey where we will transform doubts into beautiful creations. Literally. Learn the easy steps you can take to remodel negative words into a playground of colorful self-expression.

Tracy Verdugo Main: “The Landscape of Self Love” Using self portraiture as a starting point we will manipulate our photographic images; cropping, enhancing and Working with Inner Critic Wounding creating change with apps then using loose sketching techniques and beautiful ink washes to dive more deeply (Transforming Messages from the into our physical and emotional curves and spaces, Inner Critic into Positive Ones/ creating several evocative works and choosing the ones Boosting Self-Esteem & Confidence) that speaks most kindly to us for our Life Book. Healing, Transformation & Magic

June

19th June 2017

June

19th June 2017

Tamara Laporte Healing, Transformation & Magic Working with Inner Critic Wounding Week 25 (Transforming Messages from the Inner Critic into Positive Ones/ Boosting Self-Esteem & Confidence)

Bonus: Life Book 2017 – Healing Card Swap with Video Demo by Tam

Misty Mawn Bonus: “Drawing out the inner critic” How many of us carry emotional baggage from our past? Most of us, if not all. It’s hard to just let it go, but you can Working with Inner Critic Wounding draw it out. Drawing is a therapeutic way to release tension, anger, stress, and self doubt and a wonderful way (Transforming Messages from the to boost self esteem. In this bonus offering I will share with Inner Critic into Positive Ones/ you a few drawing exercises that will help you begin to let Boosting Self-Esteem & Confidence) go of some of that unwanted baggage one mark at a time. Healing, Transformation & Magic

Week 26

June

26th June 2017

Accepting Shadow & Light

Week 27

July

3rd July 2017

Main: “Owl Wisdom”

Jamie Dougherty

Accepting Shadow & Light

Week 28

Week 29

Week 30

Week 31

July

July

July

July

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17th July 2017

24th July 2017

31st July 2017

(Embracing & treating with compassion all aspects/ sides/ elements to who we are as human beings. Working on selfforgiveness / self empathy and healing self-judgement wounding)

August

7th August 2017

Bonus: “From the ashes” We all have moments where we over examine ourselves. We pick apart all those little things we don't like about ourselves and dig in. In this bonus lesson we are going to turn those little reminders of self-doubt into ash. Then use that ash and soot into a medium to incorporate on our page to make something beautiful.

Main: “The Story Within” We all have stories, some good, some bad. And we all carry them along, some with a heavy heart, some with Accepting Shadow & Light fondness. Expressing ourselves using color, texture, shapes and words, we can change the way we look at (Embracing & treating with compassion all aspects/ sides/ those stories. During this class, I want to invite you to focus on the creative ideas that pop into your mind when filling elements to who we are as human the page of your art journal, while we will look for new beings. Working on selfways to give those little things that take up so much space forgiveness / self empathy and in our head, a little place in our heart. We will go on a healing self-judgement wounding) journey, where we acknowledge a (maybe not so good) story and bring it from the shadow to the light, just using our creative enthusiasm and a couple of mixed media techniques.

France Papillon

Accepting Shadow & Light Bonus: “Earth Energy Painting Journey (Embracing & treating with & Guided Meditation” compassion all aspects/ sides/ In this BONUS, follow along as Whitney paints a powerful elements to who we are as human symbol of regeneration and acceptance, accompanied by a guided meditation you can listen to accompanied by the beings. Working on selfpainting prompt or as you paint your own Earth Energy forgiveness / self empathy and Painting. healing self-judgement wounding)

Whitney Freya

Accepting Shadow & Light Main: “Cast your Shadow” Let your Art reflect YOU ... cast your own Shadow onto (Embracing & treating with your Art. Only Light without Shadow would be boring, onecompassion all aspects/ sides/ dimensional ... it's a good Combination of Shadow AND elements to who we are as human Light that creates interest, drama, tension ... we will fully beings. Working on selfembrace Light and Shadow in this Lesson, create a forgiveness / self empathy and dramatic Portrait using Light and Shadow to its full healing self-judgement wounding) potential - on an artistic but also on a personal Level.

