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valerienmckeehan

Valerie McKeehan

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Painter, romantic, flower lover, beauty chaser✨Learn with me 👇🏻

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Painting flowers, growing flowers, arranging flowers, and now printing with flowers!!! 🌸 I discovered this fun hobby of botanical printing over the summer and it’s something I’ve greatly enjoyed and hope to continue exploring! Each framed painting from my flower field series is going to come wrapped in one of these botanically printed flour sack towels. Each one is a labor of love and uses all local flowers. Aren’t flowers amazing?! created by Valerie McKeehan with Piano Peace's Fairytale Melody

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Painting flowers, growing flowers, arranging flowers, and now printing with flowers!!! 🌸

I discovered this fun hobby of botanical printing over the summer and it’s something I’ve greatly enjoyed and hope to continue exploring!

Each framed painting from my flower field series is going to come wrapped in one of these botanically printed flour sack towels. Each one is a labor of love and uses all local flowers. Aren’t flowers amazing?!

I am forever captivated by fields of flowers. This was my summer in a nutshell and now I’m sharing them with you! 🌸 🌾 The Fields of Flowers collection is now live. Your own forever blooming paradise to escape into and dance with the fairies.🤍 created by Valerie McKeehan with Valerie McKeehan's original sound

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I am forever captivated by fields of flowers. This was my summer in a nutshell and now I’m sharing them with you! 🌸 🌾

The Fields of Flowers collection is now live. Your own forever blooming paradise to escape into and dance with the fairies.🤍

Addicted to these little sticks of magic! #softpastel #pastelpalettes #pastelpainting #artistoftiktok #artsupplies created by Valerie McKeehan with Valerie McKeehan's original sound

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Addicted to these little sticks of magic! #softpastel #pastelpalettes #pastelpainting #artistoftiktok #artsupplies

By request! 🌸 👑 A little flower crown tutorial after I shared the crown I made for Vienna a few weeks ago! Sweet Annie is the perfect foliage to use for the crown! It’s nice and pliable for braiding and the smell is absolutely intoxicating!! This is such a sweet September project and after you’re done wearing the crown you can dry it for a little mini wreath. I hope you enjoy! created by Valerie McKeehan with Valerie McKeehan's original sound

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By request! 🌸 👑 A little flower crown tutorial after I shared the crown I made for Vienna a few weeks ago!

Sweet Annie is the perfect foliage to use for the crown! It’s nice and pliable for braiding and the smell is absolutely intoxicating!!

This is such a sweet September project and after you’re done wearing the crown you can dry it for a little mini wreath.

I hope you enjoy!

The ONLY one! ✨ I want to help you paint your world and express the beauty that’s within you. #themagicofsoftpastel #pastelpainting #softpastel #landscapepainter created by Valerie McKeehan with normal the kid's take a moment to breathe.

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The ONLY one! ✨ I want to help you paint your world and express the beauty that’s within you. #themagicofsoftpastel #pastelpainting #softpastel #landscapepainter

When you can express the world around you through art, it’s magic!!! ✨ The Magic of Soft Pastel Course will only be enrolling for a few more days! #softpastel #pastelpainting #landscapepainting #landscapeart #landscapepainters created by Valerie McKeehan with Valerie McKeehan's original sound

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When you can express the world around you through art, it’s magic!!! ✨ The Magic of Soft Pastel Course will only be enrolling for a few more days! #softpastel #pastelpainting #landscapepainting #landscapeart #landscapepainters

You know that tiny whisper that tells you to try something new or dig deeper into a spark you felt? This is your sign to do it! Those glimmers are there for a reason and maybe it’s time to find out why. This has never led me astray. Your creativity is valid and worth it. ✨🙏🏻 And just a reminder- if you’re feeling a spark to try soft pastel, doors are closing soon to the The Magic of Soft Pastel Online Course! Six weeks of nature, mindfulness, creativity, support, community, encouragement and, of course, beautiful sticks of pigment to create magic. 🤍 created by Valerie McKeehan with Lana Del Rey's Say Yes To Heaven - Sped Up

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You know that tiny whisper that tells you to try something new or dig deeper into a spark you felt? This is your sign to do it! Those glimmers are there for a reason and maybe it’s time to find out why. This has never led me astray. Your creativity is valid and worth it. ✨🙏🏻

And just a reminder- if you’re feeling a spark to try soft pastel, doors are closing soon to the The Magic of Soft Pastel Online Course! Six weeks of nature, mindfulness, creativity, support, community, encouragement and, of course, beautiful sticks of pigment to create magic. 🤍

It’s all play!! Giving yourself time to create in play and joy IS the thing. You will be better for it in so many ways. 🤍 Join me for some creative play on Friday in my free live zoom workshop!! We’ll be getting our hands dusty in soft pastel while learning to create dreamy landscapes. All you need to do is register to attend! . . . #softpastel #pastelpainting #themagicofsoftpastel created by Valerie McKeehan with Valerie McKeehan's original sound

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It’s all play!! Giving yourself time to create in play and joy IS the thing. You will be better for it in so many ways. 🤍

Join me for some creative play on Friday in my free live zoom workshop!! We’ll be getting our hands dusty in soft pastel while learning to create dreamy landscapes.

