I thought this would be a horizontal video, since that’s what I saw - ugh! NO wonder someone in chat said I was holding things up off screen…..sorry! From Hex charts to calendar art to sales and gnomes and new classes and bookmarks and so much more - this video will be jam packed! At the end there was time for two bits of brainstorming, yay! Watch the video above, and the links and photos below should be in order they were mentioned. Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. Black Friday begins early Sale on my fine art site is from today through Black Friday weekend - use code BLACK26 for 20% off any piece that’s not already on sale (and a bunch are on MORE than 20% off so go find yourself a deal! Christmas courses on sale The classes for holiday and winter projects made it into the sale category. Pick out something to add to your wishlist! A simple way to make Christmas more meaningful Hi friend!! Is your holiday season already getting as booked up as mine? Somehow our schedules always seem to fill up fast around this time of year. That’s why I wanted to tell you about a beautiful Advent resource from Regina Yoder at Everyday Faith called “Jesus Is Better”. It’s a 25-day Bible Journaling Advent Calendar that walks through the book of Hebrews and helps you focus on who Jesus is and why He is worthy of our worship. Each day brings a short video devotion and a simple, creative way to spend time in God’s Word. And there are two ways to participate: the physical calendar ($39, shipping included) is for women who love having beautifully coordinated journaling supplies ready to use in their mailbox, while the digital calendar ($27) is a great option if you’d rather print your own resources at home. NOTE: FINAL DATE TO ORDER IS NOVEMBER 20 SO IT ARRIVES DECEMBER 1! It’s a meaningful way to create a little space for Jesus in the middle of the holiday bustle - whether you journal by yourself, with a friend, or with a daughter or granddaughter. Take a look at both options here: If you know someone else who would like to check it out, send them a link to this post or please copy and paste this text link to them: https://bit.ly/4sypw14 Two videos over 50k on YouTube! One older on Sandy Paints, one newer on Sandy Draws. Thank you for sharing, commenting etc, this success is due to YOU! Also if you see today’s video come across your YouTube feed please don’t scroll by because you already watched it - hit the like, let it play - just turn off the audio and open a new tab so you can continue on with whatever you were watching. :) It helps the channel so much! In-person teaching Current watercolor class is going great - it’s held at a closed club, 6 weeks in duration. Last week I threw a firehose at them all, you know me! Color theory and what not - stay tuned for a little of that next Saturday in the SandyPaints video when I’ll show you what I did in my swatch book! March 2027 watercolor workshop I’ll be teaching a weekend workshop in Oregon, and you’re all invited! Well, not all of you. But…if you’re interested, you’ll need to email me, because the website is getting updated with the info. Some of which I was supposed to write up and well, I fell down on that job! But if you email me with MARCH WORKSHOP in all caps in the title so I don’t miss it, I’ll drop you an email the instant everything is ready. We’ll be doing a waterscape - a foggy coastal scene. And if students are fast and get that done in one day we’ll have another for day 2 * Tualatin, OR * March 19-21…meet and greet Friday, then 2 days of painting 9:30-4. * Cost: $400 ; includes reception snacks Friday night, and light snacks both mornings and afternoons, handouts, and a swag bag! * list of accommodation options will be provided * we can go out for meals together or split, whatever the group wants to do * Email me to get info. Remember, MARCH WORKSHOP in all caps. Lol. Your ICAF bookmarks I had a zoom call with the Executive Director of the International Child Art Foundation this week! He’d like to find more ways to partner together for anything - no real ideas, but we’ve got thinking caps on. He would definitely like to do more fundraising, and I’m thinking about how we might do some of that this year as the holidays are a time many people like to give. Let me know if you have ideas! After our support of the kids at the International Child Art Foundation, they asked for a writeup on why and how we made so many bookmarks. Go read it on page 26! Polychromos Hex Chart update I finally was able to order the 20 new colors at an inflated price, but won’t have them in hand for many weeks. Maybe it’ll be by Christmas? Just know the revised hex chart is coming. Get it now if you’d like an e-notification when you can redownload it. My art will be printed in a calendar! Earlier this year I heard about a contest for calendar art that Hahnemühle, and since I had some of their paper, I decided to give it a go. The theme was “Hidden Details” and it was when I was obsessed with trying to draw water droplets on glass…and I ended up entering this piece: I found out last week that my work was selected! I’ll be Miss February. See all the entries here. I’ll let you know when I find out if you can get a calendar! News from the Classroom New Gnome for the Holidays classes are coming! * Watercolor: five 8x10 paintings, level 2 * Printables set: 6 images * Alcohol marker: 5 cards with scenes, level 3, includes the set * Colored pencil: 5 cards with scenes, level 3, includes the set Check the “New” section for alllll the Gnomes: BONUS Mentorship program/painting club? I’ve not nailed down the details but…it’ll be for watercolorists in the level 2-3 ish space. Mostly I need to work out who would like it, how much help is needed, and how much can I actually squeeze into my schedule. My current thought is two zoom paintalongs a month, and for those who want more input/help, I’ll offer another level of membership. It’ll be a monthly subscription, so you could come and go as needed. I’d need to work out how to do that; right now people take a class and get all the existing content from it, but it isn’t fair to have a bunch of people in a program then everyone joining a year later gets to see years of older replays by just paying for one month, etc. Stay tuned for more info in 2027. If you’ve participated in a mentorship program that worked well, I’d love to hear what you loved about it! December video posts I’ll be doing something to get word out about classes, and would love your help with that. Usually I take a sabbatical in December so I’m hoping I can find time under the couch cushions for this during November. We’ll see! But I’d like to make them public one a day in December, and if I do that, if you see a flurry of daily activity on the channel, do me a favor and let them play as they come into your feed, hit the like - and if you’ve taken that class, leave a comment! Share with friends if you can, etc. Artventure community If you’re looking for somewhere other than social websites full of dancing videos and doomscrolling, pop in over at Artventure. We’ve got a community of artists who’d love to share their work with you, give you feedback on your own—we all grow together! Sandy’s ArtStack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. THANK YOU EVERYONE for being part of this vibrant community. You keep me putting one foot in front of the other, and I cannot say enough wonderful things about you! Big hugs!Sandy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sandyallnock.substack.com/subscribe
