Connie Solera is an amazing teacher! I have taken online classes with her including some of her 21 Secrets offerings, 21 Days of Embody, and others. I also was lucky enough to be able to take a class with her in person in Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico. That was an absolutely fantastic experience, which I followed up with two more weeks of vacation time there when Blair joined me. We have visited Oaxaca City a second time, and have a third visit planned for May, 2021 (moved from December, 2020 due to COVID-19). I have always wanted to take her Painting the Feminine online class but had not found the time to do it, until this year (again due to COVID-19). I loved this class and it was through her gentle guidance that I was finally able to feel myself painting completely intuitively. I've been trying to do this for several years now, and have had minimal success, but this was the first time that I really felt myself let go while painting and simply taking every step one at a time, building on each step, and just following what my instincts were telling me to do. What an exhilarating feeling!
Here are the images that I created in my Painting the Feminine journal, including some that I created after the actual class had ended. Except where noted, all of these images were painted in a 9" x 12" journal.
March 31st
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| Close up #1 |
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| Close up #2 |
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| Close up #3 |
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| Close up #4 |
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread |
April 1st
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread |
April 2nd
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| Step #1 |
April 4th
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| Step #1 |
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Final Two-Page Journal Spread April 7th |
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Final Two-Page Journal Spread April 8th |
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| Step #1 |
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| Step #2 |
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| Step #3 |
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread |
April 10th
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread |
April 13th
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread: The orientation I painted it in |
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread: The orientation I prefer to look at |
April 14th
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| Step #1 |
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread |
April 15th
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| Step #1 |
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread |
April 16th
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| I sketched this on my under paper (that collects paint spatters and some of my doodles) before beginning the next painting in my Painting the Feminine Journal. |
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| Step #1 |
April 17th
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread |
April 19th
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| Step #1 |
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread |
April 21st
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread |
April 22nd
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| Step #1 |
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread: The orientation I painted it in |
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread: The orientation I prefer to look at |
April 25th
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| Step #1 |
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread |
The following images were done after the Painting the Feminine Class ended, but continue with the theme and intent of the class.
May 12th
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread |
May 13th
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread |
May 13th
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread |
May 15th
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread |
May 15th
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread |
May 16th
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Final One-Page Journal SpreadMay 20th |
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread |
May 22nd
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread |
June 9th
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| Close up #1 |
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| Close up #2 |
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread |
June 25th
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread: The orientation I painted it in |
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| Final Two-Page Journal Spread: The orientation I prefer to look at |
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