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| We Can Only Go Up From Here 16 x 16 Zen Houses Painting *will be featured in the Spring Auction by Stephanie Gagos starting April 18th, 2017 |
Hey Kids! Yes I am still alive! Heck I go to CanCun, and I don't surface for a month! HaHa! Gosh, so sorry it's been so long since I've posted! It's been a world wind last month or so that included a vacation with the fam, my first ever book signing! Woot Woot, My 3 day Abstract Class at the studio, and then I just returned from a fantastic weekend in Melbourne, Florida where I taught a 2 day Zen Painting course at the wonderful Art More Place!
In between that time I've been sick...I mean really sick! Dang why do I always get sick in February??? Maybe it's some sort of hidden life message I'm supposed to recognize! Who knows?! Because I was so sick, I actually tore a muscle in my rib from coughing (okay, and exercising on one of those AS SEEN ON TV exercise boards that you twist on)!! haha Oh my goodness, so I guess I twisted too much, too hard, and too fast for these old bones and blew out my rib and and then further injured it by coughing like a lunatic for 2-3 weeks straight. All I know was it was PAIN-FULLLLLLL!!!! Like, damn, I can't even breathe painful! Well, I'm happy to say that I'm back to ohhh you worked out too hard and have a pulled muscle pain which I'll take any day from the stabbing in the lung and blow out my insides type of pain!
Moral of the story friends, go to the Dr's if you are sick and get some medicine! Bad things happen when you don't!!
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| Cover art for my new DVD: The Passing 18 x 18 *will be featured in the Spring Auction by Stephanie Gagos starting April 18th, 2017 |
I'm sort of back to work this week. If you count digging yourself out of a big hole back to work then that's what I'm doing! haha! As a thank you for sticking with me during my absence, I'd like to offer you a fun giveaway featuring my new DVD'a JUST released by North Light, and can be purchased as a DVD, Download, or streamed over at their site, Artists Network TV Network.
I'm soooo excited to release these new products!!! Take a look:
If you'd like to take a look at the new workshops, please check out the links, here:
My 4 New DVDs:
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| NEW Cold Wax and Oils! Stay tuned for upcoming workshop info! |
One question that comes up about the DVD's compared to my workshops is: How do the dvds differ than the in person or online workshops? This is a very valid question as the prices differ significantly as do what they each offer. Here's a brief explanation of some of the differences:
The DVD's are complete lessons usually spanning 1-2 hours in length. You'll get tips, projects and see an abridged version of the work in progress from start to finish. If you want a great set of lessons that you can view on your tv or computer at an extraordinary price, these are for you! *Or if you've taken an in person class and want to have something to reinforce the lessons learned after you leave, the DVD's are great options too.
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| Paper art...mixed media painting on paper. work in process. |
Online workshops are more robust. For those of you who have taken them with me before, you know that my courses are very intensive and span usually 5-6 hours worth of content. The online courses do have more projects, some crossover with the videos but generally they are new lessons. In Online workshops you also will get a page handout and a supply list reference ( with clickable links in my Zen Painting course). Part of the course tuition is the fact I've done research for you and will make it easy for you to collect your supplies with a click of link. You also have access to my private groups and will receive help from me personally if you request it during the course. *I can not provide questions and answer time nor project review with the dvd or download of my videos unfortunately.
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| Looking for Love 6x6 Dirty Flirty Bird painting |
*will be featured in the Spring Auction by Stephanie Gagos starting April 18th, 2017
In person classes are great if you have a hard time focusing in an online environment and need to ask questions/receive feedback in the moment. Workshops are filled with exercises, demonstrations, and live q&a in the moment. There's an energy that fills a room of eager students and a passionate teacher that just can't be replaced. Very often you also have the benefit of sampling very expensive products as part of your class or kit fee which saves you money from buying things you won't use again or didn't quite love. You can also see live how to use products you may never have experienced before. In most cases, instructors have to travel so the price of travel and expenses is factored into the workshops as are supplies so you will find that in person classes are on the highest end of the spectrum price wise (other than destination art retreats).
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| NEW Cold Wax Painting Stay tuned for a new collection release and upcoming workshop information! |
Now that we got that out of the way, let's talk about my giveaway!! I want to share all 4 DVDs with one BIG winner so this is HUGE, a value worth close to 100 dollars! YAHOOO! The pot will sweeten if we get over
200 comments and shares in that I'll throw in a few key supplies you may want to use in each of the DVD which could potentially up the value of the prize another $60-75 dollars!
How to enter? Simply leave a comment and tell me what are some new techniques you are most eager to learn and why. If there's a new class you'd like to see me offer, heck let me know, too! You can get 1 extra entry if you share a link to this post in one of your social media outlets. To get that extra entry, just come back and comment again where you shared it. PLEASE be sure to leave an email or a way I can get a hold of you. If there's no clickable link or email when I got to pick a winner I'll pick a new one. Entries will be taken up until Sunday evening and I'll pick a winner on Monday! whooohoo!
Good luck everyone and have fun! If you just want to go ahead and pick up a copy of one of the dvds regardless of the prize pack, there are links above for you to go to right under the product image.
Have a great weekend, stay healthy, be well, and enjoy some creative time for yourself along the way!
Gratefully Yours,
Jodi Ohl
” during this brand new class!
Release date-December 26th, 2016
s. These have become a staple in my to-go journaling stash as well as working on my Zen Paintings. This set is something new to me, I've tried many different varieties but I'm showcasing these as I just received them in my last order and I love the variety of tips....AND the price is really affordable. Less than 2.00 a brush is awesome!
- I buy a lot of art supplies from Jerry's Artarama, and this set is one that is a brand they sell exclusively from what I understand (other than Amazon). They aren't the best but they are really good for the price and certainly good enough to practice and for students. I've done some large scale work with these brushes and have sold all of them so even for working artists, they do the job!
for watercolors, too...I don't use them quite as much but to make sharp lines, you can't go wrong with this set as well:
t of flats and rounds(including a pricey large flat) in this set:
is a necessity. I also use 
which are great too except if you travel a lot with your paints. Not quite as sturdy....ask me how I know! But still, if you can find the portion cups, you can get about 40-50 for 5-6 dollars.
