to the teacher profiles and further information.

RADIANT: FACES INFO PACK
Hey, y’all! This PDF contains a whole bunch of supplementary information about the Radiant Teachers
that will help you decide if the class is right for you & make the most of your experience.
Meet The Teachers
There are nine teachers in Radiant: Faces including me, your hostess, Effy Wild, I am blessed to be
joined in this collaboration by Jane Davenport, Tamara Laporte, Christy Tomlinson, Kylie Fowler, Jamie
Dougherty, Dina Wakely, Julie Gibbons, and Joanne Sharpe. Each teacher will tackle a different ‘character’ in a lesson that is designed not only to teach you how to paint that character but also to connect with that aspect of your own inner life in a self-loving way. The characters and styles that each
teacher will cover are listed along with bios and website links below. You’ll find sample art on the last
few pages of the PDF in a glorious gallery of goodness.
Effy Wild (aka Your Hostess)
Radiant Portrait Style: Stained Glass
Theme: The Mystic
BIO: My name is Effy Wild, and I am a journal artist and mixed
media art teacher. I’ve been practicing intentional creativity
since the end of 2009 and began teaching in 2010. I am a huge
fan of self-inquiry as a transformative, meditative tool, and art
journaling as a healing practice. I work primarily in mixed media and my average spread usually includes collage, paint, lots
of text, and faces.
I’ve been blessed to appear in 21 Secrets twice and Life Book three times and I’m teaching in the
upcoming Muses Merriment, hosted by Kelly Hoernig! I also run my own classes called Book Of Days
- a 12 week art journal immersion that runs about three times a year and Moonshine - Year long
portrait painting and divine feminine classes.
I am best known for creating community with my students. We are a soul tribe, and you can find us
all gathered here in my NING network.
Jane “Danger” Davenport
Radiant Portrait Style: Painterly
Theme: The Nymph
BIO: Jane ‘Danger’ Davenport is a professional Artist,
prize-winning author and her artwork is featured in magazines,
books, movies and her own stationery range. Jane designs
signature art products for Artistcellar and Peerless watercolors, hosts ‘Escape Artist’ retreats around the world and her
first Mixed Media book will be released with Quarry on Jan 1st,
2015. Danger is a popular workshop leader and her online Art
School is home to thousands of creatives from all around the
world.
Tamara Laporte
Radiant Portrait Style: Whimsical
THEME: The Child
BIO: Tamara Laporte (also known as willowing) is a mixed
media artist, illustrator and online art teacher who loves avocados, kindness and making a wonderful artsy mess on her desk.
Her work can be described as “mixed media folk art”. It ranges
from whimsical children’s illustrations to a more stylised fantasy art. Love, mystery, innocence, hope, spirituality, kindness
and self-connection inspires her art work. Her paintings often
contain healing themes, uplifting messages and inspirational
poetry. She believes that the act of creating art can be a catalyst for healing and personal growth – often, her art classes contain an element of self-development
as well as learning art techniques.
She is deeply passionate about helping people find their inner muse and would love to help YOU too
to get in touch with the artist in you!
She is also a prolific art journaller and creates stuffed toys and art dolls when she has the time. More
recently, she’s started dabbling in the world of digital creations and has come to enjoy making paintings in Photoshop with a wacom tablet as well. Her work and articles have been published in several
art magazines and books. She is based in Brighton in the UK with her lovely husband Andy and her
2 magical children Dylan & Elliot. She’s been teaching online art workshops since 2008 on her ning
network which at present has over 15400+ members and grows with about 150-200 mixed media
enthusiasts a month!
For a more detailed interview, go here, or check out her website over here: www.willowing.org
Christy Tomlinson
Radiant Portrait Style: She Art
Theme: Girly Girl
BIO: I am a self taught mixed media artist who isn’t afraid
to get my hands messy and let my heart be open. Over the
past couple of years I have been blessed to travel and teach
all over the world, including the United states, Europe, South
Africa, Brazil, Australia and more. I also love teaching online
full-time and offer over 15 online workshops currently.. in all
styles of art.. mixed media, sewing, jewelry, watercolor. I love
mixing mediums to create unique projects! We also host week
long art retreats in my home, called our She Matters Retreats,
where guest stay in my home and are pampered all week by
my husband’s amazing cooking and we create art and make memories and it’s a magical time! Besides teaching online and in person, my husband and I also have an online mixed media store, Scarlet Lime, where we sell all sorts of fun mixed media and unique products to create with. We have a
monthly mixed media kit club as well as a monthly video Art Society Club.. which keeps us busy full
time! Besides work.. (which I consider fun ).. we also have 6 amazing kids. Five boys and one girl
ranging in age from 18-9. I am BEYOND blessed to be able to stay home with my husband each day
and work and raise our kids in a small town with good family values and strong faith in Jesus Christ.
I love to snowboard, read good books, surf, spend time with my kids and dear friends. I LOVE creating in all ways.. I live a blessed life and am so grateful for this life God has given me!
