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Lessons for the heart-expanding Artist.

December 16, 2024

sandhill cranes painting with mary oliver quote by kellie day

Your Artist’s Journey Begins: 4 Simple Steps to Paint Your Dreams in 2025

Finally ready to honor that artistic dream you’ve been carrying? Here’s how to make 2025 different… Are you starting to dream about your new life in 2025 and how everything feels exciting and sparkly? If you’re like me, you can’t help but think about your goals and dreams for the […]

November 23, 2024

Turn Blank Canvases into Masterpieces Easily —Black Friday Painting BUNDLE is coming!

This Black Friday Painting Bundle is Now OPEN – Click here to get access and start painting: https://kelliedayart.lpages.co/black-friday-painting-classes/ (Only open for Black Friday 2024 weekend through Cyber Monday) … Enjoy! Have you been longing to get back to painting but don’t know where to start? I know how overwhelming […]

October 24, 2024

sarah's big bold art dream and how she got there

Sarah’s Big Bold Art Dream & How She Got There—An Artist Interview

If you’ve ever doubted your abilities or held yourself back from pursuing your dreams, Sarah’s story will inspire you to take that leap. Sarah, a mother, author, and painter from Minnesota, transformed her life by overcoming fear, self-doubt, and limiting beliefs to do two solo exhibits, land a gallery, sell […]

September 22, 2024

ARTIST interview with paula stephens and kellie day

From Zero to Artist in 8 Months: Paula’s Wild Creative Ride

Paula Stephens spent years helping others—working as a Buddhist Chaplain, supporting military personnel with mental health challenges, and guiding women in prison. But after all that time giving, she realized she had been helping everyone else, and it was time to fill her own cup. That’s when she decided to […]

August 11, 2024

How to Paint Expressive Brush Strokes

A couple people have been asking me how to make more expressive, or “painterly” brush strokes. So I made this fun video for you! Watch as I use a few different brushes to create mood, movement and color with luscious brush strokes. In this free art tutorial, you’ll learn: how […]

August 4, 2024

What to do when you lose your painting mojo

Today an artist friend emailed me and said she lost her mojo this week. There’s construction going on outside her home, she’s having some physical pain, and she doesn’t have enough room to paint. It’s getting her down and making it hard to paint. Losing your mojo is a common […]

July 21, 2024

Before & After: Rochelle’s Painting Transformation + Sneak Peek into My Mentoring Program

Each week, I help my students break through “stuck spots” in their paintings. Today, I’m thrilled to give you an exclusive sneak peek into how I do this, so you can see firsthand how personalized feedback can elevate your paintings from good to great! (Unlike other art instructors who may […]

July 9, 2024

Do you want to make 5 paintings in 5 days?

Do you want to make 5 paintings in 5 days? Below I’m giving you exactly how to do this. Making art is spiritual, it’s your highest calling. We are all creative, but many of us ignore it because it’s easier to stay busy in our day-to-day tasks. But when years […]

July 8, 2024

Featured Artist: Kellie Day Solo Exhibit at Telluride Arts

Featured artist Kellie Day art at Telluride Arts. Read about her solo exhibit June, 2024 at the Telluride Arts Headquarters. View the original article here, or scroll down to read it here … Before committing to paint, Kellie ran a graphic design business for 20 years. Since then she has […]

June 17, 2024

Inspirations to paint your summer with kellie day

Paint Your Summer … Inspirations to Spark Your Painting

Right now it’s almost Summer Solstice – the longest day of the year. It’s the time to connect with your highest joy and express the summer beauty you’re seeing all around you with paint! Here are some inspirations to spark your summer paintings … All around you everywhere there is […]

June 2, 2024

Discover the Magic Behind My Latest Painting🌸

I’m thrilled to share something special with you today! 🌟 I just completed a vibrant commission of parrot tulips for my dear friend Kim. Creating this piece for her required me to connect to spirit and soul to bring her vision to life. Click here to see the quick video […]

April 30, 2024

a sneak peak into my desert art exhibit with kellie day

A Sneak Peek into My Desert Art Exhibit

I made this little video to share with you the meaning and influences of these paintings I’ve been creating over the last 8 months. But also, to give you a glimpse of what it takes to create a body of work, and what an artist goes through. My upcoming solo […]

April 25, 2024

From School Teacher to Artist- an interview with Carla Chantry

Carla was retiring from teaching for 27 years. She needed to get back to her art again; it was something within her heart. She had always had a passion for art, and she wasn’t fulfilled without it. Together we worked to help her transition from teacher to artist and develop […]

April 7, 2024

How to Go From Being in a Career to Being a Creative

Going from a career to being a creative can be a huge transition. Especially putting all the pieces together to go from A-Z and become a practicing, happy Artist. Let’s talk about how to do it… Do you want to make your work stronger and learn to make professional paintings, […]

April 2, 2024

Finding Inspiration: Tips to Energize Your Painting Finish

I don’t often write about finishing paintings, but it’s something a lot of artists have questions on. “How do you know when your painting is finished?” There’s really no right or wrong way to answer this question. I believe paintings are never “finished”, they just stop in interesting places! I […]

March 9, 2024

Unlocking the Art that’s in You – The Crucial Element

If you’re like most of the women I work with, you’ve been out of touch with your painting for a long time. And that’s painful. You feel like something’s missing, that you’re incomplete, that your life is less sparkly than it could be. Oftentimes we feel like we’re not giving […]

March 7, 2024

Are you afraid you have nothing to say with your Art?

Artists sometimes fear they don’t have anything truly awesome inside of them to paint and share with the world. Can that be true? If you’re doubting you have something worth expressing, there’s a world of infinite art and creativity inside of you. There are 4 things that tap into the […]

February 11, 2024

How do you choose the right teacher to advance YOUR Art?

You’ve probably noticed there are a LOT of online Art classes these days… it’s a bit overwhelming. I created this to help you choose the teacher or method that’s best for YOU, so you can move forward with your Art – instead of stalling out. More and more, Art instructors […]

February 7, 2024

Art Success Stories from Brave, Creative Women

I’m about to show you some very brave creative women. These women were able to go from years of not painting much, (because they were raising family or had careers) to being professional-quality artists and showing and selling. In a very short time all of them began making paintings that […]

January 26, 2024

From Graphic Design to a Travel-Inspired Art Collection – An Interview with Artist Terri Goodness

Twenty five years ago Terri went to Art school, but life’s responsibilities took priority and she devoted herself to raising her children and caring for her father-in-law and the family business. As life got busier, Terri began feeling less happy and missing the days when Art was her passion. Her […]