Paulette Insall ~ mixed media artist & mom

Online class update (and yep, it's still busy, busy 'round here)

It's been a busy week with no time for painting outside of finishing up the painting for my current "All About Faces" online class. We're entering our last week and I'm just amazed at all the fantastic work my students are doing! I'm like a proud Momma! :D And speaking of the faces class, I have room for one more person in my next session of this class that starts on June 30th. So if you wanna grab it, go to the online classes page and send your payment quick! Update: "All About Faces" class is now full

Well, I'd better get back to work. Lots to do before I have to go pick up Aiden at preschool. It's gonna be another busy day, but its all good! :) Much love to y'all and hope ya have a fantastic Monday! Get out and enjoy spring for me since I'll likely be stuck inside all day. ;)

Online Class status update

As of a little earlier tonight, the "Organic Dimension" (backgrounds) class starting May 19th is full. There is still a little room left in the "All About Faces" (portraits) class that starts June 30th. If you go to the online classes page and scroll to the bottom, you can sign up there by sending your payment.

Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for making my online classes such a huge success and spreading the word about them!!! Y'all ROCK!!! :D xoxoxoxo

Classes getting close to being full

Just wanted to pop in and let y'all know that the next session of my online classes are getting close to being full. So if you were planning on signing up, you might want to go ahead and do so. Otherwise, you'll have to wait until September when I offer the classes again.

We had so much fun in the backgrounds class and the faces class is coming along fabulously as well! Here's where you can get a peek at what some of the students have been up to in the classes.

And to those of you who've signed up recently, I'm sending out payment confirmations about once a week. Otherwise I'd be spending alot of time just sending out confirmations. So it's just easier for me to do those all at once at the end of each week...hang tight and you'll hear from me soon. Also, I don't send out the blog access info or the supply list until two weeks prior to the class starting. I have alot on my plate at the moment and I really need to stick to this schedule to make sure I can give my current students my full attention. :)

Update on online classes

Hey y'all! Just popping in to give you a quickie update on the status of the new session of classes I announced recently....the backgrounds class (starts May 19th) is about 2/3's full and the faces class (starts June 30th) is about 1/2 full. So if you were thinking of signing up you might want to do it soon because I won't be teaching these classes again until September.

Things are still super busy around here....thankfully I've found a drop-in daycare place for Aiden. Today is his first day, so we'll see how it works out. If he likes it, then I actually might be able to get caught up on things around here. That would be so awesome! Seems I'm always running behind these days and have so much to do....now if I could just find someone to come clean my house a couple of times a week then I'd be golden. ;)

I'll leave ya with a couple of video screen shots from the class lesson videos....the first one is from the faces class and the second one is from the backgrounds class. Be sure to click on the screen shots to see the full size of the video you'll be getting in the classes (640x480). Hope you're all having a great week!!! xoxo

My online classes...new dates added :)

Just wanted to let everyone know that due to the huge response to my mixed media online classes, I decided to do another round. :) So if you missed out the first time, be sure to cruise on over the new newly updated online classes page and sign up. :)

Backgrounds online class almost full...

Just a quick heads up for y'all to let you know that the backgrounds online class that starts this coming Monday, February 18th, is almost full. Just a few spots left...so if you were planning on signing up this will be your last chance. If you still see the "pay now" button on the class page, then there is still room left. Once the class is full, I will be removing the payment buttons.

Some of the students are already chatting it up in the class's Flickr group. Yea! :) Everyone's excited to get started and they're busy getting all their supplies. It's gonna be a blast! I can already tell this is a great bunch of folks. We're gonna loads of fun playing with paint and chatting!!! Hope you'll join us! :D

High quality version of latest video & online classes update

                                       
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Good morning y'all! Here's a bigger and higher quality version of my last video. You'll need the Quicktime player to view it. When you click on it, a new player will open in a pop up window....go ahead and click play and then pause it. Let it load for a little bit before you hit play again, otherwise the video will stop and start. This version is at a higher resolution that the YouTube version, therefore the file size is much larger and will take more time to load. I think it'll be worth the wait though. ;) This is more along the lines of the quality of the videos you'll be getting in my online classes....and actually they'll be even better because they are not sped up and I have the camera right beside me while I'm demonstrating and explaining what I'm doing. It'll be like you're standing in my studio and looking right over my shoulder! Pretty great, huh? :D

Speaking of my online classes, I'm getting ready to post the first class supply list to the private class blog in a  little while so if you're signed up for the backgrounds class that starts on February 18th be on the lookout for an email from me later today. I've been getting emails asking if there's any room left in the classes....there's still some room left in both the backgrounds class and the faces class, but at the rate people are signing up I may have to close class sign ups soon....especially for the backgrounds class. Once I close class sign ups, I will take the payment buttons down off of the online classes page. So if you still see the payment buttons, then sign ups are still open. :)

Well I'd better get a movin'....so much to do today and Aiden's home sick from school. Poor guy been coughing his head off all morning....and as all you moms know, it's even harder, if not impossible, to get things done when you've got a sick little one to look after.

My online classes...all the details :)

I just finished a new page on the blog giving all the details about my upcoming online classes! Yea! :D The first class starts February 18th. I am accepting payment for class fees via PayPal, Visa & Mastercard by phone, and USPS money order (the last two options are reserved for U.S. residents only). Even though these are online classes, I am limiting the class sizes because I can only handle so many students per class. The classes are filling up quickly, so be sure to send your payment as soon as possible to reserve your spot.

We're gonna have sooooo much fun! Can y'all tell I'm all excited!!!!!!!! There will be high quality video demos (not hosted on YouTube because of their file size restriction) for each weekly assignment....in real time just like you were all standing around my table watching me demo in a regular in person class. They will be posted on Mondays and you can watch the demo video demos at any time during the week. We'll have a live chat once each week and there will be a Flickr group for students to post pictures of their class artwork. The Flickr group also has a private discussion board so the students will be able to talk amongst themselves without time restrictions which will be extremely helpful for those wanting to connect with other students who are taking the class. Participation in the Flickr group and live chats are encouraged for the full class experience, but are not required.

I'm trying my very best to make this as close to an "in person" class as I can. Having taught glass beadmaking for many years, I know full well how important it is to actually see how a teacher does something rather than only reading about it in a written document. Gosh this may be even better than an in person class....it's not like you can pause the teacher and rewind her if you miss something, huh? LOL!

Well I've stayed up waaaaaaay too late the past few nights trying my best to get all this info ready and get caught up on emails, shipping, and the like. Oh and speaking of being behind....I was running a couple days behind on shipping prints/paintings out this week, but as of this afternoon all orders have been shipped for the week! So if you made a purchase from my Etsy shop in the past week, your order is on it's way!

G'nite y'all! xoxo