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Wherever you’re at on your journey, welcome! Let’s grow together.

Welcome! I’m Sandy, and I would be honored to help you release the creativity that I know you already have inside of you. Beginner to advanced, pencils, markers, paints — I believe we’re all artists at heart. With the right encouragement and a bit of practice, we can achieve much more than we ever thought possible.

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NEWEST COURSES:

Brushstroke Flowers

Explore an Asian-inspired simple painting style! Practice brushstrokes on a special board, then in black and white and finally in color, turning them into lovely cards.

Drawing Better Plants

In this intermediate drawing class, create a complex garden drawing in graphite pencil using a wide variety of techniques applicable to many other drawing subjects.

Travel Sketches II: Global Gardens

Build your own handmade accordion sketchbook and fill it with global gardens! Begin each lesson with pencil, then pen and ink, and Inktense or other watercolor pencils to bring it alive. 

Tiny Tutorials

Over 150 step by step graphical tutorials await you! In up to ten visuals for each, you’ll learn art supply information, technique instruction, and encouragement for your artistic soul.

Watercolor Bouquets

Paint three beautiful spring floral bouquets! Over 4 hours of extensive narrated instruction to create thumbnail sketches and learn to make plans for and complete your paintings.

Fresh Brew

Order up your favorite morning beverage while you learn three ways to render a coffee cup in alcohol markers! Tackle reflections, shadows, and so much more.

YouCan Toucan

Learn to color three toucans in three mediums — with all the images provided to print and color! Use water-based markers, colored pencils, and alcohol markers, or switch it up to your own favorite coloring medium! 

New to online classes?

Begin by picking a medium offered below – and then an expertise level and a subject! From Jumpstart to Advanced classes, each covers foundations and techniques that can be applied across much more than the topics shown in class.

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How do classes work?

Courses are all prerecorded, with video content you can start and end at anytime. Go at your own pace; you have unlimited access to revisit each lesson as many times as you like!

What level should I sign up for?

There are no enforced “prerequisites” here, so you can jump in where you feel comfortable; see the video on each class page to get an idea how difficult it will be.

  • Jumpstart classes (Level 1) are full of great info on color theory, technique, and shading.
  • Intermediate Mini classes (Level 3) are shorter classes — and less expensive — and lots of fun. 
  • See the description of levels here.

Can I share my work or ask questions?

You bet! Join the Artventure Network — there are chat or video Studio Hour sessions with Sandy, and you can also post your work or ask questions anytime. There’s also a Facebook Group just for students. 

What’s your medium?

Choose one below to get started — lots of options to inspire you!

Watercolor

Alcohol Markers

Drawing

Pencils

Bible journaling

Crafts

On sale

Nature theme

Pen & Ink

Misc

Color charts

A growing collection of Hex Charts for markers and pencils can help you choose colors or track what you own. Tap the arrow for free charts too!

Student Testimonials

You get an elevated sense of confidence when you complete classes, to “reach” for the next level. I recommended this to all my friends.

Linda H.

Arizona

This class taught me how to create beautiful skies, but also how to just let go….I had some great results. Such a great class!

Julie F

North Carolina

I LOVED this class!!! I can now add to my own travel journals and daily sketches. Fantastic! A wonderful class that broadens horizons! 

Tanya W

Japan

I just loved this course! I couldn’t believe that I had actually done the scenes I created! I highly recommend this class. 

Karen S

Massachusetts

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