Artist Renee Mak

Happy Thursday Bloggers!  About this time  two years ago I had just begun my painting adventure with artist   Flora Bowley   and her  Bloom True Workshop .   I absolutely love the experience I had and still use it for inspiration today!  If you have a chance to take this workshop or get her book, Brave Intuitive Painting , (available in my Awesome Books bookshop to the right--->) I highly recommend it.  Now, in the tradition of #throwbackthursday,  here is my post from the second week of  the Bloom True Workshop (originally posted 2/11/12)...  with the addition of my finished paintings! I had a fabulous paint day in the studio today!  I began my second assignment (first lesson  here ) in the  Bloom True Workshop  by Flora Bowley  and love what happened. The colors really pop!  The lesson was about getting to know my tools... the brushes... and whatever e...

Happy Saturday everyone!   I spent the day today painting in my studio...  and I think I'll say this one is DONE! This is my first canvas from the fabulous Flora Bowley eCourse called Bloom True .  It's been such a great journey and I love all the new techniques  I've learned.  This is how it  started... I don't think any of this first layer shows in the final piece but I like knowing that it's there!  The class was five weeks long {posts start to finish  here } and I can't even tell you how many layers of  paint this finished painting has.   I tried my best to use the techniques that were taught... but use them "my style"!  This wasn't always easy because I had to wait until the next lesson to learn what to do next. But of course, that is exactly what I was supposed to  do!  That's how I learned to listen to my  own intuition and trust it and let go and be brave! This course has completely changed the way I pai...

Bloom True Workshop... Happy Paint Party Friday and  Friday Sneak Peek Can I just say again... I LOVE  the BLOOM TRUE workshop I am blessed to be  a part of! Week four is all about being BRAVE. I really appreciate the fact that many artists hold on to this mantra...and teach about it...  because creating from inner passion always requires a great amount of bravery! I feel like I became a little stuck in my paintings for the class and didn't quite know how to get unstuck!  The painting above, while I like it, just isn't me. It's too tight!  So I was thrilled when our new lesson demonstrated doing something totally brave with a painting and just pouring paint over it! That was all I needed to dive in head first... Pouring, dripping, wiping and smearing... the result is exactly what I needed to get back to that place of freedom in my work!  Many times, art imitates life. This week was no exception.  There are things from my pa...