Monika Astara Studio
Permission to Play!
Make HAPPY Art, Clothes and Jewelry that light you up.
It's radically simple, sazZy - and Zen.
Talent Optional / Joy Inevitable!
"You cannot mess up!"
Only 2 seams. Simple, fun methods & patterns - stunning results.
"If I had known you can create like THIS, my life would have been so much more fun."
Rebecca Davio
Retired University professor, textile art and merchandise
Rebecca after the very first step of 'painting' the background of a T-shirt - with an unexpected method that lit her up.
Come HOME to Yourself - your Natural Awe, Joy and Inner Peace
With Proven, Innovative Creative Play
Permission to play with the Awe, Curiosity and Freedom of a Child!
And the help of my Golden Key Method.
That's where Magic Happens...
...and without ever trying:
- perfectionism dissolves,
- anxiety, inertia and restlessness melt away.
- the inner critic becomes speechless.
- your confidence, creativity and contentment get major boosts.
- your awe and joy for life restores.
And you come home to your true, radiant Self - and inner peace.
"Squirt. Splash. Roll" methods - Abstract Art & Intuitive "Painting" without a brush.
The methods and styles have landed my designs in galleries and high-end boutiques nationwide; yet, they are so mind-bogglingly simple that even my youth clients, 'timid beginners' and those who think they are 'not creative' light up, create fabulous pieces and reconnect to their natural creative life force.
"It's like a magic pill for having joy in an adverse world."
Amanda Meyer
"The brilliance is in its simplicity."
Karen H.
Mini Zen-style collage.
Fun and relaxing to make - soothing to look at.
Picture yourself squirting and smudging paint with ketchup bottles, spackle knives, jar lids and creating...
...Clothes that support and light you up in your daily life.
We make them with just 1 pattern piece and 2 seams.
...Jewelry that nurtures your soul.
We create it with beads, cardboard, fabric and painted papers.
...Abstract Art that fills your heart with joy.
We "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.
With playful, proprietary processes you cultivate and restore solid confidence in your natural creativity and joy.
NO skills, NO talent required.
"It's so SIMPLE! It's brilliant."
Dr. Priti Bhardwaj - psychiatrist
Detail of Art created with a plastic bag.
Joyful Classes at the Studio, your venue & Online.
Asemic Writing, Therapeutic Doodling, Intuitive Painting.
Happy Clothes - 2 Seams - Fast & Fabulous Painting Methods
Intriguing Collages and Zen-style Collages - printed on canvas.
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.
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.
Looking for fulfillment? A new hobby? Want to leave restlessness, hurry and worry behind?
Or want to reignite your passion for creative play with a delightful mix of SaZz and Zen?
Awesome!
Or do you think you’re not creative?
Neither am I. According to my art teacher.
Rolling her eyes in despair, she snapped at me for six straight years:
"You have no creative bone in your body. God must have been asleep when He created you and your sense of art!"
I've been a full-time artist and wearable art designer for 39 years.
I’ve created over twenty thousand pieces of art, clothes, and jewelry that sold in galleries and boutiques nationwide—and guided thousands of people to use creativity to fall in love with who they are.
You most likely have your own story of stifling comments and interferences.
And it might have stopped you from creating - or being overly critical when you do create.
There's a fun and simple way forward.
I am living proof that in order to create awesome art, clothes, and jewelry:
- You do NOT need talent.
- You do NOT need skills.
- You do NOT need fancy materials.
What you DO need is permission to PLAY.
And a guide who has built a 39-year career on always coming up with unconventional, joyful methods and is here to help you:
- ignite and light up your own natural creativity and joy you were born with.
- side-step the inner critic,
- laugh off outside opinions, and
- boldly go for your own unconventional magic.
"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
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