In this workshop you’ll discover your authentic marks, words and expressions using paint, watercolor pencils, collage, writing and other magical art tricks. It is a multi-layered opportunity to learn about the Chakras, art and self-expression all at once.

With the focus on one Chakra per week, you will explore the impact of that energy center in your life while creating journal spreads and exploring new tools and self-reflective questions.

The Art Journal is a powerful place to explore who you are, who you’ve been and who you’re becoming. It is a sacred place to express yourself authentically and manifest the life you are meant to live.

Art Techniques you’ll learn include: painting, collage, blind contour drawing, writing, lists and more.

Do you long to connect to yourself more deeply?
Are you curious about making art, but need some support?

My Heart of Presence Art Journaling workshop offers a rich, nourishing, fun and soulful practice to connect with your own creativity. 

The focus is on curiosity, tuning into intuition, letting go of expectations and finding the joy in true, authentic creative expression.

We’ll play with words, lines, images, collage, while asking your own questions about life and what you’re processing right now.

The creative act is a courageous one. The Heart of Presence workshop is a chance to explore in a non-judgmental environment, and to connect with kindred spirits in the process.

Included in the workshop fee is a hard bound journal for you, all of the art supplies you’ll need for the afternoon, tea and snacks. 

Included
A 5 ½ X 8” Hard backed journal to take with you
Art supplies to use during the workshop 
Tea and snacks

Bring with you
Your inner 7-year-old
A sense of curiosity
An apron if you’re messy
Bits of personal memorabilia to put into your journal

Dream Boards: Manifesting Magic
Imagine + Create = Manifest + Magic
ONLINE class that you can take from ANYWHERE
Take time out of your busy life to pause and reflect on HOW you want to live, WHAT you want to do with your tie, WHERE you want to go and WHO you want to spend time with.

This workshop offers an oasis of time to pause, reflect, create and honor your life. It gives you a chance to actively participate in manifesting your dreams, while activating the creative forces within you.  

At the end of the 2 ½ hour session, you will have created a Dream Board full of imagery, words, and inspiration for your Self. It will be a visual reminder of what you are calling into your life every day.

In this short time, you’ll learn a stream of consciousness writing practice that allows you to move past the inner critic and hear what your subconscious really wants now. You’ll learn collaging techniques and how to let the MUSE move you rather than trying to “make something happen.”

At the end, we’ll have some sharing of our boards for those who want to share.

Supply List
2 8.5 X 11 (or larger) cardboard boards. Preferably black. (matting for frames is good)
Glue. I suggest Tombow Glue. It’s great.
Scissors
magazines to look through
Any personal pictures or ephemera – like letters, things you have as scraps – ticket stubs, etc
Pen and paper for writing – can be in your journal or a note book.

ZOOM Platform
Please download ZOOM (the online platform we’ll be using) at www.zoom.us
Then lets have a practice call to make sure you’re good to go before October 8th

Date and Time
Wednesday, October 9th
6:00 - 8:30 PM (PST)
ONLINE

Sundays in May 2020
3:00 - 5:00 pm PST

This is a FREE offering to community.
Open Studios Together/Alone is an opportunity to gather live, in community, in the safety of our homes and make art.

Making art gives us a way to work with our feelings and emotions unlike anything else. In the process, we discover how little we are in control, for the creative process has its own life and leads us in new directions all the time.

We enter a dreamtime state when we allow ourselves to drop deeply into a process that is directed by something other than our thinking mind. We viscerally discover new territory within ourselves as we create something out of nothing.

Please join me in your home studio and bring whatever creative project you are working on to the forum. We open with a short check in from everyone, and then dive into our own creative play while listening to music I offer. Then we close with a show and tell of what we made and how we’re feeling after spending time creating.

This class is a free offering to community to cultivate connection, creativity and inspiration. You’ll receive the ZOOM link for this gathering upon registration.

ARRIVE: Please arrive a few minutes early to settle in and say hi before we dive into our practices.

Includes all material with the option to join the Zen to Paper Facebook for support and connection.

Includes all material with the option to join the Zen to Paper Facebook for support and connection plus a weekly hour-long group call on Zoom answering your questions.

Sunday, November 14, 10:00 - 12:00 pm PST

Get Creative. Have Fun. Find Joy!
The Art of Kindness is a workshop that takes you right to the heart of fun while making Kindness Cards for yourself. It’s a perfect class for the person who doesn’t think they are “artistic” as well as for the seasoned artist. I provide clear, outlined art instructions throughout the workshop.

You’ll learn layering techniques using line, mark making, paints, collage and words to create what will become 9 beautiful Kindness Cards.

The concept of Kindness Cards is based on the principle of Metta, the cultivation of compassion towards ourselves and one another, woven together with the fun and play of the creative process. Both of these practices have been part of my life for decades.

Kindness Cards
At the end of the workshop, you will leave with a set of 9 mixed media Kindness Cards inscribed with your own intentions to cultivate kindness and compassion towards yourself.

During the workshop, I share thoughts on cultivating a kind world, starting with ourselves and those in our lives. We can be the change we want to see in the world.

Art tools needed for workshop:
9X12” piece of heavy paper, preferably watercolor paper.
A pen or pencil
Something to color with -  paints, magic markers, watercolor pencils etc
Collage materials: magazines, tissue paper, old cards, letters, wrapping paper
Glue – I recommend Tombow Glue (Amazon)
Scissors 
Ruler

Once you have registered you will receive a ZOOM Link for the workshop.

I look forward to playing with you soon!

Sunday, November 28th, 3:00 - 4:30 pm PST
Online

A free class to gather together to make cards to connect with your loved ones at the holidays.

Making a beautiful card is an act of love. When you send hand made cards to friends and family it touches their hearts at deep levels. I’ve been making cards most of my life, and still friends and family say they keep my cards.

Gather with me and other community members for a fun, late afternoon of card making together in the comfort of your own home. I will offer some guidance at the beginning of our gathering, then we’ll create together and share at the end.

When you register I’ll send you a list of materials you’ll need to make beautiful cards.
You’ll receive the ZOOM link for the gathering the weekend of Thanksgiving.

Let’s make this a love filled holiday season, sending out love notes in beautiful, hand made cards.

I look forward to playing with you over the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend!