Want to feel more creative in your studio? Try setting up zones.

Want to feel more creative in your studio? Try setting up zones.

When I moved into a bigger Victorian studio space this year, I realized I needed structure — or I’d just end up overwhelmed!

I created 3 simple zones:
🎥 Filming & Computer Area (for teaching classes)
📝 Walking Desk (for brainstorming + planning)
🎨 Painting Space (near the best natural light)

Having separate areas helped me:

✔️ Focus faster
✔️ Stay more organized
✔️ Feel more inspired to create

Even if you have a small space, setting up “zones” (even just mentally!) can be a game changer.

One helpful course I recommend: Creating a Creative Space That Works for You on Skillshare.

How is your studio set up? I'd love to hear!

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Maine Nature Pendant - Real Birch Tree Bark

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Follow me on Instagram and See my NEW CREATIONS for July!    After a restful 4th of July week up to Camp I'm ready to create. I found some lovely Birch Bark during a walk in the Maine woods. The Bark comes from a fallen tree, that I found laying on the ground, so I picked it up in hopes of using it in a piece of Art. I only have a limited quantity of these, they have been selling fast! I"ve been busy at the Portland Jetport this summer, looks like it's going to be a great summer.  Hope you are enjoying yours too!

Here's what I've been up to this week!
 

More Ideas with Original Maine Sea Glass!
When you have the Art resin all mixed up an you don't want to waste it...you get creative! If you have been following me on Instagram you may of seen the LOVELY Full jar of original Maine Sea Glass that my Mom so graciously donated to me for my art. She has been collecting this glass for years along the Maine Beaches. Many are from hard to get to places by boat from her years of sailing. My favorite color to work with is the Teals and Blues but unfortunately there isn't a lot of it, so again it will be  created in limited quantities. I will be posting them periodically on my Kellie Chasse Fine Art facebook page, so head over there to check out the New Store I'm setting up on there to have a chance to grab one.

78% OFF "Resin Jewelry" Online Course Reg $45 

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If you are a creative or crafty person, and you love the new pendants and may like to try Resin Jewelry, I've shared some of my resin techniques in my online course called "Jewelry Making for beginners - Resin Jewelry".  The Course is normally $45, but for this weekend only (100 Coupons are available to take the course for ONLY $10 now through 7/17/17! 
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See This Weeks Demo Video - Link Below
Working with Deco Foil adhesive and Metal Flakes!

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~Kellie
 

This Weeks Youtube Video Demo Painting - Working with a Deco Foil Adhesive and Metal Gold Flakes!

New Summer Birch Tree Course Coming soon!

The Goslings, Harpswell Maine - Oil Painting

The Goslings Islands, Harpswell Maine

Oil Painting - Size 20x24"

$425 

Fresh of the Canvas - still drying!

Original Oil Painting on 2" Gallery Wrapped Canvas by Kellie Chasse.

Bold strokes, and movement in this Maine Coastal Scene Of the Goslings Islands in Harpswell Maine.
20x24" with  2" Painted sides to match the painting.

Wonderful feeling and movement in the Beautiful Oil painting of Maine. Inspired by the lovely coast and water views coastal Harpswell, Maine. The colors are coastal blues, and rocky edge earth tones. This oil painting would make a wonderful focal point and conversation piece for your interior design concept.

 No frame is needed and this is ready to hang.

*All Copy writes remain with artist. Art may not be copied or reproduced without prior authorization from the artist.

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Original Ref Photo - by Shelby Crouse 

Started out with a light sketch from the original photograph above.

I am using Winsor and Newton Water Mixable Oil Paints, and I love them. They dry a lot faster than traditional Oils and they clean up with water when wet.
 I added the sky first, then blocked in the water and the island.

The filled in the Rock section below.

Then came all the details - the light wasn't as bright here, so I snapped a photo

of the finished piece under the light.

The Finished Piece - so much brighter!

Trying Out New Fluid Pouring Techniques

Back to my abstract side, this is my favorite type of creative painting I get to let loose!

Here I'm trying out a new technique using acrylic paints.

This is a fluid pour. I mixed up the colors of paint in a cup, added some acrylic medium and a little water - sorry no exact measurements (I'm like this when I bake too). Once the colors are poured I added some more layers of color and using Isoproply alcohol in a spray bottle to create more texture. I'm waiting for them to dry at the moment.