Kylie Fowler
Radiant Portrait Style: Paint Over Collage
Theme: The Watcher
BIO: Working in a variety of styles, using various media, Kylie Fowler is a portrait and mixed media artist, illustrator and
art instructor, with a fascination with the face, particularly the
eyes. The old adage ‘The eyes are the windows to the soul’
certainly resonates with Kylie, as her level of connectedness to
each artwork is determined by the eyes.
In addition to selling her artwork in her online shop, ‘Blissful
Pumpkin’ Kylie also keeps busy with commissions, both in
portraiture and whimsical mixed media, and is in the planning
stages of establishing her own online classes, and upcoming collaborative classes, all of which will be
shared in due course.
Kylie’s work and activities can be followed at: Blog | Facebook | Flickr Gallery
Julie Gibbons
Radiant Portrait Style: Stylized
Theme: The Goddess
BIO: Hello creative friend. I’m Julie Gibbons : artful self-discovery guide. What that really means isthat I share artful techniques to help women invoke the creative magic they need to
discover their whole, true and best self. I combine art and journal therapy with the psychology of self to tap into soul wisdom
and experience personal growth, healing and transformation
and am a wee bit obsessed by mandala magic!
I’m based in bonnie Scotland and work from home alongside
my internet entrepreneurbhusband and free-range, home-educated teenage son.
I’d love to connect with you online : Website | Facebook | YouTube
Dina Wakley
Radiant Portrait Style: Expressive
Theme: The Stranger/Mystery
Bio: Dina Wakley is a mixed-media artist and teacher. She
loves everything about art: creating it, thinking about it,
looking at it, and teaching it. She lives in sunny Arizona with
her husband and three boys. Dina’s work has been published
in many magazines and books.
Dina is passionate about teaching art. She teaches both in-person and online workshops. She is a docent at the Phoenix Art
Museum, where she gives tours to school groups and gets kids
excited about art.
In partnership with Ranger Ink, Dina designed a line of mixed-media art supplies that includes acrylic
paints, mediums, brushes, rubber stamps, and stencils. Look for the Dina Wakley Media Line by
Ranger at a store near you.
Dina loves hanging out with good friends, reading good books, cooking good food, and traveling to
good places. You can visit her at her website: http://www.dinawakley.com
Jamie Dougherty
Radiant Portrait Style: Profile Portrait
Theme: The Dreamer
BIO: Jamie Dougherty is a self taught artist, author, and Mixed
media instructor. She has been creating art for over fifteen
years and has recently created her own signature line with
Prima Marketing Inc. Jamie enjoys teaching and does everything she can to inspire and encourage others in pursuing their
dreams––art is meant to be shared. Jamie lives in southern
California with her husband and two beautiful kids.
You can find her website here.
Joanne Sharpe
Radiant Portrait Theme: Doodle Doll
Theme: The Artist
BIO: “Whimsical art maker” and best selling author, Joanne
Sharpe is a colorful mixed media artist and enthusiastic teacher with creative savvy in art journaling, doodling and illustration. She is well known for her signature style of distinctive
hand lettering and love of bright, bold colors. Whether teaching with paper and pens, paints or a sewing machine, Joanne
encourages others to nurture their own personal creativity and
artistic expression.
Her brand new book “The Art of Whimsical Lettering” from
Interweave has gone gang busters in the mixed media, craft
and hobby category. Experience Joanne’s playful art, high energy, and masterful art making techniques in several online classes or live workshops and retreats nationwide.
Mom of four “twenty-something” kids, a golden retriever, a shih tzu and sibling Bengal cats, Joanne
and husband Tom reside in a sleepy little suburb of Rochester, New York, between the two snowiest
cities in the United States.
Find all the artful scoop on Joanne’s blog “Whimspirations”.
Content Delivery For Radiant: Faces
Radiant: Faces will be hosted in my NING network at http://effywild.ning.com
Membership in the network is free, and you will need to have or sign up for an account to access the
Radiant classroom. Do that here.
Once you sign up for Radiant you will be redirected to a download page. The download is a PDF
much like this one that contains a link to sign up for the class newsletter. Because some folks miss
this initial step, Effy will be emailing you personally to ensure you got the PDF, and have signed up
for the newsletter. Expect that email within 72 hours of your purchase. Further instructions to access
the class will be sent to you as the time to begin draws near. YAY!
Invitations to the classroom will be sent out beginning no later than AUGUST 1, 2014.
Class e-mails will begin OCTOBER 1st, 2014.
Connecting With Your Hostess
If you have any questions about the class, the teachers, how the content is delivered, etc, please
don’t hesitate to contact me at [email protected]. You can be assured that I will get back to
you within 48 - 72 hours of receiving your e-mail. Please don’t message me on Facebook with your
questions as I will most likely miss those messages and you won’t get a response. E-mail works best
because it is set up to help me get to your questions in timely fashion!
Ready to sign up?? Off you go then!
gallery of goodness
Jane Davenport
Christy Tomlinson
Tamara Laporte
Julie Gibbons
Kylie Fowler
Jamie Dougherty
Joanne Sharpe
Dina Wakely
Effy Wild