Monika Astara Studio
This is an invitation to create Happy Art, Clothes, Jewelry, Fabrics and Home Decor that light you up.
During these challenging times it's also the most effective and joyful way to go from feeling anxious, frustrated or lonely to feeling confident, free and relaxed in your art and life.
No talent required!
Simple, fun methods and patterns - stunning results.
Welcome creative rebels, curious and timid beginners, advanced creatives and anyone who loves to do things differently - and with more fun.
Here you let your creative spirit soar, splash paint freely, relish the process and create for the pure joy of it.
Experience the magic of using unconventional methods and patterns.
They are delightfully simple, playful and faster than traditional ones.
Yet - you can get stunning, high-end looking results that make you proud and happy - even if you are a beginner
Only 1 pattern piece and 2 seams.
1 Fast and Fabulous painting method.
Picture yourself squirting and smudging paint with ketch-up bottles, speckle knives, jar lids and creating...
...Clothes that support and light you up in your daily life.
You make them with just 1 pattern piece.
...Jewelry that nurtures your soul and uplifts your mood.
You create it with beads, cardboard, fabric and painted papers.
...Abstract Art that fills your heart with joy when you look at it.
You "paint" without a brush!
...Unconventional dipped and "smudged" Papers that excite and inspire you.
...Zen style Collages and Mixed Media that create an oasis of joy and peace in your home and office.
...Confidence in your natural creativity and joy.
NO talent required.
"It's so SIMPLE! It's brilliant."
Dr. Priti Bhardwaj - psychiatrist
Detail of Art created with a plastic bag.
There are no mistakes.
And you get instant gratifications at every SHORT step.
"It's like a magic pill for having joy in an adverse world."
Amanda Meyer
Priti is deciding which part of her first doodle to frame.
Wherever you are in your life, you have Permission to PLAY!
Regardless of whether...
...your creativity might have been put on hold, or got stifled by rude comments - and your heart longs to create now,
...you are in transition or on a spiritual journey - and you want to feel alive and nurture your spirit,
...you are retired, in midlife, an empty nester - and you are looking for fulfillment, a hobby and more joy,
...you are feeling anxious, lonely, frustrated, or depressed - and are longing for inner calm and joy,
...you are an accomplished artist who loves to do "different" - or forgot how to create for the joy of it and want it back,
I got you covered - with the most joyful and simple ways for creating.
Start Creating!
Start SIMPLE, but Stunning. It's FREE!
1.) Make this fabulous Drama Vest to jazz up your leggings and jeans - skirts...pants...dresses.
It's just a rectangle with 2 holes. No seams.
Wear it 5 different ways.
2.) Discover the joy of letting loose and seeing immediate results with a variety of FREEbies.
From T-shirt painting to digital Art.
What clients say:
"I am in my studio again, having fun!
Monika's methods are so much more fun and a lot faster than the dyeing procedures I am used to.
.....
The videos are short and to the point.
And you get instant gratifications."
Linda Thompson
"Monika, what you are offering is something so special. I haven't seen anything like it.
I must say I quite enjoy the freedom to splash paint freely.
It took me out of my comfort zone.
It is quite liberating."
Lindsay Cash
"I thought I was quite relaxed.
But this is taking it to a whole other level.
And you can apply the Golden Key principles in everyday life.
I've even tried it in the gym.
With zero motivation.
It WORKS."
Lynn Edmonds
Hello, I am Monika Astara, your guide on transformational creative journeys.
It's my greatest joy to guide you to leave any limitations in the dust and instead create with the awe, curiosity and freedom you had as a child. So you can have more energy, joy and fun in everyday life.
Or do you think you are not creative?
Neither am I. According to my art teacher.
Rolling her eyes in despair, my art teacher snapped at me for 6 years:
"You have no artistic bone in your body.
God must have been asleep when He created you and your sense of art!"
Despite her dire assessment, I have been a full time artist and wearable art designer since 1987.
I've created tens of thousands of pieces of artful clothes and jewelry that sold nationwide in galleries, wearable art boutiques and my own boutique.
I worked with thousands of women to use them as tools to light up from within. And love themselves the way they are.
From the very beginning I've always come up with my own unconventional, fun methods and patterns.
My art teacher wasn't a fan of them.
My course clients say they haven't seen them anywhere else.
And that they haven't had as much joy and happiness as in my courses.
I am here to inspire and guide you to fully express your natural abundant creativity - and boldly go for YOUR unconventional magic.
It is the perfect "medicine" for setting yourself free in your art and in your life.
As well as for reclaiming your natural inner calm and joy during these times of outer upheaval.
In the process you create happy art, clothes and jewelry that support and uplift you even on your hardest days - and make you feel confident and radiant in your daily life.
Reclaim your joy with the Signature Retreat.
Online and with live Zoom.
Art created with a bottle cap. No talent needed!
Ways we can create together - online and in-person :
Starlia halfway through jazzing up her pants.
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