Giveaway by Sheri Ann Ponzi - Paintingherselfintobeing

Hello friends,

Yesterday I wrote about the how I love online courses? Now I have taken a course Angels in my Studio with Sheri and now she has a lovely course which has already started.  But she is giving away a free spot for the new course called "Painting The Goddess Within". The winner will be announced on Jan 3rd. And its simple to participate. 

Click here for the giveaway details.

To know more about the course click here and join right away if you don't wish to wait. 

In a snapshot what can you expect from the course. Straight from her blog below.... 

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Your journey will include top-quality painting lessons from 4 fabulous instructors, guided meditations, energetic attunements, movement, journal prompts and more!

Register now and this amazing community of artists and seekers will support you as youconnect with and create a gorgeous reflection of your Goddess Within and her symbols -- a cherished piece of artwork to hang in your home.

This online course is available to you anywhere in the world, from the comfort of your own home!

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Happy participating in the Giveaway. And hope you win. All the best. 

Love and light

Prerna

Online E-courses – Just hooked on to the idea.

Hello every one,

Hope every one had a great Christmas and every one is looking forward to a great 2013. 

It is only in the year 2012 that I discovered the world of online courses for Art. I have been learnt from various teachers in Mumbai, India over weekends since 2004. These hobbies were a stress buster but I usually chose classes closer to home. I also assisted at some Art courses from 2010 to 2011. Finally I took a break from all the work that’s when I discovered the e-learning. I scouted around, did a bit of research joined a couple. And here is a dialogue. This might just be helpful to some students who have never considered either of the options to logically put things into perspective.

Why I love e-learning

  

• Do it at your own pace and time. Most of these workshops are open for 6 months to a year after the course is over. Now let’s admit I am a person who was all about deadlines for 18 years (corporate life) so this was a boon. Yay no deadlines, no need to reach some place at a particular time even if it meant for hobby. Thumbs up.

• A Great online community and support group. – Again support and chat and sharing happens at our own free time. Most of these groups are all about support and its not about how good or bad your work is. There is a lot to share, lot to learn in these closed groups.  

• In your own comfort zone : My own table, my own home, my relaxed clothing. I am game.

• No pressure : Now lets admit the teachers who are teaching have years of experience. Some students are better than others. Since no one is watching we really don’t care about the mistakes we make to begin with. There is no pressure and we can keep trying and upload the work once we are happy with it.

• No judgment : Since a lot of fellow students don’t know you personally and your background in the closed groups usually you will find no judgment about some work you produce, especially the ones that involve soul searching. We are not just talking art workshops here. Get it?

• Downloadable videos: Now ideally go for e-workshops that offer downloadable videos only because you would want to keep it and view it again and again while you are practicing. If you compare that with your offline course you can’t ask your off line teacher to demonstrate again and again while you are working side by side. So that was a huge plus for me.

• Sharing : You get to see individual work and soak it in. You get to know about other opportunities and platforms available as the social media network is brining the world closer.

• Materials : Usually when you join an off line workshop the materials are provided or the list is specific as the teachers also would like to show some results upfront before you leave the class. There is no time to experiment. With online or e-learning one can look at alternates and experiment as time is by your side besides there is no specific affiliation to stick to by the teachers.  

• Global experience: This has been the most enriching experience. I get to learn from teachers all across the world. And there is tons of collective knowledge out there.

• Cost : Well I cant compare this much because of one factor my offline classes have been in India and online have been international. So it would be unfair. But if I take the cost of time and travel into account I think it’s still a deal.

What you might love about in person Art classes :

• You will get to meet new people and make new friends. Although I dint have problem with that with my on line class. I made lots of friends and we are on social media network. The community has grown.  

• The teachers might be able to hand hold you and may be help you with your mistakes if it is a small class. But some times the workshops have like 20/30 students to make it economical and its impossible for the teacher to handhold you any ways.

• If you need a reason to step out of the house for some me time sure it’s a huge plus. 

• Options of one on one class or a work shop – There are a lot of teachers in India who do take workshops at your convenience and one on one instead of a group of students too.  It worked for me while I was working full time and had only weekends.

For about a year I did a weekend teachers training course which kind of made it difficult for me while working weekdays. I wish I knew about e-learning back then.

Feel free to continue the dialogue. It would be great to hear from every one. 

Love and Light

Prerna 

PS : I plan to share a lot more on my blog next year so you might want to consider subscribing the blog. 

Metal Enameling workshop at Jindal Steel Works – Vashind by Kana Lomror of Timeless Moment

Hello Arty Folks

I attended a Large Scale Enameling workshop conducted by Kana Lomror (with whom I have been undergoing an advance course in metal enameling) at Kharghar, India.  It was held sometime end of Oct 2012 and I guess the next one will be in Jan 2013 

The workshop was an opportunity for artists to spend around 6/7 days lost in creativity. We had a mix of participants, some who had come in for the 2^nd or 3^rd time. Some for the first time like me but were not new to the medium and some absolutely first timers trying out enameling on metal for the first time that too on a large scale. It was a great mix and made a few new friends. I shared my space with Shruti Dev who happened to my Silver Art Clay teacher a year back and we had a great time. There were some amazing work that the participants have worked on and I am sure Kana Lomror will upload soon. But here is what I made and I am glad I could carry forward my intuitive style of painting that I finally rediscovered believed and held on to. It’s a great medium for a lot of artists to try out and work on. I love making enameled jewelry and small artworks on a regular basis as that’s the size of my Kiln and I usually work on Copper. Here at the JSW work shop I decided to work on Coated Steel as it does react differently than copper and I wanted to spend more time enameling than on the cleaning and beating and texturing of copper which I already had explored. I must say metal enameling is forgiving to a certain extent and gives you some lovely accidental effects that you will fall in love with but cant expect to repeat itself. So it’s a self discovery each time you fire you wait for it to cool. Kana Lomror has managed to master and tame the medium to a large extent thanks to hours of practice so it’s a pleasure. I think the next workshop will be held in Jan 2013 so if any one is interested hop on to his FB page and write to him.

Its a hot sunny afternoon. - 10"x12"

Protecting you - This one is almost a wiccan and whispers I am with you no matter how dark and heavy the energies might surround you. Notice the figure sitting at the bottom holding a red ball sitting on fire but still meditative. The angels protecting and sending love on a almost full moon night. 10"x12"

Sunset at the workshop. We used to witness a lovely sunset from out workshop venue and it just decided to walk right into the painting. The symbol in black is a spiral that follow me in my paintings a lot. 12"x12"

Witnessing : The universe is inside me. Notice the crest moon instead of a nose ring, the sublime sunset on the right cheek. Its almost a twilight like effect below the nose. Sun setting and the moon rising. The beautiful third eye extending upwards. This one is my favorite. 18"x18"

Water color background with screen printing technique - yessss you can screen print on metal. Will be adding some other stuff here soon. Not sure as of now. So it stays like this for the moment. Will wait for it to communicate what it wants. As usual. 

Hope you guys like it. 

Love and Light. 

Prerna

FREE Mandala Painting Class

Hey Every one

You can join the Free Seed of Life Mandala Painting Class on http://guadascircle.ning.com/

Her Mandalas are very pretty and her instructions are so very easy to follow. You will love the class.

Check out my Mandala in progress below. We are yet to reach the background stage. Its meditative and I am so hooked.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Happy Mandala Making.

Love and Light
Prerna