Shimmers and Shadows

I'm Meg Vellejos McCoy, artist and inner life wilderness guide. I live off-grid in a one room cabin with my husband and two dogs on 40 wild acres abutting the national forest in Eastern Washington. It’s a joy to be here with you in the exploration of the inner landscape and how we can create rich, meaningful work from imagery found within our inner fringes. Shimmers and Shadows is a mixed media class exploring the inner shadowlands and the shimmers that guide our way. We’ll begin with a deep guided imagery journey into the inner landscape, inviting archetypal symbols and presences to reveal themselves as guides for our creative and spiritual journey. As we bring who and what we find on the journey to life, I’ll share techniques on creating a shadowy mess with stabilio pencil – and then reigning it in. I’ll also share how I paint without sketching, working with shapes abutting shapes to create definition while working swiftly to start a piece. I love both of these approaches as a recov