All you need to do is register to attend!
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#softpastel #pastelpainting #themagicofsoftpastel

Join me for a FREE, live workshop on zoom this coming Friday, September 15th at noon EST! I will be teaching you my secrets for creating landscape paintings from imagination! What a thrill and joy it is to be able to materialize magical places all from your mind. If you’ve been thinking about joining me for the Magic of Soft Pastel Online Course, you’ll also be able to get a taste for what our live calls are like during the program! It’s sure to be a fun and relaxing time learning something new and celebrating your creativity!✨ In order to attend, you must register! I hope to see you there! #softpastel #pastelpainting #landscapeart #landscapeartist #impressionism #softpastels created by Valerie McKeehan with Piano Peace's Save Me

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Join me for a FREE, live workshop on zoom this coming Friday, September 15th at noon EST!

I will be teaching you my secrets for creating landscape paintings from imagination! What a thrill and joy it is to be able to materialize magical places all from your mind.

If you’ve been thinking about joining me for the Magic of Soft Pastel Online Course, you’ll also be able to get a taste for what our live calls are like during the program!

It’s sure to be a fun and relaxing time learning something new and celebrating your creativity!✨

In order to attend, you must register!
I hope to see you there!

#softpastel #pastelpainting #landscapeart #landscapeartist #impressionism #softpastels

The intimidation of staring at a blank sheet of paper is real! Do you relate? 🙋🏻‍♀️ Here are three things I do to combat this: ✨ Studies! I am a huge fan of making studies. It is how I try new palettes and compositions. There’s something low pressure about the small size, and calling it a study helps my brain to relax. It’s all curiosity and play! After completing a study I like, I’ll often change one thing and try it again! This is how I make new discoveries! ✨Make an underpainting. An underpainting is the first layer or pass of color in a painting. I like to use different methods for this, but always keeping it loose and open to spontaneity! A wet underpainting (using rubbing alcohol) is especially fun with its drips and texture. It’s a low-pressure way to get something on the paper, knowing a lot of it can get covered up. ✨ Make lots of bad paintings. The only path to making good paintings is by making bad paintings. Embrace this! Celebrate failed paintings because the more you desensitize yourself to making something “bad”, the less scary it becomes. You come to realize it’s all just part of the process. Let me know if these tips are helpful! P.S. The Magic of Soft Pastel Online Course is enrolling now! 6 weeks of live instruction, encouragement and community! If you struggle with perfectionism and fear of a blank paper, this is the perfect opportunity to fill yourself up creatively! I can’t wait to take another group through this Fall! There’s a special early bird bonus that is expiring tonight. created by Valerie McKeehan with Valerie McKeehan's original sound

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The intimidation of staring at a blank sheet of paper is real! Do you relate? 🙋🏻‍♀️

Here are three things I do to combat this:

✨ Studies! I am a huge fan of making studies. It is how I try new palettes and compositions. There’s something low pressure about the small size, and calling it a study helps my brain to relax. It’s all curiosity and play! After completing a study I like, I’ll often change one thing and try it again! This is how I make new discoveries!

✨Make an underpainting. An underpainting is the first layer or pass of color in a painting. I like to use different methods for this, but always keeping it loose and open to spontaneity! A wet underpainting (using rubbing alcohol) is especially fun with its drips and texture. It’s a low-pressure way to get something on the paper, knowing a lot of it can get covered up.

✨ Make lots of bad paintings. The only path to making good paintings is by making bad paintings. Embrace this! Celebrate failed paintings because the more you desensitize yourself to making something “bad”, the less scary it becomes. You come to realize it’s all just part of the process.

Let me know if these tips are helpful!

P.S. The Magic of Soft Pastel Online Course is enrolling now! 6 weeks of live instruction, encouragement and community! If you struggle with perfectionism and fear of a blank paper, this is the perfect opportunity to fill yourself up creatively! I can’t wait to take another group through this Fall! There’s a special early bird bonus that is expiring tonight.

