Hi everyone! Hope you are having a colourful week and staying safe. Self-care is so important right now to hep us destress in overwhelming times, so let's take a little break for self-care this week with some colouring! I'm so excited to introduce you to our brand new monthly colouring project...Enchanted Garden Colouring Class feat. Di's Digi Stamps!
Two unique classes - one markers (top) and one pencils (bottom) - and both for beginners. In these lessons, you will learn a big variety of techniques to apply to your favourite images after class, including dragonflies, butterflies, toadstools, pumpkins, metal, timber, flowers, berries, leaves, and more! This class is also great if you like colouring books (and even if you don't!) - I've approached how to tackle small details and repetitive elements to help add interest to the busier pages you may come across as I know these can feel overwhelming. I'll help to break them down so they are easier to digest :)
Did you know you can do as many classes as you like with no minimum sign up requirements? :)If you are in the US or Europe, don't forget our Australian dollar is low right now so you get a huge saving too! :)
Are you a beginner? This class is absolutely suitable for you! We will be going through the absolute basics of every technique so you can feel confident taking on scenes like this even if just starting. A class is about the journey, experimenting, and progress, and never about creating a perfect project.
New to Kit and Clowder? This is our Monthly Class, which is released on the 15th every month.
All classes are do at your own pace with lifetime access - no monthly limit
Suitable for Beginners - You will be encouraged to make mistakes, let go of pressure, and enjoy the journey!
Fully downloadable on any device
Colour blends for many brands of markers and pencils. Choose either markers or pencils classes, or both!
Free private tutoring every step of the way with real tips on your colouring, technology, creating colour blends from what you own and more
Very in depth instruction teaching real, researched art fundamentals
Do as many or few classes as you like with no minimum sign up requirements, but stay on and receive a free $20 class each month!
These classes are for sale only until September 15 and then they will be retired, but you receive lifetime access once purchased.Any questions? Reach out any time!
I also wanted to thank you - your purchase helps me to hold free monthly workshops for the QLD Children's Hospital and Cancer Council QLD - I'm working on our Father's Day kits now for August! :) Be brave, challenge yourself, and take time that out for self-care <3 Hope to colour with you :)
Making a start is the number one thing you need to do to improve your colouring (after all, you can't improve upon nothing, right?), but then this right here is my second most important tip. When learning a new technique it's important to remember just that... that we are learning :)
The first time you try a new technique is going to be your worst attempt because you don't have practice or experience behind you. It's really important that we don't judge our first attempts - this includes your class work. Try not to go into a class thinking it needs to be a perfect finished project - classes are experiment time, troubleshooting, play time, practice time. A class should be about just learning new things, pushing yourself to be challenged, and embracing the mistakes that come along with this - see the lessons that they are teaching you. If you remember that learning is not about perfection but about growth then you can release any pressure and focus on the lesson not the project.
Too often I see people put colouring aside or give up when something is hard or they feel they've made a mistake. When we give ourselves permission to stop listening to the voice saying it's not good enough and just finish the colouring, we then have an opportunity to step back, and assess and appreciate the lessons behind what we've created. When we colour, we colour "up close" - and really scrutinise all the details and areas we don't love, however that's not how colouring is meant to be viewed. Consider Monet's impressionist work - upclose it is just blobs of paint on a canvas, but with space you see the bigger picture. Giving ourselves some perspective by stepping back and seeing the picture as a whole helps to give the techniques some context - allows our eye to "see" what we are communicating. What was once a glaringly obvious mistake forms part of the bigger picture. And with any mistakes, the absolute worst case scenario is you've learned more about technique and how to tweak it for the result you want in the future. Make learning about the lessons, not about perfection. So even when you feel unsure, keep going and reserve critique until you can assess the picture as a whole, and even then make sure to celebrate each step on your journey, regardless of the finished result - as long as you are trying, you are growing :)
Want tips on your colouring? Our classes always come with free one on one private tutoring aswell so you can get real tips on how to grow your colouring (this is *not* done in our group here but instead done privately so we can chat one on one about tips personal to your work). **If you want to learn more, why not try out a free class this week over at www.kitandclowder.com - pictured classes here are the Mermaid Pencils Class and the Tropic Paradise Markers Class
Hi everyone! Hope you are having a colourful week and are taking some time for mindfulness to destress and deal with everything going on in the world right now. If you ever want to chat, my door is always open - whether it's about colouring tips, technology, or just to chat about how you are doing - I'm always here for you. This week, let's practice some self-care and take a timeout on stress and worry with some colouring - our brand new April-Mary Monthly Colouring Class project for markers and pencils is here!
In this lesson you will learn a big variety of techniques to apply to your own favourite images after the class. We are learning all about tropical leaves, flowers, orchids, birds and feathers, and more! Did you know you can do as many classes as you like with no minimum sign up requirements? :)If you are in the US or Europe, don't forget our Australian dollar is very low at the moment so you get a huge saving on the price aswell! :)
Are you a beginner? This class is absolutely suitable for you too - we will be going through the absolute basics of blending, shading, lightsource, and more so you can feel confident taking on scenes like this even if just starting, all while getting free one on one private tutoring for support every step of the way.
New to Kit and Clowder? This is our Monthly Class, which is released on the 15th every month. These are our most popular classes that people of all levels join in with - beginners included!
All classes are do at your own pace with lifetime access - no monthly limit
Suitable for Beginners-Advanced - No experience necessary. You will be encouraged to make mistakes, let go of pressure, and enjoy the journey!
Fully downloadable on any device
Colour blends for many brands of markers and pencils
Free private tutoring every step of the way with real tips on your colouring, technology, creating colour blends from what you own and more
Very in depth instruction teaching real, researched art fundamentals
Do as many classes as you like with no minimum sign up requirements, but stay on and receive a free $20 class each month!
These classes are for sale only until May 15 and then they will be retired, but you receive lifetime access once purchased.Any questions? Reach out any time! I also wanted to say thank you - your purchase helps me to help others with free monthly workshops for the QLD Children's Hospital and Cancer Council QLD. Be brave, challenge yourself, and do this for you <3 Hope to colour with you in our new class.
If I can ever help with any questions, colouring tips, technology, or help with colours blend, please contact me here anytime.
Thank you for supporting small handmade businesses. You help us to help others with free monthly workshops for the Queensland Children's Hospital and Cancer Council Foundation. You are awesome! :)
Hi everyone! Just popping in to share a few photos from this week's visit to the Cancer Council QLD lodges I held some free art classes and took in some of our brand new Colour In Bags for everyone to colour up - I thought the lion design best represented their journey as the symbol of bravery and courage. None of the ladies had ever coloured before and at the start they were a bit afraid, but by the end they were so proud of what they had created. The biggest lesson is that life is too short to tell ourselves "I can't" and to hold back from trying - so be brave like a lion as you are more capable than you know. I'm not able to take many photos due to privacy but hope you enjoy these.
The little pink one is really sweet - it shows we don't have to stick to the standard colours when we are colouring an image! The lovely lady colouring this one was quite nervous and kept saying she couldn't do it. In the end she was so proud of her result and wanted a picture with hers and her friends to see them all together.
*These free workshops for the hospitals are made possible by our Colouring Class members – thank you so much! If you’d like to join in, or grab your own Colour In Bag, visit www.kitandclowder.com/shop - bags include colouring class for markers and pencils, stamp, + free worldwide shipping.
Thank you for stopping by and happy colouring this weekend!