I love when I see new economy professional quality surfaces come on the market because I see firsthand how that availability encourages new artists to explore better materials. As they see better results, they are less self-critical and more self confident in their ability. They expand those wings of flight and help fulfill my purpose in doing what I do.
Custom photo cards & invitations for every occasion
Celebrations are exciting, and custom photo cards and invitations mark these occasions in a special way. Pick the right card for the event, add your photo, and include extra touches to make sure your design stands out. Make your photo cards and custom invitations stand out more with a little extra embellishment, such as premium foil or adding a trim. Customize the wording and use your own photos for an even more personal touch. Choose custom cards or invitations to suit any celebration, such as baby shower invitations, birthday invitations, thank you cards, and holiday cards. Add your photos to preset designs or upload your own design.
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The Art Sherpa
SILAS4101 – Beginning & End Set. 3 Brush set for Acrylic Painting. Contains a 2″ Blending Brush, 1″ Varnish Brush and Ruby Satin Monogram Liner Size 1. Best for Background painting, smooth varnish experience and sign with confidence.
SILAS4102 – The Beginner Painting Set. 6 Black Pearl brushes for Acrylic Painting. Contains Round #4, Bright #2, #4, #6, #8 & #10. Everything you need to start painting with The Art Sherpa. Perfect with soft & heavy body acrylic colors, ideal for blending and control, great value & quality.
SILAS4103 – Professional/Explorer Set (Multi Media). 6 professional Quality Silver brushes. Favorites personally selected by The Art Sherpa™. Contains Bristlon® Bright #10, Cambridge™ Bright #4 & #8, Ultra Mini® Shader #10/0, Ruby Satin® Bright #2 & #6. Professional fine art brushes for every technique. Ideal with soft & heavy body acrylic colors.
SILAS4104 – Portrait Set. 4 Black Pearl™ brushes for Acrylic painting. Contains Round #0, Filbert #2, #4, & #8. It’s about the face – with 3 perfect filberts and a responsive round for fine lines. Strong for heavy body paint with spring for soft blends.
SILAS4105 – Detail Set. 6 Sterling Studio™ Detail brushes. Contains Round #3/0, #0 & #1, Bright #0 & #2, Liner #2/0. Perfect for fine lines and details. Makes grass, twigs, fur & hair easy. The secret weapon of beginner realism.
SILAS4106 – Galaxy Brush Set (Multi Media). 4 Unique Art Sherpa™ tools. Contains 2 Splatter Brushes, Silver Brush® Crystal™ Round #0 & Double End Dot Tool. The only brush set for galaxy stars, sand effects and water spray. Create amazing expressive effects. Dotting tool so you can paint the stars. The best tools for dispersed random splatter.
SILAS4107 – Cloud Set (Multi Media). 3 Art Sherpa™Cloud Brushes. Contains sizes #4, #6 & #8. Unique shape for easy beginner clouds. Extra firm filament for heavy body paint. Dream scumbling and rough texture brushing.
SILAS4108 – Art Sherpa™ Stencil Mini Set. Contains 3 Silver® Stencil Mini™ brushes #2, #4 & #6. Creates stencil, scumble, softening and blur effects.
SILAS4109 – Pounce Set. 3 pc foam stencil tool set. Sizes 3/4”, 1-1/4”, 1-1/2”. Great for Art Sherpa® bokeh, bubbles and effects. Great for stencils.
SILAS4112 – Painting & Palette Knife Set
What’s the best piece of creative advice you’ve ever received?
Just make art. Make it for the sheer joy of it. “Keep painting; keep creating.” Growth happens through iteration; the painting I do tomorrow is built on the shoulders of the painting I do today. It’s very easy to get caught up in a trap of comparison and self-examination in regards to talent and worth, which is a distraction. Start thinking of your creative process as the goal, and the work you produce almost as a byproduct. There’s a personal journey within each creative art piece. And that is where the value is: in our creative process.
I’m very blessed to have grown up in art. My mother is an artist; her mother was an artist; my high chair was in my mother’s art studio. The first piece that I remember is a chicken. My mother was so excited about this chicken. This is the first time I understood that the things I made had real world value to the people around me. Her reaction gave me such a sense of pride and self-worth. She even sent the image away to have it turned into stationery. She wrote three or four letters a week and all week long I could see her writing her letters on my chicken. I think this single act meant more to the artist I am today than anything else that has happened since. I think of this whenever I’m working with an adult or a child, it’s so important to see value in their art because that’s the first chance they get to reflect that mirror inward.
How has your work developed or changed?
In the past, my artwork was entirely an inward journey; a very deep, self-explorative space. But now, my artwork is about a silent conversation with an invisible community of artists of all levels, from all over the world.
The other thing that has really changed for me is that I now see the outcome of my painting is much more than just about the outcome. My most successful painting isn’t necessarily the most popular video I have, it’s the one that gets students most excited about painting another painting. I consider a project successful when it has resonance in the global community.
What are you most proud of?
What I’m most proud of that I’ve done is a yearly challenge called Acrylic April®. As you probably can imagine, the number one question I get is, “How can I be a better painter.” My answer is to create something every single day. Years ago, I used a daily painting personal challenge to kick me back into high gear and get my artistic voice back. If you’ve done one of these challenges where you make art every day, you can attest that. Here are some of the stages:
- The motivated stage.
- The, “why did I choose to do something that ruined my life” stage.
- The, “I don’t know why I ever believed I could paint or create art” stage.
- The “I can’t do it, but I told everybody I was doing it.” stage.
- The internal breakthrough where you start to see something new in your art process stage.
- And finally, the completion stage, where you realize that you had more in you than you ever realized.
From April 1st to April 30th, I do a daily painting with my students. When I started it in 2019, it seemed like an insane idea. I broadcast via live stream every day on my channel, and we went through that daily painting journey together. From that first group, we’ve had people who are currently on their thousandth personal painting. Some people just never stopped painting daily. It is amazing. Other community members from that first year opened up art studios. They transformed their lives.
In 2020, the world fell into crisis and Acrylic April fell right at the surge of the pandemic. A short daily painting project took on another level of community as the world disconnected. Acrylic April 2020 was how so many of us just found our way through the storm. So many turned to whatever they could grasp to maintain mental health while disconnected from family, work, and other pursuits. After April, my channel continued on during the pandemic and I’m preparing for Acrylic April 2021 with more, more, and more to share with my community and I’m so looking forward to seeing their growth transformations.