Andrea Gomoll

Growth & Transformation Week 32

Tamara Laporte

To be able to embrace both shadow & light, wisdom is (Embracing & treating with needed. All too often does our own shadow frighten us. We compassion all aspects/ sides/ are quick to ignore or repress uncomfortable feelings. In elements to who we are as human this lesson we will access our own personal 'owl wisdom' which will help us look at self-forgiveness and self empathy beings. Working on selfto work through shadow experiences. On the page, we will forgiveness / self empathy and healing self-judgement wounding) create a quirky, beautiful, wise owl who will be a reminder to accept both the dark & the light and to remain kind and wise.

(Exploring methods and ways of thinking + being that encourage growth, blooming, flourishing and transforming into the truest, best version of yourself)

Main: “Unveiling Yourself” I believe that we are continually evolving and transforming into the best version of ourselves, day in and day out although it isn’t always easy to see from our own perspective at times. Stop and give pause to all that you are, all that you are meant to be, and all that is yet to come through this lesson “Unveiling Yourself”. During this class we will learn several ways to reveal the layers of our true self through art and reflection. Whether your unveiling is soft and subtle or colorful and whimsical, you’ll find that every layer we add or take away matters, just like every experience we encounter is a part of our own personal growth. Grab your paint, pencils, pens and collage fodder for this big ‘unveiling’ and see what can transform from start to finish!

Jodi Ohl

Shelley Klammer Growth & Transformation (Exploring methods and ways of thinking + being that encourage growth, blooming, flourishing and transforming into the truest, best version of yourself) Week 33

August

Bonus: “Bloom into Spontaneous Collage” Explore the joy and self-discovery of spontaneous magazine collage. Learn how to create quick, surprisingly beautiful visual creations that can reveal higher aspects of yourself that will encourage and enlighten you. Spontaneous collage is wider than words, and it can reveal growth steps that you might not be able to conceive of in your everyday mind.

14th August 2017 Tamara Laporte Growth & Transformation (Exploring methods and ways of thinking + being that encourage growth, blooming, flourishing and transforming into the truest, best version of yourself)

Growth & Transformation Week 34

August

21st August 2017


Bonus: “Wild & Free” This month we will look at transforming our limiting beliefs (like 'I'm not good enough') into 'liberating' beliefs. We will use these liberating beliefs to allow ourselves to expand and become wild and free! Our page will reflect some of the expansion on a colourful page which will include ink sprays. (Includes a guided meditation).

Main: “Be Bold” Drawing in ink without first sketching things out in pencil can be intimidating. But, like anything that requires confidence, it’s a skill everybody can develop with practice. By layering multiple colors of markers and pens, we will learn to find the best line to express ourselves. We’ll be creating vibrant images of any number of subjects-everything from plants and people to buildings and butterflies--all with the purpose of learning to trust our hands and ourselves.

Gwenn Seemel

Jennifer Mercede Growth & Transformation Week 35

August

28th August 2017


Bonus: “Color coding you” Let’s play with color combinations. Discover what rings true for you when you put them next to each other. Create a page in your color voice.

Connie Solera

Week 36

September

Main: “Shields of Light” One thing I know for certain is that the more healing art I Gentle Protection & Self-Care create, the more open my heart becomes. This definitely is a benefit to splashing paint around, but it can also make 4th September 2017 (Exploring ways to protect ourselves life feel overwhelming at times too. In Shields of Light I will and look after ourselves with share with you a personal mixed media practice I do kindness and compassion) regularly that gently protects my heart and keeps me blanketed in my Truth.

