Monika Astara Studio
This is an invitation to make Happy Art, Clothes and Jewelry that light you up.
During these 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.
Hello creative rebels, curious and timid beginners, advanced creatives and anyone who loves to do things differently...
...here, you have Permission to PLAY and create for the Pure JOY of it.
Boost your confidence and creativity with my proven, unconventional methods and patterns. They are SIMPLE, fun and different from anything else out there.
Even if you are a beginner or think that you are not creative, you can get stunning, high-end looking results that make you happy and proud.
Only 1 pattern piece and 2 seams.
1 Fast and Fabulous painting method.
Picture yourself squirting and smudging paint with ketch-up bottles, spackle 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.
You create it with beads, cardboard, fabric and painted papers.
...Abstract Art that fills your heart with joy.
You "paint" without a brush!
...Unconventional dipped and "smudged" Papers that excite and inspire you.
...Zen style Collages and Mixed Media.
You can turn your home and office into an oasis of joy and peace with them.
...hand painted Fabrics and Home Decor that exude your joy and style.
Playful processes allow you to cultivate solid 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.
"It's like a magic pill for having joy in an adverse world."
Amanda Meyer
Start Creating! Start SIMPLE. 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
Did those last years get you down, too?
Reclaim your joy with the Virtual Signature Retreat.
One of the methods: Asemic calligraphy - the fastest way to inner peace and joy.
Simple, soothing, fun! We do it on paper. It can be enlarged and printed as art.
All Ways we can create together.
Online and in-person :
Starlia halfway through jazzing up her pants.
Hello, I am Monika Astara, your guide on transformational creative journeys.
Whatever stage of life you are in - still in school, in a transition, a mom, a dad, a professional, an empty nester or retiree - 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 your art and 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!"
You most likely have your own version of this in your life.
I broke free. And so can you.
Despite my art teacher's 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 have worked with thousands of women to use clothes and jewelry as tools to 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.
And that's why it lights me up to guide and inspire you to side-step your inner critic, smile about outside opinions - and boldly go for YOUR unconventional magic.
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