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These self-paced classes are designed to increase your creative confidence.

They’re playful, practical, jam packed full of ideas and inspiration. Designed to help you drop the pressure and make art that actually feels good to create. These online classes are for you if you are looking for:

  • Mixed media lessons that spark experimentation and discovery

  • Art making advice that calms the self-doubt and sharpens your instincts and creative confidence

  • Ideas, art theory, art wisdom and techniques you can make your own

Student feedback:

  • “The info you share is gold! You are so generous with your teaching and explain your thought process so very well. Thank you so much for putting these together. The time it takes and the care you put into these is evident!”

    Kristen, Wander & Wonder

  • “You’ve positively impacted my work, more than any other teacher I’ve followed or taken classes from (and it’s been a LOT!). I’ve taken several of your classes and watch all your YouTube videos. The way you teach resonates with me and has for real shifted my art.”

    Barbara

  • “This has been one of my favorite classes ever! Loved your joyful and exuberant style of teaching along with all the great learnings. I don't often return to workshops but know that I will with yours.”

    Ellen

    Joy Filled Flowers Participant

  • “Thank you for this class Helen. I watched from start to finish in one sitting and can’t wait to revisit the lessons whilst working on my own creations. I love your teaching style and your lessons and videos make me feel as if I am making art with a supportive friend and buddy.”  

    Reinete

    Joy Filled Flowers Participant

  • “This was an outstanding class. I like the specific and bite-sized lessons that encourage us to enjoy the process, pay attention to what we like, and play. This class has brought me much joy! “

    Tacy

    Joy Filled Flowers Participant

  • “Having soooo much fun reconnecting with drawing through this fantastic short course.”

    Gillian

    Nature and Nurture Class

  • “Thank you for your wonderful and inspiring art classes. Your creative joy is so infectious, I have finally found a freedom to just ‘let go’, and experiment with colour and shapes in a way I have never done before, nothing is now an obstacle, it is an opportunity to play and make creative discoveries. ”

    Karen

    Nature and Nurture Class

  • “It is wonderful. Endless inspiration. Thanks Helen.” 

    Janet

    Nature and Nurture

  • “I’m loving your open ended approach with teaching. I’m already learning that my approach toward creating comes from me and your techniques are just enhancing my ability”.

    Donna

    Nature and Nurture

  • “You have been my teacher as I'm taking 4 of your courses. I find that they each contribute to each other, in areas of skills and exploration. They are leading me in some new, exciting directions”.

    Judith

  • “Helen's classes always cheer me up as she is a very unique teacher and imparts knowledge in her own way. I am working through this course now and as ever each video causes me to think!!!!!”

    Janice

    Nature and Nurture

  • “Helen, thank you so much for a wonderful inspirational class. You gave me so many wonderful ideas to create. I love that I am not copying what you are doing, but creating original pieces of my own. I have taken other botanical painting classes and did not have good results, but with your guidance I am really pleased with my drawings and paintings!”

    Sheri

    Nature and Nurture Class Participant

  • “Helen is a really good teacher, very engaging and honest.”

    Gillian C

  • “This has been a great, informative course, packed with interesting techniques and ideas. You have been enthusiastic and inspiring! I have really enjoyed it, and feel it has helped to get me back to painting again.”

    Lynne

    Nature and Nurture

  • “I’ve  LOVED  this class! I feel inspired and equipped.”

    Kara F

    Still Life Lab

  • “Thank you so much for this class Helen. I've really enjoyed it, and it had so much more content than I expected. I'm so sad to have finished it, and I predict getting withdrawal symptoms! Thank you for a fabulous course.”

    Rachel

    Still Life Lab Class

  • “I have really enjoyed The Still Life Lab class (and a previous one I did). Always inspirational  and fun. Fabulous.”

    Lynne A.

  • “Thank you for a wonderful class. You’ve made it so motivating. I will definitely be going through the class again & trying some other iterations of the pieces.”

    Shelley, Still Life Lab Class

  • “This class really broke things open for me in a beautiful way. I worked through all the suggestions once and created several pieces that I love. Now I am going through it again, focusing on different artists, colours, styles etc. It’s becoming a process that is so satisfying. Since doing this class I have watched far less YouTube and done far more creating ”

    Barbara M, Still Life Lab

  • This course was amazing! Full of real actionable steps from all the way from how to observe and collect inspiration from. the natural world around you where you live to creating drawings, mixed media work and finished paintings, with lots of permission to do it all your own unique way. Thank you so much!

    Stephanie, Nature and Nurture Student

  • Wander & Wonder £58

    Fill a sketchbook full of nature inspired moments. A playful sketchbook course about turning the things you notice in nature into pages full of colour, collage, drawing and possibility.

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  • Low Stakes. Lovely Pages £20

    Low Stakes. Lovely pages is a relaxed one-hour sketchbook class to loosen up, lower the pressure and enjoy making for fun. We’ll be drawing vases of flowers, playing with pens, mixing materials and letting go of perfectionism.escription goes here

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  • Joy Filled Flowers £58

    Joy Filled Flowers: Mixed Media Sketchbook is jam packed full of mixed media ideas and advice to fill up your sketchbook.

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  • Nature and Nurture £48

    This course invites you to slow down, look closely, and translate your connection to the natural world into rich, layered mixed media artworks.

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  • The Still Life Lab £48

    The Still Life Lab is a fun, experimental still life course you’ll learn how to create a body of striking mixed media, semi-abstract art. Art inspired by objects.

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  • Objects to Abstracts £48

    Learn how to use objects in your home to inspire beautiful abstract or semi-abstract acrylic paintings.

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Student feedback

“You’ve positively impacted my work, more than any other teacher I’ve followed or taken classes from (and it’s been a LOT!). The way you teach resonates with me and has for real shifted my art.” 

Barbara

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