Make a date with your Creative Soul!
Cultivating in Creativity - Year of Art
Join your guide Jahje Ives for a year of art making at your pace. This course is a collection of 35 recorded classes that were taught live from 2022 to 2023. You get instant access to all 35 classes when you join so you can create following along month by month or indulge in as many classes as you want!
Each class begins with an oracle card pull with creative insights. Then we embark on an art making session where I teach you new art making and material techniques each month with a focus on mindfulness and artistic expansion.
As a professional artist with 30+ years of experience I’ve got a lot to share and I’ll be sharing ways to make your art “better” by demonstrating what art materials can do and teaching you to see what’s possible. But I won’t give you a formula, I’ll give you a framework to explore.
Even if you haven’t picked up a paint brush in years, Cultivating in Creativity will lead you on a journey to nourish your creative soul while making beautiful art along the way… YOUR WAY.
Scroll down to see all the classes included, then hit the button at the bottom to join now!
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Welcome - Start Here
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Welcome to your Year of Art!
You’re about to embark on a journey of skill building and intuition activation. These classes explore the art of watercolor and more while also teaching you about setting intentions with art as a vision board, the power of astrological events (and how to work with them), crystal gridding and more.
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Your Art Supplies
For each class you will get a list of supplies so you can purchase as you go and build your supplies. You do not however need to purchase any new art supplies for creating this year.
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Introduction to Oracle Cards
Learn about how to work with oracle cards to tap into your intuition and as a tool to get unstuck in your life. I share my tips for working with oracle cards and share a shoppable list of all the decks that you’ll see me use during our year of art.
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January
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Lesson 1: Abstract Paint Play Class
This class is all about letting go and playing with watercolors to see what is possible. Ask yourself, "I wonder what might happen if I....?" and try it!
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Lesson 2: River of Intentions
In this class you will translate your intentions for the new year into an artwork that helps you flow into the new year with a River of Intentions.
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Lesson 3: Word of the Year
Do you choose a word for the year? In this paint play class we will follow our intuition to layer paint and words to create a painting that anchors us into our word for the year.
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February
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Lesson 1 : Floral Paint Play
In this class I show you how to create a few flower shapes and encourage you to let go and play with the paint to see what is possible.
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Lesson 2: Bloom of You
In this class you will create the bloom of you with a fun project to turn a tracing of your hand into a blooming garden infused with flowers imagined in watercolor to support your self love journey.
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Lesson 3: How do I Love Me?
How do I love me, let me count the ways.... For this class we will again start by drawing flowers with a nib pen and watercolors and then we will collage in shapes using past watercolor paintings that we have. Before we cut up the paintings though we will write a few of the many things we love about us to build them into the painting.
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March
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Lesson 1: Meditative Paint Play
In this paint play we explore abstraction with meditative movements in watercolor.
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Lesson 2: Equinox Painting
A Rebalancing. The Equinox is also a time when we can consider the seeds we are planting in our own lives and what we would like to nurture and what we would like to clear away. For this lesson we will create a painting to help reset ourselves as the winds blow in to allow us to release what we no longer want to carry.
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Lesson 3: Spring Growth
In spring the ground starts to wake up and the flowers push up from the earth to bloom again. They have been nurtured in darkness and silence and are now ready to grow towards what draws them. What is drawing you to grow this spring?
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April
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Lesson 1: Sacred Geometry Paint Play
In this paint play we dip into sacred geometry by creating a seed of life painting which can also be used as a crystal grid.
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Lesson 2: Enneagram Unfurling
In this class we create the sacred geometry symbol, the enneagram, which is formed by 3 interlocking equilateral triangles.
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Lesson 2: Cherry Blossoms with Crystal Paints
For class I painted cherry blossoms using crystal watercolors and adding in details with a nib pen and we talk about growth and change.
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May
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Lesson 1: Daffodil Sacred Geometry
This paint play class teaches you how to paint simple daffodils combined with the seed of life sacred geometry.
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Lesson 2: Flower of Life Full Moon
We are combining flowers and sacred geometry with a class that will explore the shape of the flower of life following the energy of May's Flower Moon
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Lesson 3: Free Flowing Roses
For class I start with the inspiration of fresh roses and allow the painting to simply unfold.
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June
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Lesson 1: Flowing Leaves Paint Play
This paint play will focus on creating a variety of textures and patterns all using the simple shape of a leaf and some new materials like isopropyl alcohol and opaque white gouache.
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Lesson 2: Summer Solstice Bloom
June 20th is the summer solstice and in this class we are creating a bloom of lacy flowers and leaves using washes of watercolor and dots of opaque gouache all growing towards the airy sky into an imagined globe.
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Lesson 3: Lunaria Moon
In this informal art circle class we about transition, what can happen when you let go of your expectations and I created a painting of a lunaria from my yard.
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July
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Lesson 1: Paint Play Landscapes
In this class I will lead you through an easy way to create a cloudscape, a free flowing body of water and finally add touches like a tree line that reflects in the water.
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Lesson 2: Flowing Landscape
For this class I will show you how I translate a photo of a landscape into a flowing landscape painting done with gouache and watercolor.
