Only 5 days left until  ‘Petit Papillon’ online mini course will open it’s ‘doors’. The class is almost full and there is literally just a few single spots left!

You can find more about this course by clicking HERE

I  hope you will join me!

Hello my dear friends,

It was a while since my last blog. There are a few reasons for that:  I’m always busy with PYHaS2017 year long course I’m hosting this year. I also was preparing a lesson for 21Secrets art journaling course, and  I finally got to work on my new mini course Petit Papillon I was thinking about since last year.

Editing videos is a serious part of preparing online classes. I always make sure to explain each step and show everything I do, even when things don’t go as planned initially. I think it is important for students to see, that I struggle many times and to show how to get things work out. On another hand I cut out every single second where there is no action. Time is precious and I wouldn’t want anyone spending it on watching me thinking and trying to figure out what’s next. That said, editing takes really very long time.

I’m very happy to finally finish editing for my new online course Petit Papillon (Little Butterfly) I just love how it sounds in French! I absolutely love this theme and it fits great with spring mood and the outcome of this course could be a great gift for the upcoming holidays. Registration was opened Tuesday night and by today, more than half the class is full already! Wow! Thank you to all who signed up! Oh, and I’m also giving away a single $25 Amazon Gift card, don’t miss out on participating in the draw!

For more information and to join course click HERE

While studying art, most of the time we used to work with real life sitters and still life setups. Later in life, when photo references became widely available in great quality and variety, I completely switched to using them instead.  Photo references never need to switch a pose, use the bathroom or go home… A couple month ago I got  an advertisement in my mail box for life drawing sessions, which promised models from both genders, and I felt excited. I can’t reallty explain why. I signed up.  At the first session I felt totally out of my comfort zone…  But I couldn’t wait for the next one!

… The model changed her poses so quickly that I didn’t have a chance to turn my page, so I just overlap one sketch onto another one, and another one, and I got 3 poses in the most wonderful composition!  I love when this happens  🙂 .  I painted sketch at home and it turned into the ‘Three Graces Hate Party’ painting.

“Three Graces Hat Party”,  24″ x 18″ , Sold.

Last week we had a snow storm and all the activities were cancelled. I set up my studio and asked my daughter to sit for me. She got excited, but not for long, LOL.

I hope you like this video and get inspired! If you don’t have volunteers to sit for you, you can just arrange a still life setup, a couple of apples and a vase could make a very nice composition. Set your timer to 10-30 minutes and give it a try.  Please post what you created in my FB group HERE, I can’t wait to see it!

UPDATES: 

The year long online course I’m hosting this year, Paint Your Heart and Soul, is getting the best reviews from their students! I don’t like to brag but….I’m getting emails from students almost on a daily basis expressing their gratitude and how the course exceeded their expectations. They really like the  techniques and talent out teachers share, the inspiration our students get and the progress they make,  the supportive community where we can open our heart and soul. This week’s lesson was taught by me, and here are just a few examples of students’ work, from the top left: Jennifer McCormick Rikkers, Susan Boles, Karen Stallard Nowviskie‎ and Gita Prana.

It’s not too late to join us! We just had our 5th lesson out of 40+ lessons this year.  Don’t worry about catching up!  You can start from any lesson, since all projects are totally independent. The course material is available until 2019, so there is plenty of time to do the course in your own pace. And you don’t need any previous experience in drawing and painting!!! Click HERE to read more about it and join!

NEWS

*I’m teaching in the 21 SECRETS art journaling workshop!!! The theme of the current edition is emBODY and I’m sharing a very personal project, which could be as personal for you too. The course includes lessons from 21 teachers and all of them are super awesome! To find out more and to sign up click HERE

 

Announcing Valentine’s Day SALE!

Painting Dreamy Portraits  $49 (regular price is $60)

Monochrome Love $29 (regular price is $36)

Offer expires 2/14/17 Midnight.

Have a fabulous week and Happy Valentines day!

Hugs and much love to you all!

Olga.

Hello my dear friends,

Happy belated New Year! I wish all of you that 2017 will bring you only happiness, love and success in new beginnings!

