How are you spending these quiet days, flower friend, are you able to isolate and stay home? For so many working in essential services, I'm hopeful there are precautions and protections around you at all times. For artists, alone time can be time to really dig in and work on challenging subjects or to simply paint what you love with no strings attached. My greatest joy is painting with friends, so a live painting event seems just the thing to bring you into my new Colorado Springs studio with me!

You're invited to join me for a live painting event on Facebook tonight! Painting live is something I enjoy more than just about anything (with the exception of a really, really good jelly donut!) It can be scary to paint live, you never know what's going to happen, but the beauty of having painty pals cheering you every step of the way makes it absolutely joyful. Cameraman Carlos will also be on hand, with the pug helpers, the latter and the former not only for decoration but also a bit of comic relief. What better way to social distance than to do it with friends with paintbrush in hand?

Here's the time and how to join me for this evening's painting - Select the Facebook link below, then click "Like" and "Follow/See First" to join the party.

March 21, 2020, at 6 pm MT, 7 pm CT, 8 pm ET, 5 pm PT

It's been quite a while (almost 2 years!) since my last live painting event for the public, but rest assured my online and Joyful Brush students get live events and videos every week. This is a place where we can gather, uplift one another, laugh and create together. To be able to share this is perhaps the greatest perk of being an artist and a teacher! I hope to see your smiling face this evening!

There is a whole library of beautiful color waiting for your brush, as you shelter in place in your studio space. My Paint Brilliant Colors series of five and six-week classes is open. Feel like seeing the amazing sites of Santa Fe, New Mexico, or Le Marche, Italy? My videographer and team captured stunning images from these regions, and we rolled all that gorgeous scenery into a whole-hearted painting experience in Paint Brilliant Italy and Paint Brilliant Santa Fe.

Choose a Boot Camp experience that gives you dozens of guides and lessons in value, temperature and composition, or squeeze in all the florals you can, there is so much goodness about to bloom right in your own studio!

There are dozens of new lessons blooming and weekly live events in your Facebook groups. If you're looking for an uplifting, encouraging and positive group of artists to thrive and grow with creatively, there is an easel with your name on it in Joyful Brush! Cultivate your creativity brilliantly all year long, through every season of your art journey, from the comfort of your home studio.

With full-length painting lessons and oodles of exciting color, you get the time and space to grow your skills at your own pace, with lessons that never expire as long as your membership is current. Get florals, landscapes, and all the superpower color tips you can shake a brush at. Treat yourself to flowers that bloom all year round, and fill your home with paintings you'll treasure for years to come.

"Well, I want to recommend Nancy's workshops to my friends, but I am afraid I will have to warn them it may change their lives! Going to France and watching Nancy paint was one of the best experiences of my life. The conversations I had with everyone prompted me to do some serious soul searching. While we were at the Abbey, I got a text asking me if I would be interested in a job. It would be working for a small county and would be a salary cut. Normally, I would have said no, but I realized on this trip that I wanted to paint more and my present job was too emotionally draining. So I accepted the job and this morning I felt energized enough to paint before work. You have really changed my life for the better!"

~ Cindy Zuniga ~ France 2019 Alumni

Seven years ago, I quit my corporate job as the director of a national magazine to become a full time artist and art teacher. One morning I had an epiphany: Life is too short not to follow your bliss. I never dreamed that painting would someday allow me to travel around the world.

In the past year, I've worked with Disney and painted on national TV! Every day I wake up and my heart surges with happiness. Yes I am an artist. Yes, this is what I do for a living. Yes, I am a lucky girl. Thank you to each of you who have walked with me on this path. Whatever your tomorrow brings, may it be filled with color!

"I just want you to know I have absolutely LOVED the online class, Painting Brilliant Colors. I was able to finish all of the paintings, and then rewatched a lot of the lessons and took notes, writing down color combinations I didn't want to forget. I LOVE the brilliant colors! and so many of your words are ringing in my ears - "don't get married to the underpainting..." "walk those colors around your canvas..." "Don't forget to step back and look at your painting"! Thank you so much for every moment!
~ Jeanne H

"Nancy, many thanks to both you and Carlos who made this an extraordinary weekend! I enjoyed your lessons and delving into painting Monet's gardens immensely. Your encouragement and assistance were so very appreciated. I am pleased that I have two paintings that I am willing to hang, and the challenge of another with detailed notes and photographs. You are both so gracious and welcoming us into your studio, preparing delicious meals and snacks, and making sure we were comfortable in every way. The pugs added another layer of welcome!"
~ Janice Schlotzhauer