Divine Feminine Altar - Watercolor NEW! Online Class Sept 29

Divine Feminine Altar – Watercolor ONLINE new!
Sunday, Sep29, 1-3:30pm MT
Instructor: Lexis Krieg
Limit: 25 students. All participants must be 15 years or older.
*New Class Format: Class materials not included  - see the class materials list below for what to have on hand.

Class Details

The divine feminine is the intuitive, compassionate, and creative energy inside of all of us, and tapping into it is important for balance and well-being. Celebrate your divine feminine in this new class with Lexis Krieg. Lexis is a Denver-based artist who uses meditation and watercolor art to help others connect to their inner creativity. Her classes are for both beginners and those with experience. 

The workshop begins with a short meditation to guide you as you connect to your divine feminine. After the meditation, Lexis coaches you in processing what you learned by creating a joyful layered watercolor painting.  She calls the painting an altar, and it’s meant to act as a reminder of this new inner knowing when you return to your daily life. In the center of the altar is a space to write down a personal mantra, intention, or insight that reveals itself to you during class. 

Before starting your altar, practice making different marks with your brushes and play with color combinations. Lexis also demonstrates some simple pen doodles for you to work with. These decorative lines add interest and depth to your watercolor altar. (Interestingly, this practice time leaves your mind free to process what you learned while meditating.)  

For the rest of the class time, Lexis works alongside everyone and offers suggestions while everyone focuses on painting. Writing a personal word or phrase in the center is the final, and often revealing, step. 

Lexis’s class is rich in technique and design, but its true value lies in connecting you to your divine feminine. There is some optional pre-class work, which should take no more than thirty minutes. See the Class Materials list for more information.

This online class will be recorded and made available to class participants for 14 days after the class.

Class Materials

Please bring the following materials:

• At least one piece of hot press watercolor paper, 6x8” or 8x10”. (Speedball’s Fluid Watercolor Paper Hot Press Finish works nicely)
• Some small pieces of the same watercolor paper to practice on
• Brushes: use what you have: one round brush (size 6, 8, or 10) plus one flat brush (1/4 or 1/2 in)
• Drafting Tape
• Black Pen - it doesn’t have to be waterproof as long as it writes well over watercolor paint. The Zig Memory System Writer Dual Tip, the Paper Mate Flair, or the Tombow Fudenosuke brush pen all work well
• Assorted pens in various colors. Lexis recommends Gelly Roll Moonlight Bold Point Pens and Gelly Roll Glaze 3D Pens. Uni Posca Paint Marker Pens (PC-3M) are a fun choice, too
• One container for water
• Paper towels
• Optional: White Posca Paint Pen PC-1MC
• Optional: small spray bottle of water for wetting your watercolors
• Optional: small piece of something sturdy, such a cutting mat, chip board, or masonite, for taping down the watercolor paper
  
• Optional: hair dryer to speed up the drying process
• Optional: journal or blank paper for making notes after your meditation

Zoom Info

An email will be sent to participants the Monday before the class. Classes with homework may receive pre-class info earlier.  The email includes class date/time, materials list, pre-class prep, and Zoom link/info. No email? Double check the email address you entered when you registered and your SPAM folder. Due to SPAM filters and inbox settings, we cannot guarantee you will see, read, or open these emails. Two Hands Paperie assumes no responsibility for non-attendance of a class. Contact twohandsclasses@gmail.com with any questions and see our Class Policies page for more information.

Class Refund/Cancellation Policy - Online Class Without Kit

For cancellation made 14 days before class we can either issue a refund or apply the funds to another class. We retain a $10 processing fee for EACH class cancelled. If you cancel fewer than 14 days before the class there is no refund or credit. If Two Hands Paperie cancels a class, we’ll contact you by email and refund the FULL class fee.

Instructor Bio

Lexis Krieg is the artist, illustrator, and designer behind Lexisworks, a business she started in 2008 as an outlet for her personal creativity. She can’t remember a time when she wasn’t making something. She took every art class in high school, then left to study art at Minnesota State University Moorhead. While there Lexis fell in love with graphic design and, as she explains, decided to leave the “real art" to “artists.” She worked as a graphic designer for a while but, after being laid off twice, she ended up growing her freelance business to satisfy her creativity and her urge to create with her own hands.

Her background in graphic design shines through the art she creates now: custom murals, surface patterns, illustrations, hand lettering, and mixed media paintings. No surprise that her studio is stuffed with vintage papers, tubes of paint, containers full of brushes and pens, old sketchbooks, glue, and a collection of materials for her daughters to create with. She’s decided she is an artist after all, and enjoys teaching workshops as a way to help others discover their own creative talents.

When people ask Lexis where she’s from she takes a deep breath and recites: “Alaska, Oregon, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and now Colorado.” (Somewhere in there she managed to live in England for a while.) Colorful Colorado became her home almost 15 years ago, and she’s been inspired by the Rocky Mountains ever since. Lexis takes any opportunity she can to get out and explore the Colorado landscape with her husband Bear, their two daughters, and their dog, Jackson.

See more Lexis' work on her website and on instagram @lexisworks.