Creative Fettle
Fettle: state or condition of health, fitness, wholeness, spirit, or form
A Creative Fettle Mentorship is an individual and personalized mentorship program designed to reignite the artist within. It is for anyone that is craving to express themselves creatively but have somehow lost their way.
Do any of these apply to you?
· you have had to take a break from being creative due to various life challenges or earlier life decisions that have taken you in different directions.
· that there are now changes in your life that are reminding you that you need to discover or rediscover your creativity.
· you are an artist that needs to change the way you are doing things, you want to shake up your routine and reignite the creative spark.
How Does it Work?
First, I would like to get to know you a little, so please complete this reflective survey.
We will then meet (online) to discuss the possibility of working together (this is a complimentary session)
It is important that you believe I am the right mentor for you, and that I believe that I am the right person to work with you on the creative goals we have discussed.
we will then create a format for the mentorship - when/how often we would meet.
next we will plan the first steps on your creative path!
questions
No two mentorships will be the same, but there are some big questions that we will be looking to answer:
What inspires your creativity?
what challenges are stopping you from following your creative path?
what life changes do you need to make?
what are your creative goals?
naTasha can help you:
trust your creative intuition
work through doubt and resistance
develop creative habits and rituals
develop a plan to follow your creative path
share your creative gift
Testemonial:
Natasha Smith is an excellent mentor with a lot of experience in many aspects of being an artist. I’ve achieved all my goals set out at the beginning of our mentorship. Not only did Natasha show me many new mixed media techniques, her holistic approach helped me pinpoint my style and clarify my artist statement; we worked on my mindset to overcome obstacles, she kept me on track and showed me tools to manage my art career. More importantly, her encouragement gave me the confidence to experiment with new things and make more art. I highly recommend Natasha Smith for anyone who wants to find their unique creative path. Jeni Chen
About your mentor natasha
I have been instructing art for over 20 years and in that time there have been many student relationships that have informally developed into mentorships. I have always found the development of these artistic friendships incredibly fulfilling and meaningful. So after taking the time to reflect on this, I decided to more formally offer individual mentorship opportunities.
In my personal art practice I have spent time investigating the creative process. Over the last 25 years I have learnt many things! I have struggled, persevered, failed and succeeded in meeting my creative goals and really believe that each creative person needs to discover their own special path. I have benefited hugely from having my own mentors that have listened, offered me sound advice and shared their experiences and they have played an important role in my development as an artist and guided me to understand how to live the very best creative life.
We find ourselves in challenging times and I believe that there is no better time than now to investigate and share your creative abilities. We need to find ways to authentically express ourselves. I truly believe in the healing power of art, it can connect people and communicate on a level that is beyond the mundane or superficial. Without a doubt, the world needs more artists and creative thinkers!
Art technique and process mentorships are also available including:
printmaking (monoprinting and collagraph techniques)
alternative acrylic painting processes
collage painting
mixed media approaches
Lets take the journey together to find your unique creative path
To get started complete the Creative Fettle Reflective Survey HERE