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Kimberly Santini joins A Year of Wild Nature 2027 Online Course - and free Taster Sessions

 

Kimberly Santini joins A Year of Wild Nature 2027 Online Course - and free Taster Sessions

Kimberly Santini

Sep 22, 2026
 
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My friend Tamara Laporte from Willowing Arts has invited me several times to be a part of her year long courses - and I was finally able to say yes!! I am so excited to share that I am an instructor in Tam’s 2027 course A Year of Wild Nature.

A Year of Wild Nature is a year-long, immersive mixed media art course designed to creatively explore nature and wildness in both literal and symbolic ways. Through paint, texture, colour, mark-making and imagination, students are invited to explore the natural world as well as their own inner wild nature.

This course is hosted by Tam and over 30 others (like me). We’ll explore forests, flowers, animals, seasons, skies, rivers, roots, wild gardens, earthy textures and the deeper themes of freedom, instinct, expression, belonging and creative liberation.

All lessons are themed around the concept of Wild Nature, ensuring a rich, varied and soulful learning experience. Through paint, texture, colour, mark-making and imagination, this course invites students to journey into nature, wildness, self-expression, freedom and creative connection.

To introduce you to the course and the artists teaching on it and to spend some wonderful time together making beautiful art works there is a Free Taster Event for A Year of Wild Nature happening next month.

The Taster Sessions are 9 days of FREE art sessions from the 30+ instructors centred. Make beautifully inspiring, nature-themed and expressive art pieces guided by an incredibly talented group of artists. Get a taste of what the year-long course would be like.

Inside The Taster Sessions there will also be opportunities to WIN a free seat in A Year of Wild Nature alongside other freebies and give aways.

It’s going to be an amazing 9 days of art making and inspiration around one of my favorite subjects, Mother Nature.

The Taster Sessions for A Year of Wild Nature includes:

  • Access to over 30+ free art sessions

  • Watch the sessions at your leisure in your own time (for the duration of the Taster Event - October 1-9th)

  • Join our Facebook Group with like-minded people from all over the world

  • Have the opportunity to enter into giveaways to win a spot on this brand new course

  • Receive free gifts from your art teachers

  • Enjoy free art & wellbeing activities

In my free lesson we’ll be painting sky. I’ll share my personal sky-centric color palette, walk you through swatching exercises, and demonstrate some unexpected, fresh and exciting ways to paint the essence of sky.

Join the free Taster Sessions by reserving your seat HERE

And if you enjoy the Tasters you can jump into a year’s worth of additional content. Spend 2027 with a wonderful creative community of like-minded souls, learning more about art inspired by nature, wildness, self-expression and freedom. And get two new, exclusive courses from yours truly.

Find out more and sign up for A Year of Wild Nature Here

Register for the Free Taster Sessions October 1-9 Here

Thanks everyone, I hope to see you there,

Big Wild Nature Love, Kim

Creativity documents our voices and builds community, something profoundly important right now. How can you help elevate and keep artists’ voices alive? It’s simple:

  • engage with your favorite artist via social media

  • share what they are creating with your friends

  • take a course and hone your own voice

  • purchase original art or reproductions (see below)

  • fill their tip jar (let’s be real, it’s all about Treats for Blue, the studio dog)

Your support keeps the arts alive, which means future generations will understand our perspectives long after we are gone. Thank you.

Buy Treats for Blue

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