The last two weeks passed like two days, and this is how fast time flies when you enjoy every moment of it. We were visiting my parents and those of my husband’s in Israel. There is nothing like spending time with mom and dad. It is amazing how you become a child again, and the smell of mama’s food brings you back in time. We were talking and laughing, and crying and remembering…

Here are some highlights from our visit there:

Incredibly beautiful beach in Ashkelon, the ancient city in Israel’s south, where my mom and dad live:

Mosaics from Tzipori (Sepphoris),  the capital of Galilee in the Roman era:

Akko (Acre), which used to be an important port city going as far back as the Middle Bronze Age, some 4000 years ago!

Nimrod Fortress in the Golan Heights, which was built in the 13th century:

The course I’m hosting this year, Paint Your Heart and Soul 2017, started last week. We all were super excited and my parents were very proud of me. They are totally blown away by all the beautiful art which was posted in the students’ group after the first lesson. Our next lesson is coming up this Wednesday, you can still sign up!

It was really hard to leave, but every “Farewell” brings a new “Hello”. Hopefully we are going to meet soon!

When we got back to the US it was snowing, a real winter wonderland! Home, sweet home! <3

Have a wonderful Monday my friends,

Big hugs,

Olga <3

 

 

Hello creative friends!

I finally got some time to edit for you a tutorial about creating Art Journal from brown paper shopping bags. You can substitute those with any paper bags you have available, it could be old gift bags, paper bags from department stores, even sandwich bags will do the job! The variety of different bags in one journal could be really interesting :).

I hope you get inspired and going to make one for yourself! Please share it in our FB Group here: http://tinyurl.com/ze6yfnu . Do you have other ideas for creating a journal from paper bags? I would love to know! <3

P.S. Just a quick reminder, that Early Bird Registration for Painting Your Heart and Soul 2017 is still available, but not for long!. The offer is good until end of the month.  We are going to start January 4th, and lessons I got from our artist teachers are just really amazing.  Art supplies were already posted in our “classroom” and FB group is forming up. About half thousand people joined us already, we hope you are going to join us too! For more information and to join click to the link below:

https://olgafurmanart.com/paint-your-dream-story-year-long-online-course-2017/

Below is an example of one of 6 (possibly more!) lessons, I’m going to contribute to this course

This is all for today,

Have a wonderful and creative weekend my friends!

Hugs,

Olga <3

 

 

Hello lovely friends,

Last month I did a free tutorial, using products from Donna Downey beautiful shop.  In a case you didn’t see it yet, I’m posting it here. Be sure to scroll down,  it has 2 parts 🙂

I hope you liked it and I hope, that you are already on the way to your creative space!

But wait!!!

Let me just to remind you, that the registration for a year long brand new course ‘Paint Your Heart and Soul 2017’  is now open and you can get it for an early bird registration, which will not last forever! And even better, you can win a spot in that amazing course! This months schedule for giveaway is:

Oct 3 – Alissa Millsap www.admillsapstudio.com
Oct 10 – Kittania Kristi Miller  www.alwaysartllc.com
Oct 15 – Nikol Wikman www.nikolwikmanart.com
Oct 20 – Danielle Mack www.apaintedpage.com
Oct 23 – Tina Naya’li Berendsohn www.nightblueart.com
Oct 30 – Renata Loree www.renataloree.com
Oct 31 – Stephanie Gagos  www.stephaniegagos.com

To find out more about this amazing course and to join, click the link:

http://tinyurl.com/PaintYourHeartAndSoul

 

 

 

Dear friends,

Thank you everyone who participated in the draw – your support and kindness is appreciated very much! I can’t even express myself in words, how grateful I’m!

The winner of the free spot is DIANA BOYD! Congratulations!!! 

The next Giveaway is Lucy Chen, September 27th !  I followed Lucy’s art journey for over an year  now and absolutely in love with her style, which combines old masters school with a modern approach. Lucy mostly works in acrylics and oils, using colorful and unique palettes.  I’m so happy and honored to have this amazing artist in my team as a teacher in the upcoming course! To find out more about  Lucy Chen and how to enter to her draw for a FREE spot in the course, please visit her website http://lucychenfineart.com/

Good luck!

xox Olga