howdy, i’m Mel
an adventure artist
helping humans persist
with their art as
a wellness practice
almost summer sale
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almost summer sale 〰️
Summer is almost here
so, i’m running a sale on self-directed classes on my shop until the solstice!
Do you want to cultivate or reclaim a creative practice that supports your well-being without the myth of staying perfectly “consistent”?
Have you always been curious about nature but unsure how to start knowing it more intimately?
Are you longing to stop doom scrolling and find ways to be more creative?
Do you want to find an artistic voice that is confidently your own, ready to stand tall against inner and outer critics?
Those are the core questions we’ll build on in The Hikers Way, a method to help you persistently bloom in your practice. Want to know even more, check out the about the class page here: https://melmitchelljackson.com/the-hikers-way
What you’ll get:
14 podcast episodes
2 bonus meditations to support difficult topics
Recordings of 2 previous live classes.
Password-protected website portals for each week with examples, notes, and journaling prompts to help guide you.
A PDF worksheet to help you adapt the lessons and practices to a schedule that works for you.
Hands-on support, adaptation suggestions, and questions answered by Mel via Discord.
My most popular in-person analog art making workshop is now fully self directed!
Inside the class portal you’ll learn
How to craft photos and edit them
The step-by-step process Mel uses to make paintings from photos
To utilize your sketchbook to study paintings and practice
Learn to mix almost any color and save money on paint by mixing your own varieties
Understand the importance of value and shape in paintings
Drawing systems for overcoming the fear of starting and getting drawings “correct”
How to build color recipes for your image
Strategies for organizing your inspiration and staying inspired
The examples in the class focus mostly on paintings of nature and landscapes, but there is a bonus demo on the Zorn palette and portrait painting!
Want to know more? visit the class info page here
Upon purchasing, you’ll receive a PDF file with everything you need to access the class portal!
Sick of seeing ai-slop on your feed? This class is all about learning how to be part of the alternative to generated, efficient, robot-made art.
In this self-guided version of my popular collage class, you’ll find your way with analog materials to make flyers, posters, carousel posts, thumbnails, and other materials for sharing things online without ever touching an ai tool.
Here’s what the class covers:
Play with physical materials, learn to rip, glue, and remix collages while getting in touch with playful supplies from your childhood like crayons and markers.
Build confidence to engage your unique human art brain while working against the need to be good and celebrate making “weird art”
Learn easy methods for scanning images using an iPhone or iPad
Dive into the layout and functions of the software Procreate for iPad. Why are we using Procreate? They have an anti-generative AI stance and their software is incredibly accessible!
Explore intermediate Procreate workflows with layers and masking to make the most of your physical collages and touch them up to look rad wherever you plan to share them.
Note: this class centers around using an iPad and the app Procreate in section 2! No tech is required for class 1, but things are scanned in using a smartphone. Want support with another app or a different system? explore tutoring options instead!
art is central
to our well-being
life gets in the way. but, through my work with clients and free newsletter i share strategies to support folks with persisting in their practice.
I guide folks with direct support in drawing, painting, photography, video editing, knitting, and various digital tools. Alongside that, I guide folks to gently locate tech traps, and build adaptive systems to support continued work with their hands, bodies, and the beauty around them.
wanna know ways i can support your art?
ai- free guarantee
at no point during your work with me will i be utilizing any form of generative ai.
human creativity is too precious to offload to a chat bot. everything i create for you will be crafted through my 14 years of teaching expertise with your human experience in mind.
now in my life:
I just launched a Patreon and with it — this new fun thing called emergent classroom. we’ve got 8 spots left!
imagine if art school was super affordable, centered the students, and rooted all lessons in compassion.
I’ve started spring with a bunch of new podcast experiences you should go listen to here:
our best ideas come from
time spent in nature
because we are nature.
the hikers way is my pod-class
to rewild your mind
in three distinct cycles/seasons of episodes, i help you develop a practice of nature-centric intuition and locating your best ideas. this is essential in an era where everyone is just trying to “prompt” their way to through life.
the best part is that you train on the trail. you can listen to while out in nature to tune with the cycles of the earth as you grapple with what it brings up.
ready to find your seasonality,
reclaim your time,
and reconnect to yourself?
i spent fall doing the hikers way
to recover my
music practice
and so i wrote a blog about it.
simple, no nonsense posts on adapting to varied energy levels as a neurodivergent/ disabled artist.
big feelings. photobooth pix.
