Workshop Catalog
Discover your color + joy, nurture creativity + explore techniques.
I share the processes I have developed in my own creative practice + provide an opportunity for playful exploration to help participants develop their own unique style.
I offer a process with skills + tools that can be used to develop your personal style.
Signature Workshops
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Confetti Circles
Create a playful watercolor that is full of vibrant colors + linework patterns. The class is perfect for novices and fun for those already familiar with watercolors. While creating what I call “circle doodles”, you’ll learn about color blending, composition + harmony.
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Changing Triangles
Triangles are a symbol of strength + change. The magic of the triangle is that it is both stable AND fluid. Using the concepts of both/and, students will create a captivating composition that is full of vibrant colors + geometric lines. This class is about stirring creative energy, loosening up + letting go of expectations. I just want you to play!
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ArtZine. Ready, set, doodle!
Learn my secret to keeping art quick, easy + on demand by creating your own ArtZine. Made from a folded single sheet of paper covered in watercolor marks, this little ArtZine isn’t as formal as a regular journal, so I find it easier to be free + play with ideas. Both the process + limited materials make me look forward to finding moments to draw, even when it feels like there isn’t enough time or space. Perfect as a travel journal, or as a way to capture inspiration.
Brush Influenced Workshops
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Exploring Colors + Shapes
This class takes a deeper dive into the magical world of watercolors by focusing on how colors work together. I provide an overview of color theory by stepping you through creating your own color wheel. During class you’ll paint free hand, layering colors back and forth. I demonstrate how to use basic shapes, brush marks + more advanced pen doodling to elevate your composition.
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Ornamental Watercolor
Create a painting reminiscent of exotic ornamental tiles with layers + layers of color and interlocking pen patterns. Class begins with an overview of color theory. I also cover the elements of design to help you recognize what makes a completed painting. You’ll see how a complex design is built up by laying down simple brush marks on a grid. More interest + depth is created by adding a layer of detailed pen lines at the end.
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Mandala Mantra
This class is about uncovering your personal mantra and then painting it as a visual reminder of what’s most important to your heart. The result of combining mandalas + mantras is a meaningful and joyous design of colorful brush and pen marks. You’ll spend time layering watercolors, adding decorative pen lines to enhance the composition, and finally writing your personal mantra in the center.
Inspired to get started?
It is my goal to share ways for you to be creative in the small moments of time, ultimately inspiring you to slip creativity into your life.
A blend of colorful, watercolor shapes + marks combined with delightful doodles, students learn layering techniques that allow them to quickly drop into the creative process + connect to joy.
Regardless of their artistic talents or experience levels, all attendees will be encouraged to let go of inhibitions + embrace the freedom of creativity with a paintbrush or pen in hand.
Looking for a creative instructor for your next retreat?
I’m your girl.
Browse my workshop catalog above or suggest an idea to compliment the theme of your retreat. I’m an idea person + enjoy collaborating to create a unique experience.
The Art of Joy is sent out every other Thursday to help you connect to Creative Self so you feel more grounded, calm + present.
Each newsletter features a creative invitation, things worth sharing + a snapshot from my studio.
Hiya! I‘m Lexis, an artist + educator + mama.
As an introvert by nature, life-long creative + color loving soul, I believe we are all creative so I seek to bring out the artist in everyone.
With a background in graphic design, marketing, illustration + fine art, I use my 20 years of creative experience + my deep rooted call to create to help women connect to creativity by sharing what our Creative Selves most need to experience.