Paint with Lush Art

12/04/2023

12/03/2023

Doe a deer a female reindeer. Did you know Santa’s reindeer are likely all females? Only female reindeer still have antlers at Christmas; the males of the species shed their headgear before mid-December. Paint this deer tomorrow with Adrianne. This class was full@last week and they turned out so good!

Want a cute painting of your pet? Last year we did Leprechaun your pet. This time we will make mixed media Santa hats. Last time we even had a bearded dragon painted! All are welcome. You MUST send a photo of your pet so your canvas can be prepped ahead of time.

Friday night join Sharon to learn about painting reflections and waddle into the weekend with your penguins.

Saturday we are doing the Nutcracker again after such a good time in November.

Creative kids are our favorite kids. Next Sunday is a fun family friendly class with this cutie Christmas Walrus with Sharon.

Don’t forget to have your child work on their entries for our Creative Kids contest. See details a few posts back. Can’t wait to hang their artwork!!

12/01/2023

Are you feeling like time is rushing by? We do too! I can’t believe it’s December. Don’t let another month rush by without taking a little time for yourself and to be creative.

So excited for the next classes. Book your favorite online, come into our homey little studio, relax, and create for a couple hours.

See you there!

11/28/2023

Announcing our Creative Kids Contest!

We are big believers of lifelong learning over here at Lush Art.

I was talking with friends and remembered winning an art contest in middle school to design a pin to sell so that my class could raise money to buy an acre in Belize. I hadn’t thought of that for years. Wonder if I can go stay on our acre of land? 🙃 Want to take bets if it was a 90’s money making scam or a real thing?

My designer friend remembers winning a contest too. I thought it could be fun to do one for kids and the next generation of artists.

I’ll have a judging panel of local artists vote for their Art Star. There are prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place. We think all kids are Art Stars so all who enter will get a discount code to use on an upcoming kid’s event or camp and a shout out on a Reel.

To enter you MUST include the form printed and completely filled out legibly. If the sheet isn’t filled out, they can’t be included in the contest. These will be on display at the studio and winners will have a special Artist feature here are social media.

Make sure to save this post to refer back to for entries. Tag friends with creative kids who are age 6-11.

The more creative the better! I can’t wait to see what the kids come up with!

11/28/2023

It’s that time of the month! Save Your Faves!! If there’s a class you know you want to take make sure to purchase before Thursday morning or it will be swapped out for something else or cancelled.

Also remember Thursday morning is the cut off to register for the Kiddo and Me cookie class scheduled for this Saturday so that can prep! Perfect for kids 6 and up. Creating with your kids is a great way to spend the day.

11/28/2023

In first grade Griffin came home and asked me to save a child’s life by donating blood. How do you say no to that? Well I nearly puked and passed out in a gymnasium full of people.

All this to ask you, will you do some lunges and squats in the comfort of your home to send a child to Camp Hope?

Follow the link and sign up! For each person who signs up $100 will be donated to help send kids to camp. My friend Sarah MacConnell Schanck is the driving force and I’ve watched her take this from a dream to reality. I’m so proud of you!!

Also if you’re able to donate blood without passing out and puking, go do that too. It does save lives.

But first don’t forget to sign up now to support Camp Hope. Takes like 30 seconds.

It's time! Are you ready to Hustle For Hope? Last year you helped us to send 28 kids to camp for FREE! Help us send kids in Central Georgia to camp through the state's first ever Camp HOPE program for kids 1st-8th grades who have been affected by childhood trauma. Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney, Anita R. Howard will donate $100 for everyone who completes our December exercise challenge... up to $25,000!

Register here by November 30th: https://forms.office.com/r/Pde8i7wfvj.

11/27/2023

Want to get in the spirit? Coming up soon!

Tomorrow we have two opportunities to paint with us. Either in studio with Adrianne for Dolly Extravaganza (thank you for subbing in for me) or in Warner Robins with Heather to be Merry and Bright.

Thursday’s Deer with Adrianne is currently sold out. We may sub it in for something not performing well in December so be on the lookout for updates.

Thursday is the cut off for our Kiddo and Me cookie decorating class on Saturday so that can prep your cookies. This class needs more sign ups to keep it.

Friday night is Christmas Birds class. This class needs sign ups to keep it.

Saturday night is Vintage Santa and it needs more sign ups to keep it.

Monday is Reindeer class and it needs more sign ups to keep it.

Tuesday is Santa Your Pet. Make sure you send your pet photo in! Cut off for this class is Tuesday morning so your canvas can be prepped.

