Paid-members only March 2025: Soak stain I was inspired early on by seeing abstract paintings made on raw canvas using a technique where artists would pour thinned paint that would absorb into the substrate. I didn't know what it was called then, and did not have much luck looking up resources on how to
Paid-members only March 2025 EDI Live Replay Hello friends! Here's the replay for March's class. I went through all the basics on painting on raw canvas using pour/stain methods. A written guide which will have all the links to the products I use is coming soon. If you're new to
Paid-members only EDI Live: Tomorrow, Saturday Mar 22, 12pm PST Each month, Light Tier members are invited onto a live online painting class where we'll go deeper into the month's practices and ideas. If you'd like to join in, click here. Hello Light Tier friends! Our rescheduled EDI Live is tomorrow, Saturday Mar 22
Paid-members only 🎥 [video] Safe Enough to Rest, Parts 2 & 3 Welcome back! Here are Part 2 and Part 3, where I complete the process of painting Safe Enough to Rest. If you missed Part 1, you can join me for an hour of idea exploration here, where I take the initial concept for the piece and try out all my
Paid-members only video 🎥 [video] In the Studio with Brit: Safe Enough to Rest, Part 1 Hello dear Easy Does It artists! Today I have a new kind of post for you. Last month I filmed about 2.5 hours of real time process working through the creation of a new piece, Safe Enough to Rest. I share my entire process, keeping no secrets! We'
Paid-members only Replay February 2025 EDI Live Replay Hello friends! I decided to try something new and begin sharing the EDI Live replay links here for all Light Tier members to see. I plan to keep each of these posts up for a several months at least so folks who weren't able to make it to
Monthly Guide Free Lesson! 🌱 For the love of art supplies (Part 2) Try this: Think of your art supplies as experiences instead of a collection of treasures The money that you spent on them was not an investment It was more like buying a festival pass or birthday cake or a train ticket They were never meant to stay with you forever
Paid-members only EDI Live: Tomorrow, Saturday Feb 22, 12pm PST Each month, Light Tier members are invited onto a live online painting class where we'll go deeper into the month's practices and ideas. If you'd like to join in, click here. Hello Light Tier friends! Our rescheduled EDI Live is tomorrow, Saturday Feb 22
Paid-members only Monthly Guide February 2025: For the love of art supplies (Part 1) I really have two hobbies: making art and art supplies themselves. I love to actually express myself through art AND there's nothing like a new box of crayons, every color with their crisp tips all in a row. I've come across artists who have realized that
Paid-members only Materials Color magic: mixing made easy We have been updating a bedroom into a studio space in slow motion over the past year, and this past week Danielle installed beautiful hardwood floors. There were a few places that needed wood filler, and it stood out in contrast the rest of the flooring color. Now, I don&
Paid-members only Events EDI Live: Saturday, January 25, 12pm PST Each month, Light Tier members are invited onto a live online painting class where we'll go deeper into the month's practices and ideas. If you'd like to join in, click here. Hello Light Tier friends! Our rescheduled EDI Live is Saturday Jan 25 at
Paid-members only EDI Live Link 🍿 Hello wonderful Light Tier artists, Here's the link to December's live class. It will be up for a few months at least so anyone who missed it has a chance to view. We talked about simplifying the painting process down into a few passes, working with
Paid-members only Monthly Guide January 2025: Art that doesn't last forever Almost two years ago, I painted some swatches and stuck them in my window to see how the color would do with exposure to light. I said at the time that I'd check them in 6 months, but I lost track of time and got used to seeing
Paid-members only Monthly Guide December 2024: For fun ✨ One way that I foster a creative-block-resistant practice is to have yearly rhythms to my art. In the spring I paint flowers, in the summer I paint self-portraits for my birthday, in the fall I paint a new series of large pieces to sell around the holidays, and then once
Paid-members only EDI Live: This Saturday, Dec 28, 12pm PST Each month, Light Tier members are invited onto a live online painting class where we'll go deeper into the month's practices and ideas. If you'd like to join in, click here. Hello Light Tier friends! Our rescheduled EDI Live is Saturday at 12PM PST.
Paid-members only Art as a way of listening Sometimes I use art to express myself, especially when I have a clear idea or feeling that I want to move through me. But other times I use art as a way to encounter or see the feelings in the first place. This kind of art is responsive and observant.
Paid-members only Events EDI Live: Today, Nov 30, 12pm PST Each month, Light Tier members are invited onto a live online painting class where we'll go deeper into the month's practices and ideas. If you'd like to join in, click here. Hello Light Tier friends! Our rescheduled EDI Live is Today at 12PM PST.
Paid-members only November 2024: Art in times of uncertainty Dear art friends, Last night I slept about two hours, which has become some dizzying "normal" for me since my insomnia returned the last week of October. It is a first domino (or, maybe a middle one, and I'm still finding the first?) that sends me
Paid-members only EDI Live: Oct 19, 12pm PST (& a date change for December) Each month, Light Tier members are invited onto a live online painting class where we'll go deeper into the month's practices and ideas. If you'd like to join in, click here. Hello Light Tier friends! Our next EDI Live will be this Saturday, Oct
Paid-members only September 2024: Inspiration Ecosystem Pt. 3 We're continuing a topic we began last year: looking at inspiration as a resilient ecosystem instead of a finicky lightbulb. To help further illustrate the process, I want to show you an example of how a wide array of idea seeds grew and eventually came together into a