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Hi. I'm Melanie, an Indigenous portrait artist, and I teach online art classes to thousands of women around the world. I help women learn to love their creative time, so they can consistently show up for themselves and experience more joy, relaxation, and energy in their daily lives. I am a trained Expressive Arts Practitioner and experienced educator of 28 years. I am from the Squamish First Nation in Vancouver, Canada and I draw from my traditional ancestry and teachings in my art practice and lessons. I provide gentle guidance and encouragement for women, so they can experience the medicines of art and build their own unique artistic voice. I believe in you.

Melanie Rivers

What you will learn...

Sunrise Lesson

  • create a soulful portrait
  • generate ideas and design your piece
  • move past the scary blank page
  • sketch front facing portrait from a reference
  • place the features in relation to each other
  • bring her eyes alive
  • gain some ease with blending
  • create shape and dimension in the face
  • successfully bring in contrasting colours 

Course Sessions

    1. Welcome and Supplies

    2. Introduction

    3. Supplies

    1. Sketch the Portrait

    2. Mapping the Darks and Lights

    3. More Layers

    4. Final Layers, Hair, and Background

    1. Reflective Questions

    1. Stay Connected

About this course

  • $45.00
  • 9 lessons
  • 2.5 hours of video content

My gift to you

experience my art lessons


Collaborations

My courses have been featured in:

  • Let's Face It
  • Kaleidoscope