The Art Bundle #7 Giveaway starts today! Win Over $5700 of Art Classes

Do you want a chance to win the all-new Art Bundles for Good #7? 

Three lucky winners will have a chance to win the entire Art Bundles for Good #7 including $5700 worth of art courses and other great resources. There are over 111 art resources from more than 90 of your favorite artists this year.  I am contributing one of my new courses - Mixed Media Art Bowls

You get to create a set of 3 mixed media art bowls in my online course - Mixed Media Art Bowls

It doesn’t cost anything to enter the giveaway, so don’t miss out. and see if you can be one of the ones who win the whole bundle. The Art Bundle Giveaway only lasts for 1 week, starting today! The more you share, the more chances you have to win. 

GO TO THE ART BUNDLE GIVEAWAY

Art Bundle #7 Sale is Coming on November 3rd for 5 Days!

The all new Art Bundles of Good #7 is coming next week. This is the best deal in online art classes you will find. There are more than 90 artists contributing 111+ art courses and resources with a value of over $5700 at a low price, a great time to treat yourself for Christmas!

25% of the profits from the sale are going to Courageous Kitchen, a Bangkok based charity helping refugees. We’ve raised US$101,782 for charity so far.

Visit the website to enter the Art Giveaway. Three lucky people will win the entire bundle of art resources!

GO TO THE ART BUNDLE GIVEAWAY

Good luck to all that enter for the giveaway!

Check out some courses while you are at it!

Click HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Join Us for Art for Freedom - Fund Raiser

 

I am one of the teachers in the Art for Freedom initiative sharing a lesson.

I have joined Larissa Russell of Creative U Healing, along with many other teachers to share a creative healing session to help alleviate stress, lower anxiety, and just all around help with feeling better.

My session is a part of many more that you get for free when you donate $27 dollars to help support Ukraine.

Larissa lives in Canada and her government has agreed to match donations in by March 18, so we had to act fast to make the most of our donated dollars.

If you want to donate more, or can’t donate $27, there are other options on the page.

Go HERE ( https://www.creativeu.ca/art-for-freedom ) to donate today, and receive your FREE gift of Creative Healing Sessions.

Thank you for your support

Stay Blessed and Be a blessing

Courses to check out:

 

 

Mixed Media Collaborations - Etching in Oil Pastels

 

In this video I will be working in my art journal with oil pastels, gesso, and etching an image into the layers of the oil pastels. Having fun with the supplies and experimenting. Check out the other artists in the video hop, we meet every second Tuesday of the month, and the theme is open: Creatif Edges Byshraddha: https://youtu.be/NqPlIaNuGAc Bea Grob: https://youtu.be/OABK_7oXfGU Priya Satish : https://youtu.be/0gxZRPVjNSY Britta Smith Toftebjerg: https://youtu.be/sl5KOSGp88A Marie Linder: https://youtu.be/DXxC3kKPYM4 Archana Sehgal: https://youtu.be/s-73Vd9JuZ4 Amanda Trought: https://youtu.be/qu6H8SgT5_I

Remember to join us every second Tuesday as we take you on a creative adventure.

Check out some of my previous video's in this video hop:

Loving, Healing, Creating Summit 2022

 

Come and join us on the FREE Loving, Healing, Creating Summit 2022 between the 2nd and 14th March 2022

You can feel so much better when you spend time doing a creative activity and it can have an amazing impact on your health and well-being.

I am one of the presenters in the Loving-Healing-Creating Summit running March 2-14.

You can learn more about Healing with Creativity at the summit and take part in a range of different activities including:

Journaling, Meditation, Art, Mindfulness and much more!

Register Today for FREE access from March 2-14 - You get free access for a limited time

If you want unlimited access you can have that for only $47 with the early bird special,

(until March 1, 2022).

Look forward to seeing you there


Loving Healing CreatingSummit 2022

 

Creative U - Free Sampler 20th - 24th January - Come and Join us

A Year in Color


Come and join us on the FREE Sampler which is on between 20th - 24th January 2022

I am one of the Presenters who will be joining Larissa Russell of Creative U  in the online A Year in Color. Larissa and I together with a host of other presenters have created for you an amazing online experience, a full year of creativity, inspiration, and color.

The doors first opened in September last year, but they have opened again with new sessions added.

