Welcome to the Studio
Classes, community, and creative tools for the artist in you — beginner to obsessed.
From the studio
A peek inside the creative world of Gulfsprite Studios — paintings, journals, and everything in between.
Learn and Create
Whether you're just starting out or deep in your practice, there's a class waiting for you.
All LevelsYou will learn a variety of mixed media painting techniques including textured surfaces, watercolor, acrylic and more. Beginner friendly to advanced.
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Beginner FriendlyUse up all of those scraps includes hand sewing your binding, creating flow from page to page and many mixed media ideas and techniques. Beginner friendly.
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Intermediate to AdvancedCreate a handmade art journal from file folders [orange for me] then fill several pages with hand drawn images, color pencil, watercolor and gouache. Intermediate to advanced levels.
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Stencils, digital downloads, and original paintings — made for makers.
The Muse Dispatch
Thoughts on creativity, process, and the messy beautiful work of making things.
Vault CurationEvery month I pull one piece from the vault and tell the story behind it — what I felt, what broke, what held. This month: the journal page I almost threw away that became the one I keep coming back to.
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Monthly ChallengeA constraint so simple it sounds like a joke — and then you sit down with it and realize how much it opens up. The Art Geeks challenge for September is live. Here's why I chose it.
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Permission PromptThe prompts that give people explicit permission to do the thing they're afraid of. This one keeps coming back. I keep giving it because people keep needing it.
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Start with a class, join the community, or just poke around. Every creative path is valid here.