September

Bonus: “Energy Gathering~ A Meditation to Focus & Finish Your Creative Work” Gentle Protection & Self-Care One of the biggest things to stop you from creating or following through is your energy. If you feel tired, 11th September 2017 (Exploring ways to protect ourselves overwhelmed, scattered or can’t seem to focus and finish what you start, this is for you. Learn how to gather your and look after ourselves with energy in order to focus and finish your creative work. This kindness and compassion) meditation is one you can do every day so that you can open to focused, creative flow in a way that nurtures you.

September

Main:“Sheltering you” Gentle Protection & Self-Care Sometimes it is a good idea to step away from noise of busy life, and create a sanctuary in your studio space or 18th September 2017 (Exploring ways to protect ourselves creative corner. In this artwork we will be entering a space of retreat, silence and stress release of every day life. We and look after ourselves with will create a soulful story art, using symbols of protection, kindness and compassion) care, shielding, preservation and safety.

September

Bonus: “The Cut Paper Protection Goddess” We are all complex beings made up of so many parts. Each of these parts make us special, unique and worthy of self love and protection. In this bonus lecture, you'll be taking a simple Gentle Protection & Self-Care “self inventory” and creating your own unique Cut Paper Protection Goddess based on the attributes that you most th 25 September 2017 (Exploring ways to protect ourselves cherish in yourself. Choose from a list of words that you feel and look after ourselves with most represent you and cut out the paper templates that kindness and compassion) correspond to your chosen attributes. You'll then assemble your own unique paper collage to create a paper goddess that will remain in your life book and remind you of the beautiful things that make you, you!

Amber Kuileimailani Bonnici

Week 37

Annie Hamman

Week 38

Leilani Joy

Week 39

Donna Mulholland

Week 40

October

2nd October 2017

Main: “Be Like Water” Sacred Self-Care Donna will lead you on a creative journey of sacred selfexploration and self-care utilizing the magic and cleansing (Exploring the sacred in you and the properties of the element of water. An intuitive process using water, acrylic paint and found objects that are sacred in the actions of looking after personally meaningful to you will help you to remember the yourself.) magic and love that you are.

Susana Tavares

Sacred Self-Care Week 41

October

9th October 2017

(Exploring the sacred in you and the sacred in the actions of looking after yourself.)

Bonus: “Creative Spirit Messages” Lets connect with your creative spirit through a guided meditation that will inform a colourful and playful page.

Lindsay Weirich Main:"Anti Anxiety Art!" Release the worry and live in the present as you learn the techniques of loose wet-in-wet watercolor painting. I will teach you the open drip method and we will create abstract (Exploring the sacred in you and the florals that can be turned into backgrounds or bravely take sacred in the actions of looking after center stage as artworks in their own right. Let go of the yourself.) fear and enjoy putting your brush to the page, after all it is only a piece of paper, nothing worth worrying about.

Sacred Self-Care

Week 42

October

16th October 2017

Wendy Brightbill Bonus: “Retreat Into Quiet: How to Cultivate Your Sacred Self-Care Creative Practice” Tips and suggestions on how to make space for a daily (Exploring the sacred in you and the creative practice that feeds your soul and why you are worth it! Give yourself permission to make art just for sacred in the actions of looking after you. Follow me into my daily creative practice and watch yourself.) me create a quick abstract drawing.

Week 43

October

Tracy Verdugo

23rd October 2017 Bonus “Manifesting Magical Self Care” Vision boards are one of my favourite ways AND a super, magically powerful tool to set personal intentions and create the world in which we wish to live. In this bonus (Exploring the sacred in you and the lesson I will take you through the steps I use to create a sacred in the actions of looking after vision board. Together we will focus on sacred self care as yourself.) our theme and together we will set the wheels in motion for all of us to honour, nurture and LOVE the gift that is US.

Sacred Self-Care

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

Week 44

October

30th October 2017

Bonus: “Mark Making Meditation” Sacred Self-Care It’s easy to see why adult coloring books have become so very popular. There’s something both satisfying and (Exploring the sacred in you and the relaxing about coloring. But you don’t need a coloring book to find that kind of zen. Simple repetitive mark sacred in the actions of looking after making can be enormously meditative and result in yourself.) beautiful and unique pages for your art journal!