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Lesson 3: Infinite Flowers
In this class I pulled in some coreopsis from the garden and used water soluble caran d'ache crayons to make a loose sketchy drawing that ended up as a background for colored + cut paper letters spelling "I AM INFINITE".
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August
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Lesson 1: Butterfly Paint Play
In this class I teach you how to create a butterfly painting using colors you resonate with for the wings.
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Lesson 2 - Prep: Tracing of your Hands
This video tutorial guides you through making your photo of your hands into a drawing.
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Lesson 2: Butterfly Release
Butterflies are often seen as a symbol of transformation and potential and for this class we will be tapping into that energy of transformation as we create our butterfly release painting.
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September
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Lesson 1: Paint Play Class
In this class we will be working with alcohol ink and watercolors to create a dark moody floral background for our main project and then a second lighter white background watercolor where we explore how ink and watercolor mix. This will be a class of PLAY!
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Lesson 2: Calling In
Mudras have been used for centuries as a way to meditate and shift our energy. This month we will be creating a painting that calls in the energy of a particular mudra or hand gesture that we feel aligned with to create an illuminated painting to guide us as we head into fall, which is often a time of turning inward.
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Lesson 3: Autumn Leaves
In this class grab a leaf and join me to create a painting. This was inspired by an autumn leaf that fell on my while I was hiking and the message I received when it landed.
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October
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Lesson 1: Paint Play Nature Class
This month for our paint play we will be working with watercolors, ball point pen and isopropyl alcohol to create a series of playful paintings inspired by nature.
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Lesson 2: Cast Your Spell
In this class we will start with a phrase or words you want to cast a spell with and we will be creating a playful frame of watercolor leaves using a mix of media and then writing our words within the frame.
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Lesson 3: Cast Your Spell Again
In this class we will start with a phrase or words you want to cast a spell with and we will be creating a playful frame of watercolor leaves using a mix of media and then writing our words within the frame.
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November
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Lesson 1: Gratitude Paint Play Class
In this class we will be using watercolors to create a beautiful leafy painting with oranges and full of gratitude that we will then transform into a gratitude journal that we can keep or gift.
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Lesson 2: Gratitude Journal
In this class you will create a journal from your gratitude painting to use for your own gratitude notes or to gift with love.
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Lesson 3: New Moon Meditation
In this class you will first set your intention with the new moon and then you’ll create a painting to call in the new moon energy.
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December
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Lesson 1: Oracle Paint Play Class
Grab your favorite oracle or tarot deck for a paint play class where you will use a card from your deck as an inspiration point for an artwork inspired by it. In this class we look at our cards to find shapes, colors and motifs to experiment with to create an artwork inspired by your card.
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Lesson 2: Oracle of You
In this class we will be creating an oracle card to celebrate the wisdom of you and your power.
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Lesson 3: Illuminated Word
Are you ready to hold your word? For our December project I’m teaching you how to translate a photo of your own hands into a beautiful painting to hold your own word and intention for the year.
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FAQs
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No! I will be teaching you different art materials as we go always sharing how to work with them as I go. This is course for your creative growth and just imagine what becomes possible when you start to create on a regular basis. Hint: it's GROWTH! Practice makes perfect is a saying for a reason because no one starts out perfectly.
Look at kids, they spend hours, years even scribbling joyfully on papers. Creating images that often only they can see but they are so proud of it. And they should be! They expressed themselves. They made their vision manifest.
That's what these classes are offering you, an opportunity to create art just for you. You are infusing what you create with your power, your play, your creativity. You are making your vision manifest.
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Each class is approximately one hour long and you can hit pause and come back to resume class anytime.
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We will be focusing primarily on watercolor painting and including gouache, colored pencil, ink and craypas. All materials are noted for each class with purchase links on Amazon to make things easy. The total cost for purchasing all materials would be under $100 but you may use whatever materials you have on hand.
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You will have 7 days from purchase to request a refund for your purchase. However if you have watched more than 20% of the videos a refund will not be given as you have already accessed much of the material.
Meet your instructor Jahje....
Meet your instructor Jahje....
Dear Creative Soul,
You take care of everyone else, but when do you pause to nourish yourself?
Did you know engaging in a regular art practice can cultivate the natural healing power in each of us? Making art has been clinically shown to create improvements in depression, anxiety, resilience and overall quality of life!
How do I know? Well I’m not just your teacher, I’m also a student of art with over 30 years of professional experience as an artist and teacher. Over the years I have used art to nourish and guide myself during times of growth and expansion.
I’ve found using hands and heart to express ourselves accesses parts of our subconscious that we don’t activate otherwise.
Cultivating a regular time to sit and play in the flow of paint and see what is possible can truly nourish us.
Are you ready to see what’s possible for you?
Just imagine what it would feel like to...
let go of judgment and connect with the joy of being creative
create an art with ease and confidence
trust your intuition when making creative choices in art and life
use your hands and heart when creating to access your subconscious
prioritize time for play and creativity
That sounds wonderful, doesn’t it?
And you can get started as soon as you join!