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Art Journaling Lesson - Color Therapy

  Color Therapy watch the video It is a scientific fact that color can greatly impact our mood. So why not settle in and give yourself the chance to just play with it. No expectations other than to enjoy the paint and the colors you mix. In this surprisingly simple session, students will pixellate a favorite image and use that to fill a gridded page with color. While I worked in acrylics, this process could be adapted for any media involving mixing. So gather some friends and collectively enjoy this newest art journaling experience. Also, there’s plenty of other streamable free content, including nearly 3 dozen art journaling lessons, on   my youtube channel. Love to you all, Kim available paintings reproductions student membership online classroom on demand painting lessons & workshops intuitive painting workshop through Kara Bullock On the Fly, in person workshop (Tustin, CA), Oct 2025 Acts of Art project want more eye candy?

NEW STUDIES Coleas and Dahlia

  At left, Coleas, 8x10, acrylic on flat panel, $300 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. On right, Dahlia, 6x6, acrylic on flat panel, $200 plus s&h to the first asking nicely. Link to purchase is below.  Please reach out  with any questions. September in  my online classroom  was all about color, with a two day live demo last weekend. These two paintings were my demonstration pieces, which was held via zoom. I worked on them in real time, talking about how to mix bold saturated color in the dahlia piece and then, conversely, how to handle a backlit subject with muted tones. The live content circled back to touch on all the bits of color theory and behavior we had been learning all month. I finished both pieces later in the week, recording additional footage on how I tied things up. Dahlia has sold (thank you so very much) and Coleas remains available. You can see her in greater detail  here ,  viewed up close, in a room setting, and find a li...