Online Kids Class Sale!!

Since it is close summer time and the kids are desperate for some fun!! I am offering my two kids classes for 50% off!! For only $6 and a few supplies, your kids can learn to draw and paint in the privacy of their own home!! All of my videos are prerecorded and ready to watch instantly! Just set your kids up in front of the computer with their supplies and they are ready to have some fun!! They can pause the video, rewind if they missed something or stop and continue later on. It's like having your own private Art lesson that you can view over and over!! 

Visit my NING site for more information


Also, here is my latest video: Magical Little Soul

XOXOX-Shonna

Stuck

Here is my latest video "Stuck."

I ended up tweaking her a little bit after I filmed the video. I gave her a necklace, shaded her hair a little more and added some shading around the word "Stuck." 

Sunday Mornings With Mindy Lacefield

Mindy Lacefield of Tim's Sally is hosting a free workshop for the next 5 weeks. It is a christian based class called Sunday Mornings. I was so excited to hear that she was offering this class. It is something I have been wanting to either start or be a part of for awhile now. I want to get more in touch with my spirituality and connect more with God. Here is the link if you would like to join in on the fun.

I decided to make a journal so I can continue on with my journey after the five weeks with Mindy has ended. Our first lesson was to paint a praying girlie with a writing prompt "Lord, lead me to your light."

Front Cover

 Back Cover

Week One Lesson

What I've Been Up to...

Teaching, Teaching, Teaching!!! I love Teaching!! And as much as I love teaching in person (which I will continue to do), I am anxious to launch my very first adult online class!! I am filming the class now and I am so excited about it!! It has a little bit of everything for a little bit of everyone!! There will be fabric painting, stamp making, girlie drawing, girlie painting, sewing, gluing, frolicking and much more!! Please stay tuned for this fun filled class!! In the mean time here is a sneak peak...

Join my NING Site to get up to date information on when this online class will launch!!!

What are the Benefits of Online Art Classes?

I have been teaching live art classes to children as well as adults for awhile now and I have had some questions regarding online classes. I love teaching in person in my local area, but I know that some people do not LIVE in my area and are not able to come to my classes. To solve this problem, I am going to be offering online classes. Well, I actually already have two kids lessons up right now on my NING network www.twistedfigures.net and will be releasing adult classes very soon.

Online classes are WONDERFUL!! Here are the benefits:

• My lessons are video based (usually 3 or more videos at approximately 20 minutes or longer).
• These videos are of me demonstrating step by step how to create the art project for that lesson (It is like having a personal one on one lesson).
• You will be able to download the lessons to your own computer so you can keep them for as long as you like (or you can just watch them on my site).
• You can take the lesson in the privacy of your own home and at any time that is convenient for you.
• During the lesson, you can pause, start over, rewind or stop the lesson and come back later.
• If you have more than one child, you pay only ONE time.
• Online video lessons are great for homeschoolers! Or for kids that have schools that have eliminated or cut back their art program.

I'm very excited about this new endeavor and I can't wait to get to my art room and create more online lessons for adults as well as kids.

More Documented Life Pages.

I have been playing catch up in my planner, but I just love working in it. If you are interested in playing along, check out the Facebook group The Documented Life Project and join (it is fun and free).

 Prompt 3: Add an envelope to your page.

Prompt 4: Write on your page and then cover up the page leaving only one word.

Prompt 5: Add a doodle border.

Prompt 6: Get inspired by Pinterest. (I did mine based on artist Cori Dantini).

                       Prompt 7: Repeat a Shape.

Prompt 8: Add a flap to a flap.

Flap closed

Flap open

Prompt 9: Recycle

What I've Been Up To

Teaching up a storm!! I've been teaching 1-2 art classes a week to all different age groups and I am having a blast!! I feel so lucky to be able to do what I love on a daily basis. This past weekend I had the pleasure of teaching at my very first retreat! Have you heard of Scrap Diva Retreats? It is in Murrieta, Ca. and up on an amazing hill. I felt like I was far away in the country. The drive up to the house was absolutely beautiful. Not to mention the retreat home itself was gorgeous!! 5,000 square fee (single story). 4 bedrooms all with full bathrooms. Plenty of space to make art and tons of supplies at our disposal. What fun it was to be able to spend two days making and teaching art in this beautiful place. I met some great women too. If you are ever in the area, I would absolutely recommend spending some time at Scrap Diva Retreats.

Pictures from Scrap Diva Retreats!

I also teach kids and adults in my town of Escondido.

Pictures of my Mixed Media Class at The Making Place, in Escondido.

Art Journal Gypsies class at my church. 

A canvas class I taught at The Making Place.

Young Artists Club at The Making Place.

Escondido Kids Club at my church.

New Video!

I am working on making things for an upcoming Arts and Craft show in November. I decided to record some of the items I am creating. This one is a cute little notebook with a blank cover. I bought about 15 of them, so I better get off this computer and get busy....

