YOU did this. I am IMMENSELY grateful. What does this mean? Not much really except that you are awesome! We are growing and we have moved from 987 to 198 in 7 weeks. And you are here at the beginning. Founders. You are the pulse of this community. It's free for now, but it won't be forever. I was thinking once we hit 100 members we will switch to a paid community - even thought it would be a LOW paid community. I would love your thoughts here. PLEASE KNOW - that when the community goes paid, YOU founding members will never pay for the community unless you upgrade.

My beautiful friend @Heather Boers has taught me how wonderful games are. So we are going to dip our toe in the water so to speak with a game. Post an image. 🖼️. Any image. It can be a drawing, a wood burning, a painting, your diamond art or even a 10 second pig stick figure. The rest of us must guess if that image is YOUR creation or not your creation. 👍🏻 - to vote if you think YES 👎🏻 - to vote if you think it’s NOT their art. ___________________ ‼️ HERE IS WHAT’s IMPORTANT ‼️ ‼️‼️YOUR VOTE‼️‼️ I will choose one winner that really participated who really voted on the others images. and they get a FREE month of Premium on me! That’s access to the painting library with the complete step-by-step instructions to paint the reference image of your choice.

Now is the time to take your paints out of the freezer @Janice Peterson Today we will learn to mix paint and apply it specifically for THIS reference image submitted by @Janice Peterson Can you join us again? @Rebecca Martin @Christine Ross @Fefe Gong @Lisa Vanderveen Check your calendar for your timezone. YES, you CAN paint this! Anyone is also welcome to come on in. Come as you are, see how I teach and if it’s right for you. All replays are in the Premium classroom.

I was scrolling thru some of my favorite artists in Instagram and WOW, this one stopped my scrolling. What do you notice about this painting? Do you love it, or not so much? What do you notice about the colors? The artist is Elena Wuest and I am so in love with her work!!!!!

This is going to be a pinned post for introductions. Please let us know 🌎 Where in the world are you? I find it so cool that we are so international. 🌱 What kind of art experience do you have? Elementary school all the way to I paint almost daily is all cool. 🖌️ Have you ever tried Oil Paints before? Are you afraid or do you love them? 🖼️ Share a bit of your work here if you feel comfortable.