A few weeks ago, I heard this audio and I haven’t been able to shake it. I’ve come back to it often, discussed it in the Magic of Soft Pastel Course, on the Dear Creative Soul Podcast, and sent it to many people. He puts into words what I feel so deeply and know to be true: creativity is vital. It’s not cute or nice. It’s like air to me! When you have a longing inside to create, but it gets stifled or shoved aside, it causes your soul to shrivel little by little. It’s become such a mission of mine to spread this message. Your creativity is 100% worth investing in. created by Valerie McKeehan with Valerie McKeehan's original sound

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A few weeks ago, I heard this audio and I haven’t been able to shake it. I’ve come back to it often, discussed it in the Magic of Soft Pastel Course, on the Dear Creative Soul Podcast, and sent it to many people.

He puts into words what I feel so deeply and know to be true: creativity is vital. It’s not cute or nice. It’s like air to me! When you have a longing inside to create, but it gets stifled or shoved aside, it causes your soul to shrivel little by little. It’s become such a mission of mine to spread this message. Your creativity is 100% worth investing in.

Confession: I cried while painting this piece. It was the right song with the right moment in the process and I just felt overcome by the joy of it. I spent most of my career not understanding what it meant to enjoy the process. I was always rushing, overwhelmed, trying to keep up, fearful, focused on the end result because of the pressure and deadlines. I still fight this pattern of overwhelm that my mind memorized through the years. But not today. Painting this was pure joy, not just for what is materialized at the end, but for the entirety of the experience. It was magic and medicine to me. 🤍 Have you ever been overcome with happy tears while creating? Thank you to @stephenthegardener for allowing me to use his lovely sun-drenched flowers as a reference for this painting. 🤍 . . . #softpastel #pastelpainting #themagicofsoftpastel #latesummer #latesummergarden created by Valerie McKeehan with James Quinn's Waterfall

Confession:
I cried while painting this piece.

It was the right song with the right moment in the process and I just felt overcome by the joy of it. I spent most of my career not understanding what it meant to enjoy the process. I was always rushing, overwhelmed, trying to keep up, fearful, focused on the end result because of the pressure and deadlines.

I still fight this pattern of overwhelm that my mind memorized through the years. But not today. Painting this was pure joy, not just for what is materialized at the end, but for the entirety of the experience. It was magic and medicine to me. 🤍

Have you ever been overcome with happy tears while creating?

Thank you to @stephenthegardener for allowing me to use his lovely sun-drenched flowers as a reference for this painting. 🤍
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#softpastel #pastelpainting #themagicofsoftpastel #latesummer #latesummergarden

“When summer gathers up her robes of glory, And, like a dream, glides away.” — Sarah Helen Whitman P.S. the tape pull is the best part #softpastel #themagicofsoftpastel #pastelpainting created by Valerie McKeehan with Valerie McKeehan's original sound

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“When summer gathers up her robes of glory, And, like a dream, glides away.” — Sarah Helen Whitman

P.S. the tape pull is the best part #softpastel #themagicofsoftpastel #pastelpainting

Please, please don’t undervalue the things that light your soul up creatively!! Are Barbie clouds fun and playful? YES. Is taking the time to enjoy and paint them still important? You bet it is. Don’t write off your desire to make art as silly or something that is only worthy after “more important things” get done. This is important work. Play is medicine. If you can let go and give yourself that gift, you will feel it in every area of your life. Enjoy it and don’t apologize for a second. You deserve it. 🤍 created by Valerie McKeehan with Valerie McKeehan's original sound

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Please, please don’t undervalue the things that light your soul up creatively!! Are Barbie clouds fun and playful? YES. Is taking the time to enjoy and paint them still important? You bet it is. Don’t write off your desire to make art as silly or something that is only worthy after “more important things” get done. This is important work. Play is medicine. If you can let go and give yourself that gift, you will feel it in every area of your life. Enjoy it and don’t apologize for a second. You deserve it. 🤍

Your creativity is important! (But not to be taken so seriously!) do something creative for you today!!! #creativecoach #creativity #softpastelart #m created by Valerie McKeehan with Valerie McKeehan's original sound

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Your creativity is important! (But not to be taken so seriously!) do something creative for you today!!! #creativecoach #creativity #softpastelart #m

Clouds from today’s live tutorial painting in the Magic of Soft Pastel Online Course! ☁️🤍 I’m so pleased to tell you enrollment is now open for the next round beginning on September 25th!! You will learn to paint landscapes in soft pastel, but even more than that, it’s medicine for your creative soul. created by Valerie McKeehan with Andy Morris's Golden Hour: Piano Version

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Clouds from today’s live tutorial painting in the Magic of Soft Pastel Online Course! ☁️🤍

I’m so pleased to tell you enrollment is now open for the next round beginning on September 25th!!

You will learn to paint landscapes in soft pastel, but even more than that, it’s medicine for your creative soul.

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