Welcome

For this class of Painting on the Heart Side of the Brain we will be working with a quality of color known as Transparency defined as the process of light shining through any given material. For the art aspect of this class, we care about color and painting so here transparency will define not only how much light can be seen through certain paint types and how much light a color lets through but also how artists like the Dutch Masters have strived to illustrate transparency in their paintings.

But there are other aspects of transparency- so here is a question for you: How does light shine through in your life?

Can you pinpoint times when light has shone or shines through your life brighter than at other times? What are your favorite memories? What were you doing and what did you do when you felt this light come through? How did it feel?

Sometimes it is good to take time and reflect on all the love and light there is for us. We will be tying in with that light all through this class and working with creating Sacred Space in our everyday lives.

Did you know that brain studies have shown that anytime we reconnect with memories that are tied in with strong emotions, (painful or) blissful, our brain triggers similar hormonal responses in our bodies that we had when the memories were originally created? Here’s a good way to use that in your busy day: When you are stressing over a deadline, tell yourself that you will take a mini-vacation once the deadline is met. Then once the task is completed, close your eyes for a few minutes, and visualize a time when you were on vacation or otherwise filled with peace and light and joy were flooding into your life. Your body will have the same benefits of the original happy time right there in the middle of your everyday life.

The Doodling lesson is about setting intentions for Automatic Drawing and gives two techniques for this.

For the Shamanic Journey we will travel to the Middle World and visit our Inner Garden.

Art theory will show how artists have created the illusion of transparency throughout the ages.

And the Painting lesson will focus on creating the illusion of transparency in a dragonfly’s wings!

For our Special Guest interview we will hear from Jade Ghenzer from Australia. Jade is a crystal healer and she shares how she works with crystal energies. Jade also created a meditation for us that can be found under the journey section.

The intuitive painting section will show three different works being made.

I hope you enjoy this class as much as I have enjoyed putting it together for you!

Lots of Love,

Susanne

Instagram Prompt

Take photos of light shining through any object and post it using #paintingonheartsideofbrain