Art-Classes FAQ

It’s a personal decision – there’s no test in art to determine what you’re able to handle. However, view the list on the Levels page and it may help guide you through the five levels of classes here.

In each medium, there are “Jumpstart” classes….those are recommended to learn the foundations of application of the medium, color theory, and basics of shading.

• Copic Jumpstart
• Watercolor Jumpstart
• Colored Pencil Jumpstart
• Drawing Jumpstart 101
• Watercolor Pencil Jumpstart
• Stamped Watercolor Jumpstart
• Bible Journaling 101
• Ethereal Alcohol Ink Jumpstart
• Terrestrial Alcohol Ink Jumpstart

While prerequisites are not “policed” (ie we do not prevent purchases of higher level classes), it is recommended to take them in order. Terms, concepts, and art theory from beginner classes may be used in intermediate and advanced lessons, and won’t necessarily be explained again. If you take a higher level class and come upon ideas you want to learn, you can always go back and take previous classes.

Click on “My Courses” in your account. If you only see “Preclass” lesson, be sure you’re logged in.

The plan is to have a progression of classes in each medium. Since this site was started in 2017, it’ll take a little while for that to be filled in but I’m getting there.

Recent technology automatically started adding CC to videos – so all recent classes have closed captioning.

Jumpstart class videos (all media) were reuploaded to take advantage of this option. Yay! If you’re hearing impaired or need captions due to language differences, please use the form below to request a class have CC added; I’ll get to it as time allows.

If you find any glaring weird things or discrepancies, please let me know, you never know what the robot hears!

Nope! There’s nothing “live” in that kind of way; if the word “live” is ever used, it usually means “go live” – as in when a new class lesson is published. Occasionally the instructor will create additional live content on the Artventure Network, but that will be viewable as a replay later.

Most classes on this site are designed to be appropriate for both! Your instructor sees crafters as artists – and hopes to help all who create to see themselves as wonderfully creative human beings on a journey.

Stampers: many stamps go out of production over time, so classes here have begun to take that into account. Classes may have downloadable images to work with, templates to trace, or instruction on how to draw simple images yourself. You can always look through your own stamp collection to see what you have that would work with the technique in the lesson.

Fine artists: Some exercises in some classes involve coloring stamped images, or practice paintings at a size appropriate for a greeting card. Adapt the assignment as you wish!

As many times as you like!

Forever! Or until the internet ends, or your instructor ends (she plans for this site to continue even after she retires one day.)

Your classes will remain active whenever you are logged in, so you can check them out anytime.

Unfortunately, no. Some of the class videos were stolen by students and uploaded to YouTube, so I had to make the decision to keep them viewable only on the website.

A few options:

• Join the Artventure Network, managed by Sandy, to upload work, ask questions, and be a part of the community. This is for all artists beyond students here; but you’ll find many other students there who share and learn too. Sandy hosts weekly Studio Hours for responding to questions in realtime but also monitors the network regularly for questions, and answers some in video format too.
• You can ask questions by joining our community in our Student Facebook Group and share your work, your struggles, and your victories with fellow artists on the same journey.
• Also you can email to ask whatever you’d like!

Subscribe to the website here. Emails you receive are only class-related ones. (Including sales. So you won’t want to miss out.)

A general note: for any email list for any site on the internet, scroll to the bottom of that email and click on “unsubscribe” or “manage subscriptions” to edit lists or remove yourself entirely. By law, an “unsubscribe” link is mandatory; if a company does not provide that, contact them directly to request removal.

Yes, having an account is the way to access your classes and downloads. Please know that we do not sell or share ANY of your private information with anyone. And never will. And there’s a strong firewall around this website to keep what little data you provide safe.

Just send an email; but know that any purchases made will be lost after that.

Your email information is never shared with anyone for any reason. Frankly, I rarely remember to use any of my email lists, so you won’t get spammed. At the bottom of any email there’s a link to unsubscribe if you find you’re no longer interested.