Join the fun and inspiration!
6 weeks of Mixed Media Art Journal processes — learn something new in each session — come to one session as a drop-in or sign up for the whole series! Learn the thrills of using an Art Journal as the container for your wild experimentations and tender explorations of your inner and outer life.
I’ve been keeping Art Journals for a couple decades now and see it as the life-blood of my creativity and doorway to my inner life. I want to share this enthusiasm and way of creating with you!
My three hour classes are JAM PACKED with
materials
experimentation
meditations and contemplations
insight — you will have those “light bulb” moments!
getting messy, getting free, getting into the moment
heartfelt sharing
Learn to work with new materials and mediums while also exploring layers of your mind, body, heart and spirit. Plus, each class you will receive a prompt sheet on how to continue working in your Art Journal all week.
Three levels of art journaling we will explore:
Crafting for Calm — learning to use the “pleasure in the making” to find balance and soothe the nervous system.
Wild Exploration — learning to let the inner critic go while trying new techniques and experimenting with materials and art mediums.
Diving for Gold — letting prompts and processes lead you on a journey of self-discovery and healing.
Play and discover with:
Sun. Sept. 11th
Slow down and experiment with the FLOW of water-based mediums: pan watercolors, liquid watercolors + fluid acrylics + learn an art journal alchemy process to transform stuck energy.
Sun. Sept. 18th
The psychology of color as symbol, metaphor and transformer. In this class you’ll explore and create with the colors you love and crave AND the colors you loathe and avoid coming to new understanding and personal insight along the way.
Experiment with many types of paints and mark making tools as well as quick-fire color collaging to create flash cards of color you can use for inspiration and meditation.
Sun. Sept. 25th
This week’s process involves a romp through just one magazine that you will choose from the studio’s treasure trove then engage in a process to create an art journal “spread” with the images you cull that reveals something surprising in the end (P.S. just trust me!).
Also learn about painting into a collage and what markers work on top of magazine paper and acrylic paint and create “collection” pockets in your journal.
Sun. Oct. 2nd
In this class you’ll be creating your own mini art-journal prompt deck. Then learn how to use a word prompt to create a spread in your art journal. Plus learn a calming doodling process with letters and words to practice anytime, anywhere.
You’ll leave with your own prompt deck to inspire dozens of journal pages!
Sun. Oct. 9th — No class on the 9th!
Sun. Oct. 16th:
This class is all about deepening your connection to YOUR inner world where the Muse and other powerful archetypes of your Soul reside. With a guided meditation and exciting writing prompts this “country” within will begin to come to life… You’ll be invited to paint the colors of this world and collage some of its elements in your journal + learn about fold-out pages.
Then, come to the next class to learn more about the healing world of your imagination and its archetypes.
Sun. Oct. 23rd
In this class we’ll be working with archetypes, the powerful inner forces that accompany us on our life’s journey such as the Poet, the Sage, the Inventor and the Trickster… Whether you are familiar or not with some of your archetypes you will discover new archetypes and which ones are most active in your life right now and and how they relate to each other in the world of your Soul. We’ll be working with Nick Bantock’s FABULOUS deck of unusual archetypes called “The Archeo” and you’ll be creating painted and collaged versions of guiding spirits to help you on your journey
All art materials and art journals are included with your registration!
Some of my art journals over decades of time!
Sign up for all 6 sessions and save $45! 6 sessions for $225 instead of the full price of $270. Two makeup sessions are available for missed classes in the form of Open Studios.
Pick your date from the drop down menu below!
If you are buying a drop-in session and are new to Juicy Creatives Studio or to Art Journaling let me know that and come to your first class at 12:15 instead of the official start time of 1:00pm . I’ll give you an overview of my style of Art Journaling, you can pick a blank journal to start your journey and I’ll show you some easy ways to start creating. Then, when the rest of the class arrives at 1:00pm you will be “on our page” and ready to dive in to the process of the week.
Updated Covid-19 Policy:
At this point in the pandemic variants are far less deadly, I put the masking decision in your hands and even have free KN-95 masks for you to use at the studio! All classes are limited to 9 students, there is room to spread out but there are certainly times when you will be closer than 6’.
If you are feeling unwell please don’t come to class — an arrangement will be made for a makeup session or credit towards a future class will be given.