Find Your Favorite Medium: Explore Our Live Art Classes
Whether you are drawn to the fluid transparency of watercolors or the bold texture of oil pastels, we'll help you find exactly what you love to create with.
Understanding color is key to creating great art. This video shows a color mixing exercise with watercolors, a fundamental skill we teach to help you move past muddy colors and create fresh, vibrant palettes.
The urge to show off the texture! This video gives a close-up look at a thick, impasto landscape painting, created with a palette knife and acrylics. We teach this technique in our online workshops.
There's something so peaceful about creating patterns. This satisfying video shows the process of filling a design with intricate pen and ink work, a meditative practice we explore in our drawing workshops.
Drawing tip: practice without an eraser! This video shows some quick, confident sketches of animals. This exercise helps build confidence and improves your line work, a core focus in our beginner drawing courses.
A beautiful watercolor painting of a palm leaf, showcasing smooth blending and gradient techniques. Our watercolor workshops are perfect for learning how to control the paint and create luminous effects.
A dramatic sunset landscape created with oil pastels. This medium is perfect for blending rich, intense colors to capture the beauty of nature.
A vibrant abstract piece created by layering colors. In our classes, we explore abstract art as a way to understand color interaction and composition.
Our first drawing tip: commit to your lines and don't use an eraser! This exercise, shown here with a simple crab drawing, is a fantastic way to build confidence and improve your observational skills.
An abstract study using blocks of primary and secondary colors, created during one of our workshops in NYC.
This piece combines watercolor washes with pen and ink patterns, a great example of the mixed-media projects we explore.
About Find Your Favorite Medium
The biggest hurdle in art isn't talent; it's simply picking a tool that feels right. We always suggest starting with the medium that intrigues you most, rather than what you think is easiest. In our live, small-group sessions, we guide you through the specific quirks of each material, from controlling watercolor washes to the bold, forgiving nature of acrylics, so you can stop guessing and start creating.
How We Help You Choose
Many students come to us thinking they aren't 'artistic' simply because they tried one medium that didn't click. Maybe you found watercolors too unpredictable or pen and ink too rigid. In our online sessions, we break down these barriers by teaching the foundational behavior of the paint or pencil first.
The Mediums We Cover
- Watercolors: Learn the delicate balance of pigment and water. We focus on wet-on-wet techniques that help you embrace the flow rather than fight it.
- Oil Pastels: Perfect for those who want vibrant, immediate color. We teach you how to blend and layer these to create depth without needing complex equipment.
- Pen and Ink: Ideal for the patient creator. We use this to explore patterns, textures, and the meditative side of drawing.
- Acrylics: Our go-to for bold, expressive pieces. We use palette knives and brushes to show you how to build texture and impasto effects.
Why Live Classes Matter
We don't use pre-recorded videos because art is a conversation. When you're working with a new medium, you will have moments where the paint puddles or the ink bleeds in a way you didn't expect. Being in a small, live batch (max 8-10 students) means we can troubleshoot that exact moment with you. You get to see our hands working on the canvas in real-time, and we get to see yours.
Whether you are a complete beginner or looking to pick up a new hobby, our goal is to get you past the 'I can't draw' phase. If you aren't sure where to start, join one of our pay-as-you-like weekend workshops. It is the lowest-pressure way to see if a medium suits your creative style before committing to a full course.
Culture Chauraha
We’re a mom-and-daughter team who believe art is for everyone. When we aren't painting, we're busy helping students from India to the US get past their 'I can't draw' phase in our small, live online classes.
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