See these and the rest of December on our website. We have several classes that are on the chopping block so if you have a favorite make sure you book it.

11/25/2023

And current era. 2021-2023. When I made a list of wishes I wanted a studio that feels like home. The studio was built in the early 1920’s and we love the feeling of creativity and it is like being in a treehouse.

The best time to support small business is right now. Don’t wait, if you wait your favorites may not make it. Small business is tireless and exhausting and heartbreaking and rewarding and amazing. All at once. I have the best crew currently who are our biggest supporters and motivators. They love this business so hard. Hard enough it keeps me going.

10 years is a long time. I’m taking a step back in teaching, cutting back to prevent burnout, teaching workshops that make me excited again, and plan to let the instructors and their talents shine because their spirit is what you all need.

I’m hoping 2024 is a year of learning, remembering why we do this, and renewal.

11/25/2023

On small business Saturday I reflect. I’ll refer to this as the messy middle. 2017-2021 in our 2nd studio in a Warner Robins. Wooooooo. High of highs and low of lows. Went from about 1000 square feet to over 4000 square feet with Escape Artists the escape room business I also opened. And then 2020. And it all came crumbling down.

I learned a lot. Cried a lot. Wanted to quit a lot. And honestly probably should have. But I still wasn’t ready to let go of my dream or this safe community I had built for you. I wasn’t ready to let down my employees. I kept fighting.

From in studio to on zoom we kept at it.

This is Part 2 of 3.

11/25/2023

In honor of Small Business Saturday here’s a look back at the beginning. 2013-2017 on Russell Parkway in Warner Robins we were in our first studio. My first month I had two customers, the angels in the first photo. I was so scared. And then it grew to more than I ever expected.

These were the good ol’ days. In business you’re told to hustle and grow. A big part of me wishes we had just stayed in that first little space. It was a happy place for so many.

11/24/2023

Only 5 seats left for tonight. Join us for a show of a good time!

Tuesday there’s two options. Dolly Extravaganza at the studio or Merry and Bright () which needs more sign ups to keep it.

The Deer only has three more seats left.

Let’s paint together!

11/23/2023

Y’all loved this the last time we did this.

I stuff my turkey with my friends in a plastic container and I don’t have any issues getting the plastic off.

11/22/2023

What’s your favorite Thanksgiving food? I’ll tell you mine at the end. You don’t want to miss it.

Heather and I are out of office the rest of the week and weekend. I’ll be checking emails for cancellations on events, but all event requests and gift certificate requests will be returned on Monday.

Happy Thanksgiving! Remember over on Facebook we have a FREE flower field art class to watch and over on YouTube we have a FREE kid’s Turpumpkin art class to do with your families. Want an in person class? Tonight’s class has two tickets left. Friday night’s Snowman class has tickets left.

My favorite Thanksgiving food? Leftover Eggrolls! I take leftovers on Friday (turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, green beans) and wrap them in an eggroll wrapper, fry or air fry, and dip in gravy. I decorate my tree, watch Hallmark movies, and enjoy an actual day off. If you make these tag me! They’re SOOOOOO good.

Don’t forget to shop small this weekend! Even when small businesses can’t offer discounts over Black Friday weekend, still support them by buying, sharing, and engaging with them.

11/21/2023

Who wishes they made time to create?

Just filmed my first online journal page! Now, a quick phone charge, and editing can wait for Later Cara. Getting ready for our Art Journaling kick-off in 2024. 🎨 January’s theme is trees.

What's art journaling? It's a creative journey for all levels. If you're an artist, enjoy freedom; for beginners, find extra support. It's visual, with options for layering, occasional writing, and monthly themes. Join our community for tips, in-person sessions, and accountability. Let's fill 52 pages in 2024—some at home, some in person if you're local. Meetups will be held monthly in Perry and in Macon.

Expect prompts, encouragement, templates, and member features in the newsletter. Inspired by The Artist’s Way, this is my way of staying consistent and accountable to my creative dreams. Join me on this artistic adventure!

See stories for a link for more info and to join!

11/21/2023

Thankful for Creativity Art Camp. Day 1. Thank you Mrs Sharon, Ms Haven, and Ms Rylee for ALL your incredible hard work today. Somehow camp oversold on the website, but they stepped in to give the kids plenty of help (and made it where I could go home and work cause it gets LOUD y’all😂🙀🙉).