Shonna

My Soul Food Interview is here and Giveaway!!

My interview for the online class Soul Food coming in December is now available to view!

I hope you like the video, I am having some editing issues with Movie Maker, so I apologize if it was jumpy at times. 

I am so excited for Soul Food to start! We are going to have so much fun and I am in awe of all of the talented teachers that are going to be teaching. I am such a fan of all of them and can't wait to learn from them myself. Also, we have just announced that there will be a payment plan if you cannot pay the fee all at once. This makes me so happy because I think this will help more people join!!  

Giveaway time!!!

Ok, now what I have been waiting for!! I get to give away a free spot in the class!!!! YAY!!! (Insert happy dance). So, I'm going to make it real easy; just leave a comment here and on Friday I will randomly pick a winner!! 

Good Luck!!

Shonna

Craft Fair Season is Coming!!!!!!

Just a little post. I bought these cute 3x4 paper mache lined notebooks and thought they would be perfect to sell during the upcoming craft fair season. I got them at JoAnn's and took all they had. I am really happy with the way they came out and I had an absolute blast making them.

"Inspire" New Art Journal Video

Here is my latest journal page along with a video of me painting it.

Have a wonderful week!

Shonna

My Passion for Art Journaling

I'm so sorry it has been over a week since I have posted. I try to post every Monday, but I have been very busy lately.

I have started a monthly Art Journal club in my town. We have our first meeting on May 12th and I have been really busy making kits for the group. Most of the women in the club have never done anything like this before so I have also been busy designing our first two pages. I really want to be prepared to teach them each element of the page.

 I have a real passion for Art Journaling and I want women to know how fun, relaxing and healing it can be to do something creative for ourselves. We get so busy "doing" for others, I feel it is important to make time doing something fun and meaningful for ourselves. I am also passionate about teaching people that anyone can make art. I can't tell you how many times people have viewed my work and said "You are so talented, but I could never make anything like that. I don't have a creative bone in my body." I think this is so untrue!!! I believe anyone can be an artist. I also believe in the process of making art, not so much the result. I am out to show these women that with a little instruction, they can make art that they love and have fun doing it. I also feel like Art Journaling is a great legacy we can pass down to our children. I love that my kids will have all of my art when I am long gone. I want them to know that I have interests and passions outside of my life with them.

I will post pictures of what we make each month after we have our meetings. The journaling kits were a lot of fun to put together as well. I made each one of them a 12 page 140lb watercolor journal. I added papers, handmade papers (by me), envelopes, journal cards, decorative napkins, punchinella, several household items that can be used in art journaling like bubble wrap, cardboard, shelf liner, old credit cards, etc. Tissue paper, black gel pen, pencil, stickers, stamps, confetti and the list goes on.
I'm thinking about making some extras and putting them in my Etsy shop. What do you think?

Here are some pictures of the kits.

Oh, I also have a new journal page to share as well.

Ta Ta!!!
Shonna

Another Journal Page

I'm still trying to finish this art journal. I think I have 7 pages left. This was inspired by my love for books.

I also made some bookmarks that are available in my shop

Shonna

Homage To The Quirky-Art Journal Page

I wanted to do a sort of funky, quirky girl in my art journal. It is a pretty simple page I only used paint, ink, graphite and a little stamping.

Here she is. The quote is "You're Off to great places. Today is your day. You're mountain is waiting, so get on your way."- Dr. Seuss

Have a great weekend!!
Shonna

The Greatest Commandment-Video (YAY)

I'm so excited to share my latest video with you. I did one previously, but that was over a year ago. Feel free to subscribe to my youtube channel, because I plan on making more!

Let me know what you think. I'm still working on learning to edit and lighting issues, but it is a start.

xoxo,

Shonna

Doodling and Art Journaling

I have discovered that I really like mixing doodling into my Art Journal pages. It is very relaxing and therapeutic to me. Do you like to doodle in your journals?

New Art Journal Page!

Soar...

The face was done with Stabilo pencil and white heavy body paint. I used Caran D'ache II Crayons for the background and then sprayed some yellow ink on the whole piece (including her face). I added some doodling and the stitches and letters are some really old rubons I have had forever.

Guard Your Heart Journal Page

Here is my latest journal page...

Life Without Art is Stupid!

I added some new prints to my shop including this new art journal page.

I found this quote on Pinterest and loved it. Here is a picture with the original quote.

I love it!!!

Guardian Angel Journal Page

Here is my new journal page "The Guardian." Before the ending of each church service, my pastor always says the same thing. "I pray that God sends his guardian Angels to look after you this week and that you arrive back safely to worship with us next Sunday." That was the inspiration for this page. I wanted to portray the fact that even though the world can be a dark, dirty and dangerous place, that God has his angels looking out for us. I hope you like it...