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I’m Sandy, and yes, I post on a lot of places. It’s because all of you are in a lot of places! No one needs to visit or subscribe to everything here, just like you’d never expect visit every business in a town.
Some like going to a movie. Others want to order a subscription to art posts. Different people want to make friends online. Or perhaps take a class in your favorite medium.
I made this “map” to help you know what you’d like to look for. My recommendation: start with Substack for emails about the creativity I’m up to, or Artventure for a community that also comes with all that news.
Email me if you have questions!
-Sandy
CLICK HERE TO WATCH/READ THE LATEST ART POST ON SUBSTACK
The newsstand: Sandy’s Artstack
If you’re looking for the one place to get everything – head to my “newsstand” to get a free subscription! On Tuesdays and Saturdays, you’ll get an email with tutorials; special announcements will come your way too.
View Sandy’s Artstack on the Substack app – or just on a browser on any device.
I offer several other free newsletters there, depending on what you want to get by email: daily sketches, a weekly digest for those who like less email. Or monthly No Fuss that sends just the highlights! Edit which you’d like to get on a web browser (not the app) HERE.
If you’re ready to support my work, you can become a paid Atelier Member to get monthly livestreams and a little more. Just $7 a month, with a discount for a yearlong subscription. Try it for a month, cancel anytime.
Tap on any of these to read past articles; you can subscribe from anywhere!
The Mailroom:
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Drawing and painting tutorials. 2x per week.
Mostly daily emails, pics only.
Weekly digest, sent on Sundays.
Highlights of last month, peeks ahead
Monthly livestreams for paid subscribers.
Watercolor
Drawing
Watercolor
Drawing
Reddit (mixed)
Movie Theater: YouTube
Sandy Paints: Weekly tutorials on Saturdays in all water media!
Sandy Draws: Weekly tutorials on Tuesdays in dry media!
Sandy’s Artventure: Periodic new videos – but thousands in playlists!
SCREENING ROOM: LIVESTREAMS
Sign up to subscribe to SandyDraws or SandyPaints, I plan to start popping in live once in a while! I’ll jump on Instagram for periodic livestreams once in a while too.
Become an Atelier member on Substack to count on a monthly livestream in which you get to weigh in on the medium, subject, etc!
For paid channel members on SandyPaints and SandyDraws, I’ll be livestreaming once a quarter on YouTube just for members. Just tap the “join” button below one of my videos.
Art Classes
Inspire your creativity with an online course – 200 to choose from across many mediums.
Jumpstart courses are available for beginners — color theory and basic techniques to get you started. Intermediate and advanced classes dive into specific subjects from wildlife to trees, seascapes, relaxing exercises, art and nature journaling, and much more. Browse the sale page to see what’s discounted today!
Watercolor
Alcohol Markers
Drawing
Colored Pencils
Pen & Ink
Bible journaling
"Snack" Courses
Fundraisers
For kids
Crafts
Sale
HEX CHARTS AND OTHER COLOR CHARTS
I love color, and making color choices easy! I invented the first hex chart in 2015 due to laziness – I didn’t want to get up to reink a pen and made swatches to see what other color was closest to it. Those swatch blobs grew til I realized I needed to put it in one chart.
Many people are illegally copying my charts, so please do not do anything to aid their activities; only show your own chart at an angle, partly covered with pens or other supplies. I keep trying to get them taken down but it’s like whackamole!
TAP HERE to head over to the page of charts and see if there’s something that would make your art life better!
Our monthly zoom calls are a place to make friends, create together, ask questions and more. See the events calendar for the next scheduled session!
Community at Artventure
Another place to get all the news – PLUS make new artist friends – is my art community called Artventure on the Mighty Networks platform. It’s free to join, and you can use the Mighty app on a smart device — or just log in on a browser like I usually do!
You’ll find a feed that has no algorithms; sort the feed as it suits you. Come by and visit a couple times a week and share your work and give others feedback too!
The chat function that serves as a text thread amongst us all! We share not just our art but our lives….the ups and downs, the funny video and the heartbreaking disappointments, the art supply questions and discoveries we make.
My twice weekly posts notify the group about new tutorials, and other posts share about classes, sales, and more. I keep up an event calendar where I post about livestreams and events so no one forgets. So if you’re a ‘regular’, you won’t need to subscribe to anything else and you’ll get all the news right in Artventure.
Join Artventure and start making new friends, share work, join swaps, attend online events, and so much more to enhance your art journey!
INNER CIRCLE: PATREON
My patrons are some of my favorite people; not just because of their financial support of me and my work (shoutout for keeping me alive and helping me get needed medical procedures!)…but their advice is so needed. Even though not “pros” at art or business, I know I can ask this group for the opinions of the public, of students—and I’ll get honest, unvarnished feedback.
I’ve been working on a drawing book, and posted sketches, ideas, notes, for them to give me feedback on. It provides a peek into what it takes to do a project like this, but gives them a chance to try out what I’m showing! With the advent of so much inflation I’ve neglected my book to keep my eyes on the business, but I’ll be back to it soon. (If you care to join, you can see the year+ of weekly posts on the topic.)
Polling these superheroes, they tell me they’re not patrons to get more video. They just want to help. I mean, how nice is that!?!? They do like getting mail, and I send out hundreds of notes, postcards, prints each year. Not everyone gets something every year, and some even indicate they don’t want me to trouble with mail…but I do love sending them a little love when I’m able.
The “berets” were added to the patrons in the picture because, well, they think of themselves as my wizards; I almost went with the first idea to add wizard hats – but I think the berets are better! And yes, patrons do get peeks at big projects while I’m working on them, and I treasure the feedback.
If a patron joins at the $10+ level, I’ll also include a free Atelier membership on Substack, they just need to let me know. As long as they’re on Patreon then both subscriptions continue. 🙂
LOVE YOU, PATRONS!
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My mission
I exist to see people released into the creativity they were born with.
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