The Sacred Circle

Together, we will become familiar with The Sacred Circle…similar to mandalas…circle work is primal and ancient. It support wholeness, and totality. It is the wheel of the heart and the center, is you! Any work that exemplifies the circle inspires concentrated spiritual goodness.

My class is designed to help you better understand how a Sacred Circle can not only inspire beautiful abstract art, but can ground your process and take the fear out of painting.

Most of the paint-based (abstract) lessons call for basic mixed media supplies (think acrylic paint, gesso, charcoal pencils, graphite pencils and stabilo pencils). I’m a big supporter of using what you have on hand. And although there is a supply list, please feel free to substitute. Abstracts can be created with whatever supplies you have on hand. A must have? Acrylic paint (I use liquid Golden brand for the most part).

One more thing. We are going to be using our intuitive process throughout this course. I know that word is thrown around a lot. For me, and within this dynamic, magic-filled class…I’ll be taking you on a journey of ritual and belief. One that asks you to trust what comes up, process it in paint and believe you’re capable of creating. As a shamanic practitioner, I will invite you into your own intuitive, spiritual realm as we dive in deep. Who knows what you’ll discover!!!? But I do hope you’ll trust the process of wonder. It is all around us. And it is ESPECIALLY in this class.

MYSTICAL SUPPLIES:

crystals (any)
salt, basil (dried is fine)
small candle (I use prayer candles)
a lighter
Salt Lamp (make sure you create your sacred circle near an outlet to plug in)
paper and pen/pencil
any statuettes you may have (like angels, trees etc)
twigs
sand
flower petals
feathers
quotes you LOVE (written by your or pre-printed)
a spot to make your circle (I use trays—like TV trays or serving trays…cookie sheets work great, too)

ART SUPPLIES:

acrylic—soft bodied or liquid (pick 4 to 5 colors you adore—I used yellow ochre, turquoise, soft pink, titan buff, and naples yellow), plus black acrylic paint or black gesso
fluid acrylic ink like Daler/Rowney in the dropper jar (I used orange/red and teal)
white gesso
clear gesso
charcoal pencil (soft)
graphite pencil (soft)
white charcoal pencil (soft)
black ball point pen (like uniball Signo)
roller (brayer)
stamps you love that are patterned (not ‘things’)
brushes (large and small)
stabilo soft pencil (white and black, any other color you like)
gold acrylic paint (optional)
PLUS…do you have bits of paper you love? Grab em. Maybe a pencil/pen you’ve been dying to try? Get it! I’ll give lots of options outside of the mediums I use in the videos. And since you have lifetime access to the class, you can come back again and again to try new things!

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