We are offering you a sampler for free. Each presenter is adding two sessions to the A Year in Color lineup, and the first one is part of the Sampler. You have to join to get the second one. You can upgrade for 52 weeks of content, lifetime access, and a Facebook group to share with. From now until January 25th you can SAVE 15%.

Hurry and register for this free sampler event as time is limited, free access from January 20-24, 2022.  Looking forward to seeing you there!

Check it out HERE - A Year in Color

Creative Jumpstart - Creating Connections - Cyber Week Sale!

Join us for Creative JumpStart 2022

 

Creative JumpStart was created by Nathalie Kalbach for hobbyists and artists alike to learn from the best of the best and take action to build a creative habit. 

With Creative Jumpstart, you’ll have everything you need to achieve your creative goals in 5 weeks. Whether you’re just getting started in the mixed media world or are a mixed media veteran, CJS is a magical and interactive experience created just for you. 

You can expect to: 

● Connect with others 

● Be challenged on your journey 

● Take action on your goals 

● Get the support you need from the best mixed media artists around 

● Discover how your artmaking creates connections with people, places and things 

● Understand how you connect with certain materials 

● Gain access to a plethora of artistic techniques to learn and get better at.

 By joining CJS, you’ll get to learn techniques from yours truly, as well as 37 other amazing artists!

The workshop is delivered over four weeks via 38 pre-recorded lessons and interactive sessions (think live webinars and a private forum just for CJS students & instructors to connect), where you get the chance to ask questions, get hands-on help, and seek support from the community directly. 

So, where will you be in four weeks? Hopefully it’s hanging out with us and getting in touch with your creativity! Are you in?

For More Information CLICK HERE or go to: https://bit.ly/cjsat22 

Join Life Book 2022 and get 30% OFF!!!

 

 It was great to be one of the teachers for Life Book 2021 and we created a stitched wall hanging for our bonus lesson,

And a clay frame with heart sentiment for the main lesson.

 there were some fantastic lessons from all the teachers.

You can now sign up for Life Book 2022 and get a 30% discount until 1st Jan 2022

Be part of an incredible year of art making! 

Celebrate Life Book on it’s 10th anniversary with the brand new course – Life Book 2022! Enjoy a whole year of art and wellbeing classes in one unmissable package, PLUS if you buy Life Book right now, you can save 30% with the discount code ARTJOY30.

What’s included in Life Book?

Over 80+ mixed media art & wellbeing classes

Learn from 31 expert artists

Includes a virtual gift bag with lots of goodies including extra free classes!

Learn to use your creativity to support your wellbeing

Lifetime access to all class videos

ONLY £139 GBP (or $190 USD) for the whole course (valued at over $3000)

30% off for Early Birdies! Use: ARTJOY30 when signing up before Jan 1st 2022!

Make Art, Feel Happy

Sign up now

Artsy Second Sunday - September - Faces

 

It is that time of the month - Artsy Second Sunday!!  Come and join us this Sunday (12th September) for an amazing time with an amazing group of artists.  

You will be able to see how I created this page full of lots of yummy detail.

Check out the link HERE - https://youtu.be/DKa2DXJT7i4 

My video premiers at 1pm EST the first video goes live at 12 noon, I have a list of the artists below and their links.

Martha from ilove2paint https://youtu.be/VmlVkyCOVoo

Pittsburgh Artist https://youtu.be/zDGof1GUPqM

Eleni S-artstuff https://youtu.be/JMeAlzWF9h8

Amanda Trought https://youtu.be/DKa2DXJT7i4

Diana Art https://youtu.be/KhKLRKPi3R4

Archu's Art World https://youtu.be/OKY2G69nnB8

Nina Fickett Designs https://youtu.be/oYOFkGQawxY

Mixed Creativity by Marie https://youtu.be/euvdvPyTAEo

Britta Mindartdk https://youtu.be/1lyMYRrATek

Mona L Creates https://youtu.be/IMYNnQm6XBU

Peg Adkins Robinson https://youtu.be/oJDd4TZHihk

Shel Paper Ocotillo Studio https://youtu.be/GFs-3TsarZk

You can subscribe to my channel and hit the notification bell and be notified when we go live, and you can join us in the chat - it is great to see how the other artists create their work.

It would be great to have you join us!

Creativity Tips - Feeling Creatively Stuck

When you are feeling stuck and not sure what to do creativity, just play with your supplies, check out my latest video of one of the ways in which I get myself back on my creative tract.

