Monika Astara Studio
Permission to Play!
Radically simple - boutique & gallery-proven - techniques and patterns for happy Art, Clothes and Jewelry anyone can do.
Yes - even timid beginners.
And you cannot mess up!
Simple, fun methods and patterns - stunning results.
Sparkle up your life with fun, innovative Creative Play.
It gently leads you home to your calm and joyful Self.
Here we Create 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.
"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-boggling-ly simple even my youth clients and 'I'm not creative' and 'timid beginners' LOVE them - and they can feel like accomplished artists.
"It's like a magic pill for having joy in an adverse world."
Amanda Meyer
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...
...Clothesthat support and light you up in your daily life.
You make them with just 1 pattern piece.
...Jewelrythat nurtures your soul.
You create it with beads, cardboard, fabric and painted papers.
...Abstract Artthat fills your heart with joy.
You "paint" without a brush!
...Unconventional dipped and "smudged" Papers that excite and inspire you.
...Zen styleCollages 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 can 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.
Joyful Classes at the Studio & Online.
Asemic Writing, Therapeutic Doodling, Intuitive Painting.
Happy Clothes - only 2 Seams - Fast & Fabulous Methods
Intriguing Collages and Zen-style Collages.
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
Are you longing for a gentle - but powerful - reset?
Reclaim your JOY and PEACE 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, it's my greatest joy to guide you to leave any limitations in the dust - and instead create and live 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 creative 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.
Fifteen years later 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 thousands of pieces of art, artful clothes and jewelry that sold nationwide in galleries, wearable art boutiques and my own boutique. And I have worked with thousands of women to use creativity, 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 clients say they haven't seen them anywhere else and that they haven't had as much joy and happiness as they have with my methods and 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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