Celebration & Play Week 45

November

6th November 2017

(Experiment, explore, invent, thinking outside of the box, doing something different to what you usually do!)

“Upside Down Inside Out” This month we are going to experiment and play with expressive and unpredictable/ unstructured ways to create art. This process will bring you in touch with your playful/ intuitive self. We will create blob art (ha)/ ink stains/ paint with our non-dominant hand, limit our tools & supplies (like palette knives only) and create with our eyes closed to then search for shapes and imagery in our art and bring these shapes forward. The page(s) will be fun, playful and expressive. Main: “Hide & Seek: Revealing and Concealing Treasures” In this lesson we’ll use my favorite technique for releasing fear and perfectionist paralysis: make a big, joyful mess, with zero advance planning and zero pressure! This is my definition of play.


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It truly GETS to be a mess without worry, too, because we’ll then use simple tools (mat corners or strips of paper) to discover the smaller sparks of beauty hiding in plain sight inside the mess (and I guarantee you’ll find some). With a separate sheet, we’ll then create one or more doors to conceal and reveal the “artsparks” on the page, and explore how intentionally hiding something from the viewer can bring an immediate sense of playfulness, anticipation, curiosity and delight. Your page may end up with a single door, or many doors (it could even become your own, customized Advent calendar!), revealing hidden treasure underneath.

Tamara Laporte

Melissa Dinwiddie


November

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Main: “Activating the eARTh Element To Love ALL of Life!” No one embraces the shadow & the light like Mother eARTh! When you are able to look at life symbolically, the wisdom of eARTh can inspire & inform your own life's journey. In this lesson, allow Whitney Freya to guide you into a new, creative relationship with the eARTh around you. Through cultivating a deeper understanding of the wisdom inherent in the natural creation process, the cycles, death & rebirth, blooming and fading away, waxing and waning, you can more consciously create more of what you desire in your life & more fully love your own light AND shadow! You will create a journal page that honors the cycles of the natural world, calling in the fullness of all that is possible, and honoring the light & dark in your most significant 2017 life moments!

Whitney Freya

France Papillon


November

27th November 2017


Bonus: “Perspective” Let's take that same story we worked with a while back (remember the Story within?). Let's rephrase it, or in this case: rejournal it! Let's have a look on how that changed perspective influences the creative ideas that pop into our head, using one additional mixed media technique!

Shelley Klammer

Celebration, Gratitude & Learnings Week 49

December

4th December 2017

(Reflecting on the year, expressing gratitude, exploring learnings, celebrating achievements and things we are happy about that happened this year).

Main: “Cultivate Happiness Through Intuitive Mandalas” Practice playing, loosening, freeing and opening up your art journaling process to allow for surprise and insight. Recalibrate your nervous system to calm, confidence, self-love and happiness. In this 5-Part Mandala Course you will learn how to: EXPRESS spontaneously. EXPLORE art materials. PLAY with shapes. CALM your mind, and ASPIRE to happiness.

Connie Solera

Celebration, Gratitude & Learnings

Week 50

December

Bonus: “Calling In Your Element” While everyone else is busy determining their word for the (Reflecting on the year, expressing new year, I have a secret creative practice I do of calling in 11th December 2017 an element from the natural world that will be my oracle gratitude, exploring learnings, and guide for the year to come. In this bonus activity I will celebrating achievements and help you call in your element and together we'll prepare for things we are happy about that the new year ahead with a dash of magic and wonder. happened this year).

Tamara Laporte


December

18th December 2017

(Reflecting on the year, expressing gratitude, exploring learnings, celebrating achievements and things we are happy about that happened this year).

How To Bind Your Life Book


December

(Reflecting on the year, expressing 25th December 2017 gratitude, exploring learnings, celebrating achievements and things we are happy about that happened this year).

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