Join me on Patreon

Pass The Brush Video Experience

 

Here is the video of my creative journey to Mixed Media Art which I shared as part of Pass The Brush Art Experience..

Thank you for joining me, you can also connect with me on  Instagram and check out some of the other artists.

 

The aim of the event is to show solidarity within the art community and to amplify black artists so their voices can be heard and art can be seen in a broader audience.  Connect with each other as artists and see what our similarities and differences.

Let me know what you are getting on with.

Here are the artists that shared their spaces and their audiences. You can check out their instagram pages and see some of their amazing work.

 

Arts and Wellness Studio Talk - Episode 229

Welcome to my studio - Mixed Media Artist Amanda Trought

Welcome to Arts and Wellness - Episode

In today's episode I talk about some of the work that I have been doing, the importance of being creative and having some activities that may not be related to your main creative output - say using a different medium.

Listen to the Podcast

Textile projects

Check out the Unmuted - celebration of black women artists - this is just a drop in the ocean.  Check out some of their work and show some love.

Artists Talks - Nala, Malcontent - A Work in Progress

Recently spoke to artist Nala at his exhibition Malcontent.

Artists - Alan Springer, Heather Dawn Scott, Nala, & Oneka Small

He spoke about the way that his work can be viewed as social commentary of the things that he hears and experiences.

Artist Nala

The link between the art created and mental health and well-being, the things that inspires him as he works.

Artist Nala shares insights to his art

And where he sees his work moving to next, the combination of theater and expression is one of the ways in which he addresses topics and themes that arise out of his creativity both as the art on the canvas and in a theater setting.

Artist Nala

Celebrating Textiles - Art Exhibition

The Exhibition has been curated by Janice Whittle and her team at the Queens Park Gallery, bringing together a group of artists who love working with fabric and textiles in one form or another.

Check out the video

Mixed Media Art - Amanda Trought

Here is one of my pieces for the exhibition with was inspired by the Boro Japanese style of stitching and I have incorporated hand painted fabric, wood from the Moringa and Cotton tree, which makes use of plants that I grow in my garden.

With Artist Katrina Braithwaite (Middle) and another talented young artist beside her

It was great to meet up with the other artists who had work on display and family and friends who had come to the opening to appreciate the work

Two of the 6 pieces in the Celebrating Textiles Exhibition

The other piece that I have on display is one that has elements of fabric slashing and incorporates beads, wood and painted fabric, it was great to be able to use all the materials and elements I like using in my work.

with artist Heather Dawn Scott

As artist you can spend so much time focusing on your work and completing, that it is always a pleasure meeting up with fellow artists and talking about what inspires and motivates us.

Artists Exhibiting: Irene Banfield, Heidi Berger, Katrina Brathwaite, Ayissa Burnett, Nefertari Caddle, Sylvester Clarke, Lois Crawford, Joyce Daniel, Maria Elias, Margaret Herbert, Zhane Padmore, Ann Rudder, Wolette Selassie, Heather-Dawn Scott, Margaret Trotman, Amanda Trought, Roslyn Watson, Deborah Younglao,

We all appreciate the opportunity to showcase our work in the Queens Park Gallery, which is such a lovely space to exhibit in.

With Curator Janice Whittle

With Curator Janice Whittle and Artist Ann Rudder

The exhibition continues until 18th January at the Queens Park Gallery, Barbados, we hope you can make it and see some of the amazing techniques used in the artwork on display.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Artists Studio Tours Barbados 2020

Artists Tours

Discover Barbados, Discover Art

It is great to be part of The Artists Studio Tours which brings together over 30 artists all opening their studio and exhibition spaces to the public.

There are Painters, Sculptors, Mixed Media Artists, Photographer, Textile artists, Clay artists, Jewelry and Newspaper craft artists

Whilst some of the Artists and their Studios are open at other times during the year by appointment you will be able to make your way round to the artists that catch your eye and see more of their work.

I will be opening up my space over the two weekends and you will be able to see where the creative spark happens and my display space, it will be a great event, and will likely be an annual one.

Mixed Media Art Sculpture -  Amanda Trought

The studios are open on

Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th February, and again on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th March 2020

You can check out the other artists on the Artists Studio Tour Website HERE  I look forward to seeing you.