These are all on a size 8x8" clayboard.

 I will decide if they need a coat of resin on top.

I love the cells an lace affects I created by playing with different weights of paints and 

other additives.

September 2015 Thirty Paintings in 30 Days Collage

Thanks for putting up with all my posts!!!

I just wanted to Thank you for all the likes, share's and support during my 30 day challenge. It's not an easy task finishing a painting daily and you make it so enjoyable for me to post each day with all of your encouragement and sweet comments. I think I look forward to those more than you know! The old saying see it say it! It really means the world to me that my art can make you FEEL something when you look at it.

I'm really happy to share that I've sold over 9 of the thirty paintings already - THANK YOU!!! The rest will be heading to my retailer shops and venues. I've posted them on etsy too - although it's an accounting nightmare once they head out to the shops, so I may be pulling some of them off as they go out.

I will continue to paint daily - but without the added stress of having to complete it!

smile emoticon The holidays are coming and it's the perfect time as an artist to have stock!

Hope to do it all again in January!

Day 30 of Thirty Paintings in 30 Days - Bar Harbor, Maine

Day 30

Bar Harbor, Maine

Mini Original Art

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Well Day 30 is here - Managed to get a lot accomplished during this time. I've sold

9 out of the 30 so far and I"ll be bringing the rest to the venues and shops here in Maine.

This mini seascape is of Bar Harbor, Maine and it will be heading to the Portland Jetport with me tomorrow.

Thanks for hanging with me during the challenge and I'm looking forward to the January Challenge in 2016! 

Day 25 of Thirty Paintings in 30 Days - Maine Field in Autumn

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Original Watercolor Painting A Maine Farm Field in the Autumn 
Wonderful Gift and a simple reminder of Maine in the fall - overlooking a field.

This beautifully hand painted Watercolor was painted by Maine Artist Kellie Chasse. The painting is 5x7" and mat is 8x10". Ready for frame. 

Day 24 of Thirty Paintings in 30 Days - Camden, Maine Sailboats

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Mini Art - Original Watercolor Painting of Camden Maine
"Sailing by" 

Coastal Maine view with Sailboats 

Wonderful Gift and a simple reminder of Maine - a day watching the Sailboats go by on the Coast of Main. This beautifully hand painted Watercolor was painted by Maine Artist Kellie Chasse. The painting is 2x3" and mat is 4x6". Ready for frame. 

SOLD Day 6 of 30 in 30 - Fall Field

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 Waking up to a beautifully crisp apple picking kind of day, with a sun filled view gazing over the fields.


It's Day 6 of the 30 in 30 challenge - the first week is almost complete. It's been great painting daily , it certainly helps gain some inventory for the holiday season! This painting was inspired by the cool morning today. It's now September and I know that fall is coming soon. It's one of my favorite times of the year. Our family will soon be making our way to the local apple orchard for the fresh apple and pumpkin doughnuts.

Good Morning!

Day 4 of 30 in 30 - Maine Lobster Art

Original ACEO Collectable Atlantic Lobster coastal Maine Art 
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Hey, isn't this little guy the cutest, or not? I just want you to know that I love lobster, but absolutely CAN NOT see them before, or during the boil faze!! I've only eaten two this summer, we'll see if I can fit in another round before the winter hits - who's with me?!

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SOLD Day 1 - 30 in 30 Day Challenge "Sailing in Camden Maine"

Starting my 30 paintings in 30 day challenge tomorrow along with over 750 other artist world wide!  Big thanks to Leslie Seata for organizing this challenge yet again. If you would like to check out other artist's or join with us head over to Leslie's Blog.

I've done this challenge twice a year since 2013 and wouldn't miss it. It's a great way to get ready for the holiday season!

I Would love to have you cheer me one and of course if you are interested in any of the pieces, please message me. I'll be offering special prices throughout the month! Here's a sneak peek of day 1.

Enjoy a little piece of Maine ~

Sailing in Camden, Maine - Mini ACEO in a 4x6" Mat

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UPDATE - SOLD Thirty Paintings in 30 Days - Day Thirty

Seguin Lighthouse

Original Mini Painting 4x6" Mat 

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Maine's second oldest and the tallest Lighthouse, and it is said to be haunted, yikes!

It's located on Seguin Island right off the Kennebeck River.

