Mastrius

What if weaving became the creative practice that helped you bring more colour, confidence, and intention into your work?

In Jen Duffin’s () mentorship group for aspiring artists, you’ll explore both the technical and creative sides of frame-loom weaving while developing the skills, style, and habits needed to build a meaningful artistic practice.

You’ll learn how to:
✨ Choose the right loom, tools, and fibres for your projects
✨ Build strong foundations in frame-loom weaving techniques
✨ Use colour and composition with greater impact
✨ Create palettes that support your artistic vision
✨ Develop a consistent and sustainable creative practice

You’ll also have space to explore how your work can grow beyond the studio, including marketing, selling your art, and building a small creative business.

👉 Join Jen’s colourful world of woven art .official

What if drawing convincing portraits felt less complicated because you understood the structure beneath every face?

In Portrait and Head Drawing Made Simple, Master Artist and Mentor Rose Irelan () will guide artists through the classical foundations that create confident, dimensional, and accurately proportioned portraits.

Portrait drawing can feel overwhelming when you are trying to place every feature correctly. By learning how the head is constructed, and how light describes its form, you can approach each drawing with a clearer plan.

You’ll learn to:
✏️ Understand how light and shadow create three-dimensional form
✏️ Use the proportions of the human head to place features accurately
✏️ Break the head into planes for stronger structure and dimension
✏️ Explore Riley Rhythms to connect the features naturally
✏️ Draw facial features with greater confidence and control

Each session begins with an interactive demonstration from Rose, followed by dedicated time to work on your own portrait drawing using charcoal and Conté pencil. You’ll also be able to share your progress with the group between sessions in MastriusChat.

Join Rose this summer and discover how understanding structure, proportion, and light can make portrait drawing feel more approachable, and much more rewarding.

🔥 Sign up through the link in bio at .official

🎨 Want honest, practical feedback that helps you see your art with fresh eyes?

Join us for Art Critiques with Doug Swinton (), a LIVE ONLINE critique event with Mastrius Master Artist Mentor Doug Swinton.

During this 2-hour event, 10 artists will each have 2 pieces of artwork reviewed live by Doug. You can submit your work for a chance to be critiqued, or simply come, watch, and learn from the feedback given to others.

Either way, you’ll gain valuable insight you can apply to your own art.

You’ll learn how to:
✅ Identify what strengthens a composition, and what doesn’t
✅ Improve value shapes and colour choices for better balance
✅ Use subtle changes to create clearer storytelling and expression
✅ Refine your work with more confidence
✅ Understand why sometimes, less really is more

Not quite ready to have your work critiqued? That’s okay. Watching live critiques can be one of the best ways to sharpen your eye and learn what to look for in your own work.

📅 Thursday, July 16th
⏰ 5–7pm MDT | 7–9pm EDT
🎟 Tickets are FREE for everyone

👉 Register now through the link in bio .official

Want to be considered for a live critique? Submit 2 pieces of artwork after registering.