"It’s been life-changing. The course nurtured me, I am so grateful for what you put together Heather. The reflections have been spot on, and I have received many unexpected gifts. It's been amazing. Thank you. I am thrilled with what you have taught me because I never thought this would be in my world. You have allowed us all permission to explore things to do things that now are bubbling up in our creativity that we didn’t even know was there before. So that’s why I am excited about the possibilities beyond this course! I really want to keep this journey, I want to stay on this journey. I am so grateful for you I just can’t express it enough. Going forward I feel that I am having much deep sense of who I am as a woman and a person and how important for us as women to nurture ourselves, and this course through the differentiations components has allowed me to feed my soul every week, -my happy juice, it has been so lovely. For those that think that they can’t, I encourage you to take a risk, because you will be surprised what you can do or what you will be able to do, even if painting isn’t where you want to do for your whole life - the other nuggets you can get from this course if nothing else is the growth and the development of your own self worth and identify - its huge. This course has been life-changing for me on so many levels, on levels that I never even expected. I don’t think anyone will be disappointed to join this program!"
Susan
Vancouver
Restore Your Creative Soul Student
Watch a behind-the-scenes interview with two participants from the last 24 week intake...
Here they share their thoughts on how helpful the program has been for them.
"The Restore Your Creative Soul course is within reach and achievable. Each painting takes you out of your comfort zone to do something you have not done before. I had never painted a wave or hands. This course has inspired me now to give anything a go. You can do anything if you try. You can stun yourself with what you can produce!"
Robyn
Melbourne
Restore Your Creative Soul Student
"I feel like this course has taken me from being terrified to even begin - to being encouraged that If I will begin, I can do something. I am learning a lot and seeing things differently and I appreciate Heather’s constant encouragement, and the spiritual that supports what we are doing. It's not just a technique experience is a growth experience, it been fabulous, just perfect for what I needed at this time."
Judy
Melbourne
Restore Your Creative Soul Student
"Since joining the online classes and following the program I am much more relaxed as well as being addicted to how much I am loving painting. I just can’t get enough of it! I am loving it! Getting really deeply into it and exploring myself and my own emotions has been really good for me and my healing. My whole family has seen how it has brought out the joy in me. They are all enjoying the process."
Vanessa
Melbourne
Restore Your Creative Soul Student
"Painting with Heather changed my life. She has given me permission to find a new part of myself." Beautifully presented, each phase of the course delivers gentle, easy-to-understand, instructions on how to begin, how to believe in yourself, and how to produce a piece of work that you will treasure. I am immersed in the detail and eager to progress through every stage as it is presented."
Jaqui
Palm Cove QLD
Restore Your Creative Soul Student
I had never painted before - now it has brought healing... "At the beginning of Covid-19 I had found it difficult to find the motivation to keep painting, even though I loved it so much. The Restore Your Creative Soul program helped me get back on track and start the healing journey of painting again."
Margaret
Warburton
Restore Your Creative Soul Student
"Painting has been really helpful for me. When I paint I forget about my difficult work situation and it allows me to break out of the cycle of negative self talk. When I am finished I can enjoy the rest of my day! I love the nature inspired themes you have. It’s refreshing. The pure colours themselves with oils help you focus on the beauty of the colour. It is a very rewarding and pleasurable process which completely changes you from a negative state to enjoyment chemicals because you are looking at these bright colours! Which does help with your mental health."
Sonia
Melbourne
Paint & Create Community - Student
"By the end of the day I feel good that I have achieved what I have achieved, and by the end of the painting I just feel like the best feeling ever. It takes me to a place where I don’t have to worry about anything - I am in that zone, my dogs are snoring behind me, and sometimes it's the only place I want to be - it's great, really great!"
Tanya
Melbourne
Paint & Create Community - Student
"I feel like I am growing in more ways than just my painting, I am growing more creatively as well. I have always criticised myself, and now I am not putting pressure on myself to get it perfect." "I am growing more because it is not just about a painting journey for me, it's about communicating with others - it's a well-being journey" I am now purchasing a special bike, this is a massive thing for me, because people in wheelchairs don’t get out to go bike riding. All of this painting has helped me want to connect with nature more and my mind has relaxed more, it has been a huge step for me and opened a lot of doors." - Kylie
Kylie
Melbourne
Paint & Create Community - Student
"Painting here has been so good for my mental health. I looked on the internet and found Heather’s classes, I found her paintings interesting and fascinating. I have come through a terrible time a few years ago with a lot of pressure on me. So now I really enjoy the painting, It's so relaxing driving up to the mountains and the painting also gets my mind off my very busy work week."
Yen Yen
Melbourne
Paint & Create Community - Student
"Joining the class and learning to paint has been very relaxing and makes you feel as if you are a capable person! It makes you feel like: “I can do this”! It's very good for you actually. I always thought it was too late, but it's never too late. I have had a lot of creative friends and never thought I was as creative as my friends, I have never painted, but its been great! It is just so exciting when something comes to life, and it looks like its meant to look!”
Kaye
Melbourne
Paint & Create Community - Student
"I was at a stage in my life where I was looking for ways to make myself feel better. Painting has now changed my life around, it really has". "I ended up doing meditation and one of the things that I was encouraged to do was to follow impulses. I was doing some black and white drawings at the time and getting bored with that and wanted to add some colour. I was driving up the hills and saw a sign saying ‘learn to paint’, so I drove up the road and came into the gallery and I haven't left here since! I love explaining the benefits to others, it has changed my life around, it really has". "When I am actually painting I go somewhere else in my mind, the paint brushes are tools and I feel comfortable and easy in the space. When I paint I get relief, it's more than just being peaceful, it stops the momentum for me and helps me go forward". "I think it might be obvious that I have a lot of joy about painting now, so it's not hard to have a converstion about how good this place is! At work and down the street I always steer the conversation to what people do on the weekend, so I can tell them I paint, and encourage others to come and be part of the environment too! I explain the benefits it has had for me, it has changed my life around, it really has". "So many people say they can't draw, but 100% you can. You are going to surprise yourself anyway with what you can do. It's not so much what comes out on the canvas, it's what's happening to that person, it's the feeling, the improvement, the directions and the joy you get that's amazing"!
Andy
Croydon
Paint & Create Community - Student
"I never thought I could paint birds and now that I have been to classes I have painted my fairy wren, with all of Heather's encouragement. It became possible. You get amazed that you can create what you actually love!"
Leigh
Mooroolbark
Paint & Create Community - Student
Absolutely amazed at what I have achieved in the time we had!
Group class
Kalorama
Paint & Create Community - Student
"My connection with Heather's classes was profound at a time when grief at the loss of my daughter was consuming me. It gave me some joy being creative and I was able to immerse myself in something to quiet my mind."