Latest Lesson
Inner Fire
I am honored to be featured in the beautiful Somerset Studios Winter issue! To celebrate, I want to share this FREE mixed media collage lesson creating the piece that is featured on this issue’s cover!
Collage is such a fantastic way to hone your design and composition skills so enjoy moving around the different elements and composing something that speaks to you…
Studioworks Creative Journal
I’m excited to share this FREE issue of our monthly Studioworks Creative Journal. Included with your monthly Studioworks membership, this online digital magazine is full of creative guidance, support and inspiration. Enjoy!
A Charcoal Portrait
I had such a wonderful time creating this portrait inside Studioworks.
The inspiration image really aligned with me and I hope you resonate with it too. The idea of leaning into the blossoming beauty of our creativity captivated me.
Watercolor MUSE
Being open to learning is so very vital to our creative path and it’s something I have to remind myself of often as a teacher. My hope is that you will try something new yourself! Be kind to your inner artist, embrace being a beginner and have fun!
Ink and Watercolor
I have never been one to do these kinds of challenges and to be honest, when I have tried I typically fail hard! LOL. For some reason, this one appears to be sticking…
A Lion within
Hello, wonderful creative! I absolutely loved creating this lion spirit animal piece. It was so much fun to jump into the painting with both acrylics and then oils. I truly encourage you to give it a go!
POETIC BIRD
Crack open those art journals again or grab your favorite sketchbook or even a loose piece of watercolor paper because we are going to create a piece inspired by bird poetry!
primary portrait
I’m so excited to share this lesson with you guys! I had an absolute blast working with our double primary palette to create this little lady. This is seriously my new favorite way to mix my color.
An Abstract Landscape
I'm excited to share this second Colorflow video tutorial with you! For this lesson, we will be drawing inspiration from page 112 of the Colorflow book!
Art Journaling LESSON
I’ve created this special, free video for my subscribers!
Watch as I intuitively create a full, mixed media art journal spread. Paint, collage, ink and more!
An Italian Encaustic Landscape
This wonderful landscape was a delight to create! Luminous layers of wax with luscious oil paint and collage = bliss! Plus, with the Italian countryside as your muse - you can't go wrong!
A Feather and Wax Landscape
This wonderful Mixed Media and encaustic project is part of my Flight & Feather Creavive Class. It’s a favorite of my students, so I decided to pull this sweet lesson from the workshop just for my subscribers!
a beautiful list
I’m delighted to share a FREE lovely art journaling lesson - “A Beautiful List”. This lesson explores dreamy colors, collage, paint and words. Come join us!
Into the Light
A Mixed Media & Encaustic collage
This in-depth tutorial was originally created for Donna Downey's "Find out Fridays" Series. I was honored to create this for her audience!
A Portrait in Oils
Free Oil Painting Tutorial
I recently splurged on a new set of oil paints! I was anxious to dive right in and create something with them! This portrait is the result!
FREE TUTORIAL VIDEOS
The Painted Horses
Enjoy this free lesson where I show you how to create these modern and playful horses! A fun lesson for the afternoon or to do with your children!
Intuitive Painting Lesson
Watch and listen as I create an intuitive acrylic/mixed media painting.
Plastered Art Journal
In depth tutorial on how to use venetian plaster on the cover of an Art Journal and then create a mixed media painting on that plaster substrate.
Using Encaustic Wax
For those of you who are curious about using encaustic wax over your prints you can check out my brief wax setup video.