Whispers of Nature

Connect with nature and mother earth to re-balance ourselves.

Many of you know how my love for working with nature spirits and animal guides in the last year has grown immensely. I feel I have a deep connection with them and am so thankful to be able to share this knowledge and passion with you. I know so many of us in this modern society (myself included) have been disconnected from nature’s cycles and rhythms. When our body starts to send us signals, like ill health or mental stress, we start to realize how out of sync we really are, and how we need to reconnect with mother earth to re-balance ourselves and feel whole again.

Native American cultures believe that everything that exists has a spirit, therefore, if we are willing and open we can learn to communicate with the “spirit that lives in all things”. Animals, plants, trees, insects, rocks, crystals, and the earth’s elements etc, these are all an example of what I call “Nature beings” or “Nature spirits”.

In this class we will concentrate on the the animal and insect spirits, and save the rest for my next workshops. There is such an incredible amount of wisdom to be found in each of these beings that I could never contain it all in one class!

  • Oil pastels (I use Senneiler but you can totally use what you have)
  • Soft pastels (I use a variety of Sennelier and Rembrandt, but please use what you can afford and have).
  • Pastel pencils (just a few colors in light and dark shades, especially black and white).
  • Pastel paper and a mixed media paper (for the third lesson). I use different ones for each lesson, it’s good to experiment with different papers and see what you like and prefer.) Some of the ones I used are Fabriano Tiziano in the cool shades, Pastelmat N.4, U-Art paper, and oil pastel paper from Sennelier but you can easily exchange this one with the mixed media or watercolor paper for this lesson.
  • Texture paste or gel medium, and a sharp object like a pen or porcupine stick to scratch into the paste.
  • Fluid acrylics or inks in warm colors for creating a background
  • Stencils (optional)
  • Acrylic paint brushes
  • Blending stumps
  • Paper towels, wet wipes, water jar
  • Small palette for the inks or fluid acrylics
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