Sharon works so hard to make these camps so special for the kids. Today she made homemade apple sauce as part of their snack.

She’s our overachiever and it’s much appreciated.

Want your kids to have a fabulous and creative time? We have a Christmas camp (Santa’s Elves) and a Winter camp (Winter Wonderland) in December.

There’s also a kids Walrus class coming on Dec 10.

11/20/2023

Announcing our Lush Art Memberships for 2024. These are perfect to ask for as gifts, if you’re looking for experience gifts.

Lush Club is a program we have done for years and we use it to encourage learning more in 2024. Members receive discounts on our regular art classes. I will send discount codes each month prior to Calendar Release Day (third Friday of the month). You can use your discount for yourself, your spouse, and any minor children living with you. These codes are not to share.

Guest instructors, camps, and special events are excluded from discounts.

Art Journaling is a new membership to encourage creating more in 2024.

There are two opportunities to meet in person (an evening time at our studio in Perry or a daytime meet up .club in Macon, one opportunity to learn online (so anyone anywhere can join our creative community and support our mission), and weekly member only newsletters with encouragment, prompts, and meeting info.

These meetups will require you to bring your own supplies, which you’ll also need to work from home.

These memberships can be found on our website under the Extra Fun drop down tab.

Please note for the first month, you will be charged the day you join but your next payment won’t come out until January when it automatically renews. You can cancel at anytime but there are no refunds once charge is made.

I’ll be sending welcome emails in December with all the details to set you up for success and for a supply list and recommendations for journaling.

Have questions? Ask below or send me a DM.

11/19/2023

It’s that time of year. Here’s a fun Bingo Card to play while you watch movies this holiday Season.

Tag me if you get a bingo. It’s fun to see who is watching. I’ll share mine in stories. And I’ll also share a printable sized version you can save and print in stories.

11/18/2023

Finishing November Strong!
And all of December is up and booking.

Wanting to book a corporate event/holiday celebration? Dates are super limited so make sure to book asap.

✨Tonight’s Nutcracker is sold out but we have another on December 9th.

✨ONE space left for our Thankful for Creativity camp! EDIT ADDED: now sold out but we have two camps in December we just added!

✨Tuesday and Wednesday’s classes need signups. They’re so cool! Perfect if you have family in town and are looking for something fun to do together. I really want to take both of them.

✨Relax on Black Friday with a paint class. You’re snowman can say anything. It’s completely customizable.

✨Monday there’s so many jokes that could be inserted here but I’m going to just leave it to beaver.

✨Come celebrate the great Dolly Parton for our Dolly Extravaganza. Wear your favorite Dolly shirts, wigs, cowboy hats, push-up bras and join us as we play her new Rockstar Album. This class is personalized too. Add your favorite lyrics and Dolly-isms to your painting.

✨Also on that same night over in Warner Robins we will be teaching this seasonal Merry and Bright painting at on Watson.

✨Rounding out November is the gorgeous Deer class on the 30th.

All classes are booked in advance on our website.

🎨Lush Art provides a safe space to share our love of creating art using guided instruction, encouragement, passion, and humor in an authentic, non-judgemental and fun way by creating a community of diverse, unique, and curious people.

What do we sell? Fun. Education. Community. Imagination. Creativity. Do we hand you imagination and creativity and then you’re automatically going to know how to use them? No, but we do give you the tools to help uncover them. Sometimes they get hidden under layers of adulting and dust of not using.

Call us the feather duster of creativity. We hand it to you, it’s up to you to do the work.

11/16/2023

It’s my favorite day. Flower day! Thank you to .me.not.wr for collaborating on the Forever Floral series. I’d love to do more next year.

Tonight’s class get this beautiful pumpkin floral from Forget Me Not Florists in Warner Robjns and a class from yours truly to paint their flowers.

They’re so fun and pretty and perfect for fall. Missed out on the class? Call Forget Me Not Florist and order some flowers for your Thanksgiving centerpiece!! Thanks Matt!

Missed out on the painting? I’ll have the original for sale on December 1st in my art sale.

I’ll be back later tonight with the class in stories!

11/15/2023

Happy 10 years

11/15/2023

Happy 10 years! Today at noon I’ll be doing a free class over in our Facebook Group, Lush Art’s Creative Cluster. If tech allows it will be available to watch later!

11/14/2023

It’s December Class preview!

Come say hi! Help us reach more people!!

11/13/2023

Celebrating 10 years! This Wednesday at noon I’ll be in the FB group, Lush Art’s Creative Cluster live for a free lunch and learn painting. Join me and paint along, join me for a mid day break, or join me later (assuming technology works and records and posts it).

