My Color is Beautiful Art - Giveaway and Blog hop still on!

There is still time to enter to see if you can get a spot that I am giving away for this exciting class.

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 Do you want to be in with a chance to win a place on this Art course?  I have one spot to GIVEAWAY 

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Here are the teachers

Here is the Blog Hop Schedule! 

Be sure to visit each day and follow the blog hop for more chances to win a spot!

• Nov 1 – Tiare Smith Designs - http://www.tiaresmith.com 
• Nov 2 – Amanda Trought - http://realityarts-creativity.blogspot.com/
• Nov 3 – Martice Smith II  - http://www.uneekart.blogspot.com
• Nov 4 – Mystele - http://www.mystele.com/
• Nov 5 – Aysha Livingston - http://aydaycreatives.com/
• Nov 6 – Trina Willis -http://trinamadethis.blogspot.com/
• Nov 7 – Kiala Givehand - http://www.kialagivehand.com/blog
• Nov 8 – Carol Porter -  http://cporter8.blogspot.com/
• Nov 9 – Tiare Smith – http://www.tiaresmith.com

My Color is Beautiful - Blog Hop Day - Amanda Trought

I would like to thank Tiare Smith for kicking off the blog hop for My Color is Beautiful Art 2015 Workshop. Tiare has brought together a team of inspiring creatives of which I have been asked to contribute - no pressure then!  I can't tell you how excited I am to be taking part, this is my first online teaching session, and I have a lot of exciting things to share with you as part of my lesson. 

What you will cover in my lesson!

I am excited to get you working with paints, ephemera, stencils, stamps, and we will be working on canvas using mixed media techniques to celebrate who we are, you will select your favorite colours, do bit of journalling and play with stamps and stencils as the foundation and create an image. We will be then pull out of the foundation an image and build on it using color and finish off by embellishing with beads, jewelry, and stitching,  We will be creating many layers of beautiful color that dances off the page.

Embellished painting - Amanda Trought - Realityarts

My session is about letting go and not being confined by what you feel you are expected to draw, but allowing the paint and the colours speak to you. So, put on your favorite music and allow your creativity to bring out what is in your heart! 

I will be giving away one free spot to the Course you have 3 chances to enter below from today until the class registration opens on 11 November.    You can leave a comment below on the blog, like my Facebook page and follow me on Twitter for a chances to win a FREE spot.  I will be announcing the winner on Wednesday 12th November.    You can also get an EXTRA entry to win a spot by visiting the blog hop on Tiare's Blog HERE

Complete the form below to be in for a chance to win the free spot on the course 'My Color is Beautiful Art 2015'

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If you love color and creativity, then you will love My Color is Beautiful Art, come and express yourself and be treated to the creative expressions of some great artists I am really looking forward to interacting as you share your creations. You can learn about the other instructors on the Blog Hop and register for the class HERE.

Join us in the class

Martice Smith II is the next on the Blog hop for tomorrow, go and spend some time on her blog and check out what she will be teaching!

Good luck for the giveaway and remember to leave a comment!

My Color is Beautiful Art 2015 Workshop – Blog Hop Day 1

My Color is Beautiful Art 2015 Workshop – Blog Hop Day 1

Come and Create with Us

Alright, it has officially started, today is blog hop day 1 for ‘My Color is Beautiful Art’  2015 Workshop and we are raring to go and I know that I am really excited to be sharing with you!

Today Tiare is going to be giving out general information about the workshop, you can download a PDF of each of the instructors that will be taking part.

Several of the instructors will host a GIVEAWAY – so you have plenty of chances to win a spot, I will be giving away a spot and you have to come back tomorrow to see what you have to do to be in with a chance of winning it.

Each day during this blog hop, you will get to meet a different instructor.  This is the perfect time to meet the team and learn more about them.

Here is the schedule for the Blog Hop

Nov 1 - Tiare Smith (TODAY)

Nov 2 - Amanda Trought - That's me!  (come back for the GIVEAWAY)

Nov 3 - Martice Smith II

Nov 4 - Mystele

Nov 5 - Aysha Livingston

Nov 6 - Trina Willis

Nov 7 - Kiala Givehand

Nov 8 - Carol Porter

Nov 9 - Tiare Smith – Blog Hop Finale

Come back tomorrow (Sunday) and I will let you know what I will be teaching, I will also be running a GIVEAWAY, so one lucky person will be in for a chance to win a spot.

Looking forward to seeing you on the Blog Hop, Good Luck!

I am Teaching at - My Color is Beautiful Art - Classes

I am really excited to share a wonderful, collaborative effort that Tiare Smith has put together and that I have been asked to make a contribution - how exciting!

Myself along with 7 AMAZING mixed media instructors will bring you an experience like no other. You will get to immerse yourself in color, creativity, techniques, awesome positive energy and inspiring and empowering techniques.

Want to know more about My COLOR is Beautiful Art CLICK HERE!

Come and join us on the blog hop, we’ll be sharing a bit about ourselves and the classes we will teach and we’ll also be giving away some FREE spaces in My COLOR is Beautiful Art 2015.

So let’s get this party started!

We will kick off the fun with a blog hop starting November 1, 2014 and you will be introduced to the rest of the wonderful instructors!

Registration will open on November 11, 2014 and class begins February 2, 2015.

My Color is Beautiful will be hosted in Tiare's creative community Scraps of Color. Membership is free and you will need to sign up for an account and access to the classroom. Sign up here for community access.

Once registration opens and you are registered you will be invited to the classroom.

I am really excited to be part of this wonderful collaboration of creatives and to share my lesson and interact with you on both the Scraps of Color Community and the Facebook Group.  

Do make a note that we will be doing a blog hop from the 1st November to the 9th November, where you will be meeting the other instructors, and come back here on Sunday 2nd November and I will be sharing with you what you will be doing in my lesson!

Arts and Mental Health

I have seen some great results from the participants in my Art session at Raglan House Centre for the Elderly with Dementia in Camden. They are keen to participate and enjoy the social aspect of doing an activity together. They have the opportunity to have a discussion around different topics, we have music of different eras playing in the background and you can find them either singing along, tapping their feet - its great to see.

Every month we have an exhibition of work completed, and photos of participants in the session

Concentration has improved a great deal, and the sessions last for 2 hours - with participants remarking, 'have we finished already'!

This week we covered memories and words of wisdom. I was saying to the group with the rise in the family being separated and so busy we don't often get to share 'things their mother told them' or 'things they tell their children' and unless you are doing inter-generational work it often gets forgotten. 

Participants get to try new techniques and find the ones they like the best

Over the next few days will be sharing their words and some images.

Todays word of wisdom -

'If you want others to respect you, you have to respect yourself

If you would like to find out about Arts and Health Events connect with the Arts in Health NHS Network HERE