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Sabra

Good to see you here! I’m an artist and instructor living in the Netherlands. Here, you can find my works, courses and free community. If you’d like an easy way to stay updated on what’s happening, make sure to join my newsletter!

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JUNE

“Embrace”

I’m of the esteemed millennial generation, whose sole purpose it was to put random verbs onto to literally anything we own. Words like “Believe” and “Breathe”. And “Embrace”. So when this word came to mind – which is how it goes these days – my second thought was; “Please no. Anything but this.”… read more

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Learning from the heart

Online classes designed to support your creativity

Learning basic and advanced art skills doesn’t have to be tedious or uninspiring. I love teaching people how to work on their goals by combining technical exercises with creative, dynamic projects. Art is more than just a skill; it’s a healing mindset.

I have both shorter workshops and extensive courses available; whatever suits your creative need right now. I give feedback and support in my safe, private Facebook group!

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Thoughts, happenings and community

I love sharing my thoughts, studio and projects in something less fleeting than social media. You’ll also find a bunch of free resources such as videos and reference images here. Your feedback always makes me feel good so leave a comment if you’d like.

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  • July – “Now”

    July – “Now”

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    July is the month of my birthday and my birthday inevitably the day I look back at the year and feel ambivalent. It turned out to be a good drive to think more about this feeling instead of ignoring it like I usually do. Years ago I started painting with black watercolour as a careful…

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  • Join me at Paint Your Heart And Soul 2019!

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    I’m really excited to share with you that I’m going to be one of the instructors participating in an amazing year-long art course called “Paint Your Heart and Soul 2019”. This is my first time participating in this amazing course and I was thrilled to hear what we’ll be teaching this year. As you may…

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  • I’m guest teaching on Let’s Face It 2019!

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    I’m so thrilled to be a part of the Let’s Face It 2019 team! Let’s Face It is a course created and hosted by Kara Bullock. It is for anyone that wants to practice creating portraits and figurative art, but is especially designed for those of you that have felt scared or intimidated to do…

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  • Frame of Mind

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    I have this terrible (but probably relatable) tendency to postpone the things that are way overdue. Once I’m ‘not on schedule’ anymore, things just sit there. This may sound very trivial when it comes to things like updating a website, but my website means more to me than just a project. It’s a quiet place…

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