Well today's the last day of the 30 in 30 challenge! Ok, I'll admit it....I wasn't ready to do the challenge right after the holiday's but it's always a great way for me to re-focus on painting everyday.  I didn't complete one a day like in the past challenges - but I came pretty close. I'll be posting a collage of them tomorrow. 

 I've been holding a number of workshops and classes and getting ready to re-stock my prints and card orders for retailers, so I'm feeling really accomplished, plus I had a terrific sales month.

Can't wait to do it again in September!

Thirty Paintings in 30 Days - Day Ten

Off on to day two of the pet portraits with oils - this is "DUKE" He has a lot of nooks and crannies, aka little folds in his fur, another bit of a challenge for me with oils! 

I've been meaning to paint Duke for years now, he's our dog Primm's best friend up to camp at Jo Mary Lake, in the Northern Maine woods. They would blissfully play and run around like two crazy kids and Primm always loved Dukes food much better than hers, although she would ultimately end up with the other kind of RUNS every time she snuck over and managed to eat, not just one...but the entire whole bowl if she could get away with it.

We miss it terribly up to Jo Mary, it was filled with our family and a number of fantastically fun and sweet people. But it was a three hour drive one way on the weekends and since we purchased our new small home with the water view we decided not to head back there last year. It's bitter sweet.

Gift Certificate Holiday Sale

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$30 Gift Certificate $25.00 USD    $50 Gift Certificate $42.50 USD    $100 Gift Certificate $85.00 USD    $250 Gift Certificate $212.50 USD    $500 Gift Certificate $425.00 USD

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I'll be offering Discounted Gift Certificates this year! Perfect when you aren't sure what to pick out!

$30 Gift Certificate for $25.00
$50 Gift Certificate for $42.50
$100 Gift Certificate for $85.00
$250 Gift Certificate for $212.50
$500 Gift Certificate for $425.00

Also offering FREE SHIPPING for standard ground delivery on any Original Art piece. 


You can choose from many Maine landscape, seascapes, cards, prints, Art Classes, originals from my etsy store.

Give the Gift of Art this Holiday!

SOLD "Reflections of Maine" Artist Reception ~ Kellie Chasse

Update: SOLD

This one is currently drying on the wall - 10x10" oil on canvas.

I'm just finishing up painting for my exhibit at the Sea Dog in Topsham, Maine!

Got all my press releases and events sent out today. It's such an exciting time but I"m tired! I now have over 70 different paintings made into cards and I've painted A LOT!

Hope to see some of you there for my opening artist reception on July 17th from 5-7pm. I'll have some prints and cards available too that night. The exhibit runs through till August 17th! If you get the chance pop on in, and let me know what you think!

"I'll Follow You" - A True Creative Piece

"I'll Follow You"

Wasn't sure where I was heading with this one - it's a true creative oil piece. Found myself working on the background days ago and then sat with it for many more before deciding what to do with it.

Even as I painted I had no plan...just knew there were more Islands and reflections to come.

My hubby called this one EPIC - And that's a compliment! Where does this one bring you?

My son snapped a picture of me carrying it to my 3 season room to dry! Give's you a good idea of the size.

I called this painting "I'll Follow You" - because that's what I found myself doing as I painted. I followed the brush and my feelings and it slowly appeared on my canvas.

Have a great day - and thanks for stopping by my Blog!

SOLD Fine Maine Art - Oil Painting of Georgetown Maine by Artist Kellie Chasse

Oil Painting Georgetown Maine 

by Artist Kellie Chasse 

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I managed to finish the painting from our mini vacation in Georgetown! This was the view from the back patio - a gorgeous place with wonderful owners. We found the place via AirBnB.com!

Hope you enjoy the Serene and calming view from Georgetown, Maine.
Original Oil painting on gallery wrapped stretch canvas with wire hanger on back.
The size is 12x24" and is ready to hang. The sides are painted a light blue to pick up the blue hues in the painting.

This painting was completed in May of 2014 by Maine Artist Kellie Chasse

 

In Progress Oil on canvas - Maquoit Bay, Brunswick

Maquoit Bay Brunswick, Maine 

I was busy this weekend working on another Maine island painting for my exhibit coming up June 27th - July 10th at The Barn in Phippsburg, Maine.

Still have a few more details to work out, but it's coming along! This is another larger painting for me - 36x24" on Gallery wrapped canvas. I love being a Maine Artist....there are just so many little places in New England to paint.