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🎨 All About Art Challenges

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Your Host

Andrea Holmes

Mural Artist & Painter at A. Holmes Art Studio.

McKinney, TX, USA

Andrea Holmes is a Texas based mural artist and painter. Her studio is located in downtown McKinney, Texas. Andrea’s painting journey started in 2010 when she took a night class at the local community college, and she hasn’t put the paint brush down since. Andrea has a Bachelors in Arts and Technology from University of Texas at Dallas. She started selling her paintings in 2013, and continues creating, selling, and teaching classes to this day. She is known as the “bird lady” for her vast series of bird paintings and murals. Andrea is the host of Birdtober, a daily creative challenge in the month of October that attracts artists across the globe. She is currently working on a project to paint 100 bird murals all over the world.

About this FieldTrip

Art challenges - I challenge you! In this field trip Andrea Holmes, owner of A. Holmes art Studio, will discuss the benefits of participating in art challenges such as Birdtober, Inktober, and more. You will learn about art challenge tips and things to avoid. At the end we will do a 5 minute drawing together! This field trip is for all levels of creatives. Everyone is welcome!

✨WHAT TO EXPECT

✔️ What is an art challenge?

✔️ Benefits of participating in an art challenge.

✔️ Types of art challenges.

✔️ Birdtober (In my opinion, the best art challenge)

✔️ Art challenge tips and tricks.

✔️ 5 minute drawing!

🎒What To Know Before Hand

✔️ A drawing tool (pencil, pen, crayon, etc.) and paper!

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Andrea Holmes is a Texas based mural artist and painter. Andrea is the host of Birdtober, co-founder of My Fairy Art Mother, co-host of McKinney Creative Community, and she serves on the MillHouse McKinney Art Events Team. She has an Associates in Art and a Bachelors in Arts and Technology.

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EVENT TYPE

🎨 Artistic Exploration


What to expect

Lecture format!

This is a more traditional format where participants absorb information through presentations and talks.

Real-time only!

This FieldTrip will not be recorded.

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Your Host

Andrea Holmes

Mural Artist & Painter at A. Holmes Art Studio.

McKinney, TX, USA

About Andrea Holmes

Andrea Holmes is a Texas based mural artist and painter. Her studio is located in downtown McKinney, Texas. Andrea’s painting journey started in 2010 when she took a night class at the local community college, and she hasn’t put the paint brush down since. Andrea has a Bachelors in Arts and Technology from University of Texas at Dallas. She started selling her paintings in 2013, and continues creating, selling, and teaching classes to this day. She is known as the “bird lady” for her vast series of bird paintings and murals. Andrea is the host of Birdtober, a daily creative challenge in the month of October that attracts artists across the globe. She is currently working on a project to paint 100 bird murals all over the world.


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How to make the most of FieldTrips

The FieldTrips experience is defined not only by what the host has to share, but also by how we show up individually and collectively. The way we show up impacts our capacity to be moved, inspired, and activated.

Show up fully

Get ready to be immersed! Engage with smiles, nods, waves, emojis. Share in the chat. Get cozy. Turn off notifications. Sip your favorite beverage.

Stay curious

Wear your beginner’s hat. Go with the flow. Welcome the stumbles and fumbles. Congratulate yourself for trying. Keep going! 

Celebrate your host

Our hosts are members of the CreativeMornings community—just like you! Everyone comes to this with different backgrounds—a lot of our hosts have never done anything like this before! And we love that! Cheer them on when something goes awry and when it goes perfectly.

Support each other

We’re all figuring things out in real time. Celebrate, rather than critique emerging ideas. Cheer each other on as you try new things.  Try “Yes! And…” in conversation.

Not vibing?

It’s 100% okay when a FieldTrip does not resonate with you. Pop out quietly and try another experience later. Fill out the survey with your feedback (no dms to host or chat commentary, please.)