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Make a Living as an Artist Information Make a Living as an Artist is designed to empower artists with the knowledge, skills, and strategies they need to establish successful and sustainable careers in the creative industry. This is a fun, practical and comprehensive guide to making money as an artist. You don’t have to be an expert at everything, but it really helps to understand how the different parts of your business affect each other. First, we’ll start by getting clear on what your dream business looks like: figuring out what you want your life to be like and pairing that up to the different kinds of work artists can do. Then we dive into understanding why people buy from you and how you can use the strengths you ALREADY HAVE to stand out from the crowd. We’ll tackle: goal setting, staying motivated, creating systems to make your business run smoothly. In the second section, We’ll talk about where you can find clients and tips for sharing you...

Productivity for Artists Information Productivity for Artists is a course designed to empower artists to enhance their productivity and overcome common challenges such as overwhelm, procrastination, and lack of motivation. The secret about people who are super productive? They don’t have any more will-power, self-discipline, or self-control than you. This class will help you develop practical and simple productivity systems to help you get further with less effort. Ever felt like you don’t have the time, willpower, or discipline to be able to get it all done? Oof. I’ve been there! Sometimes it just feels like there aren’t enough hours in the day! If you’ve ever struggled with overwhelm, procrastination, time management, or lack of motivation, this class is for you. Whether you’re trying to squeeze in time to work on your side hustle, need help balancing a heavy workload, or simply want to find more time for creativity, you’ll find practical tips in this class to help. ...

Procreate and Real Watercolors: Combining Hand Painting with Digital Information Procreate and Real Watercolors: Combining Hand Painting with Digital is designed to help artists leverage the strengths of both traditional watercolor painting and digital illustration using the Procreate app. What’s in this class? I'm a sucker for painting: it's meditative and incredibly satisfying to create with watercolors. And the textures are difficult to mimic digitally. But the iPad is also incredibly versatile. But who says you have to choose one or the other: the iPad or painting with watercolors? In this class I share how to take advantage of both digital and traditional mediums and combine them. I share tips for using your iPad to create better watercolor paintings, masking techniques in Procreate, and how to blend both painting styles together naturally. What You’ll Learn In Procreate and Real Watercolors: Combining Hand Painting with Digital? Painting Tips S...

Animation for Illustrators in Procreate 5 Information Animation for Illustrators in Procreate 5 is a course designed to teach illustrators how to add simple motion to their illustrations using the animation tools available in Procreate 5. Procreate has made animation FUN! Other software is too techy and complicated for my taste. But Procreate’s new animation tools are easy and really fun to use! In this class, I show how to add simple, easy motion to the illustrations you already have. There's a succinct breakdown of what and where the new tools are. Next, we'll brainstorm what KIND of movement to add. With tons of step by step examples, you'll be able to follow along even if you've never made a GIF. This is not a class about serious animation. We're not going to be making labor intensive, complex animation. Just fun, easy, tips and tricks for adding simple motion to your art. Even if you don't have your own finished illustrations, there's goin...

Find Your Style: an Actionable Guide to Develop Your Illustration Style Information Find Your Style: an Actionable Guide to Develop Your Illustration Style is a comprehensive class designed to help individuals discover and develop their unique artistic style in a structured and efficient manner. Finding your artistic style shouldn’t be a confusing and daunting process. In this class, you’ll learn a structured approach to help you find your style fast without the guesswork! Are you tired of aimlessly creating art in hopes that one day your style will emerge? I’ve been there! Which is exactly why I created this class! Maybe all you’ve heard to find your style you must create loads of work, and just wait patiently for your style to emerge. And yeah, following this advice will eventually lead to your style emerging, but in my experience, this approach can take years. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to wait around for years! If you’re like me, you’re ready to find y...

Portrait Drawing: a Beginner’s Guide to Drawing Faces Information Portrait Drawing: a Beginner’s Guide to Drawing Faces is a comprehensive course that teaches beginners how to draw and paint portraits effectively. Learn to draw AND paint your portraits with step by step exercises on proportions, placing the features, shading, highlighting and painting. Learn to draw AND paint your portraits with this beginner-friendly, step by step class for drawing faces. You’ll learn shading, highlighting, painting your portraits and how to get proportions correct and place the features, even when the face is turned in different views. You'll learn how to choose beautiful skin tones and colors. Here’s what’s inside the course: How to draw faces, step by step A system for getting the proportions right (even when the face is turned in different views) Techniques for placing the features on the face correctly Detailed lessons on drawing the nose, eyes, mouth, and ha...

Procreate for Beginners: Learn Illustration on the iPad in 4 Projects Information Procreate for Beginners: Learn Illustration on the iPad in 4 Projects is a comprehensive class aimed at teaching students how to create stunning illustrations using the Procreate app on their iPad. In this fun, comprehensive class, we’ll cover everything you need to know to create stunning illustrations in Procreate on your iPad What This Class Will Cover In this fun, comprehensive class, we’ll cover everything you need to know to create stunning illustrations in Procreate on your iPad. You'll learn by doing; we’ll drawing 4 art pieces, and all the while, you’ll be secretly learning the tools and techniques for using Procreate. This class is for all levels: whether you’ve never opened Procreate or you’re an experienced artist looking to learn digital illustration. Procreate is the ultimate collection of art tools: you get ALL the colors, you can experiment with brushes galore, and you don’...