You need acrylic paints and I suggest pre painting your surface (canvas, watercolor paper, acrylic paper) a super dark blue like Payne’s Grey or Cobalt depending on the brand. You could even add a touch of black to a blue.

I’ll be using the colors shown in the painting:
Yellow ochre/oxide
Aqua (Bahama Blue)
White
Burnt Umber
Magenta
Cool red
Sap green
Cool yellow
Phthalo blue

Or use what you have!

You’ll also need a small flat brush, a liner brush, some paper towels (to paint with and use for wiping your brush), water to clean brushes.

See you there to celebrate 10 years.

11/13/2023

Are you ready to get in the holiday spirit? Who is decorated for Christmas? Me personally at home, I still haven’t removed my Halloween decorations. I’m not feeling well so it’s just not been a priority. And I know I need to go get Christmas set up at the studio since we are transitioning to more holiday paintings. Just not feeling it yet.

Join us this week because you’re already in the spirit or more like me and want to get there.

Do you have to be a kid for our family friendly classes? No. We just keep these alcohol free and kid friendly designs. You can either paint one with your kids, drop your kids off, or paint and play like a kid again. This elf countdown is fun for all ages. The middle is chalkboard paint and you will be able to countdown to Christmas!

The still life class is still currently open but will need to pull early so they can prep. Waiting to hear back from .me.not.wr so LAST CALL for Thursday’s class. Pulling tomorrow morning! These are so fun because you get your own bouquet and then also paint it and you’ll take both home at the end of class.

The free lunch and learn is a celebration of our 10 years and everyone is invited to watch the live and play along with us. It’s being held over on our Facebook Group, Lush Art’s Creative Cluster Wednesday at noon and I hope to leave it up to be watched later.

Friday is The Mean One. Join us for some holiday fun.

Thank you for Selling out Saturday night and I believe there’s only ONE spot left for Thanksgiving camp! Go grab it for Thankful for Creativity.

I’ll be working on adding the Christmas and Winter camps this week.

Calendar Release is Friday and I’ll be on with previews tomorrow!

11/13/2023

Cookie Decorating Day at the studio.

There will be a family friendly for kids and their parents and an adult only class in December. Those will release on Friday.

Thanks for another great class.

11/11/2023

❤️ 🤍 💙

11/10/2023

I went to paint with the girls today and asked if they wanted to paint pumpkins or turkeys and they said TURPUMPKINS so here we are. If my phone will cooperate I’ll upload to our YouTube so you can paint your very own turpumpkins with your kids!

11/09/2023

Attention cut offs are class for a couple of classes!

Tonight is going to be a whale of a time!

Tomorrow night join us for a field trip barn painting. They’ll have some after hours seasonal bevvies available.

Sunday’s cookie class will stop registration later this morning so our baker can prep . LAST call for cookies!

Monday’s Owl needs more sign ups to keep it.

Tuesday is a fun Family friendly elf countdown.

Wednesday is a free lunch and learn class online on our Facebook group Lush Art’s Creative Cluster. No registration needed but make sure to go and click responding to the event posts for notifications.

Thursday’s Still life class cut off is coming up so .me.not.wr can prep! Get this tickets bought today.

Next Friday he’s a Mean One. Come get your Christmas cheer or sneer on.

11/07/2023

A few changes to our November Calendar

11/07/2023

I’m so proud at the different classes we offer and our ability to reach all ages and stages.

I’m currently doing The Artist’s Way and was complimented this weekend during a session at my ability to notice that people find us often during a new life stage. New moms, new couples, new newly divorced, new empty nesters, newly diagnosed, newly widowed, newly retired. Last week there was a quite in the book about how endings can be new beginnings.

We love help people gain confidence and reinvent themselves in their new life stage.

Are you missing something? Maybe creating can help. We’d love to be your creative home.

11/06/2023

Thanksgiving Camp is coming up! Sign your kiddos up to get creative with Mrs Sharon. We have such great feedback about these camps and Sharon loves spending this creative time with your kids!

2 afternoons jam packed with activities galore. Space is limited so make sure to reserve on our website!

11/03/2023

I wrote a super cute caption yesterday and IG ate it and it’s living in post purgatory. So giving up since it’s been 24 hours.

Instead of spending time crafting a cute post in case this also doesn’t go through I’ll just ask for some love by commenting your favorite color below. Easy peasy.