ARTEFACTO'S FLAGSHIP PROGRAM
Artefacto Family: Your Artistic Path
You already know how to paint. This year is about finding out why you paint.
A structured year with world-class masters, and curator guidance that helps you turn what they teach into your own paintings.
12+ masters • 30+ paintings • Lifetime access •
From October 1
At a glance
Most art programs teach you more. This one teaches you to need less.
In 12 months, you will have 30+ finished paintings and a practice that no longer needs a perfect moment to start.
Is this program right for you?
The artists who get the most from this year need not be the most talented. They are the ones who show up with a specific frustration.
Find yourself in one of these
You paint often. The results do not change. → Each month gives you one master, one focus, one finished painting. Plateau is hard to maintain when the structure keeps moving you forward
You can follow a demo. You cannot yet paint without one. → Each master shows their approach. Your curator helps you see the principle underneath and apply it to your own work
Not "great job". Something specific. Something you can actually use. → Your curator reviews your work every month and tells you exactly what to focus on next
You have outgrown casual learning. You want structure, real masters, and a year that counts. → This program gives you all three, in one place, for one full year
You've done this before: a burst of motivation, then life. → Motivation isn't the variable here. One master a month, one focus, one finished painting — and everything recorded, so a missed week doesn't end your year
Your masters this year
Each of these artists has a specific idea about painting that most watercolor teachers never mention. This year, you get all of them
Amit Kapoor
Founder of the Watercolour Society of India.
Silver Star Award, National Watercolor Society, USA.
Bold impressionist cityscapes.
Hazel Soan
British master of wet-into-wet watercolor and dramatic light.
Work in the National Portrait Gallery collection.
Author of 15+ books.
Patricia Guzmán
Award — winning Mexican watercolorist and member of the Mexican Society of Watercolorists.
Over 30 international awards and 150+ exhibitions worldwide.
Realistic figurative painting exploring human condition, identity, and contemporary realities.
Keiko Tanabe
AWS, NWS, SDWS-MA, AIS.
Award-winning Japanese watercolorist and internationally acclaimed workshop instructor.
A largely self-taught artist whose paintings capture the
atmosphere, light, and spirit of places and cultures encountered through extensive travel.
Paul Talbot-Greaves
President of Halifax Art Society and Member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours.
Award-winning British landscape artist with 30 years of professional experience.
Amit Kapoor
Hazel Soan
Patricia Guzmán
Keiko Tanabe
Paul Talbot-Greaves
This is what you will paint
These are not exercises. Each one is a finished painting, made in one month, with one master. Look for the moment where the style suddenly clicks – that is what you will feel making it.
Your learning path
Every month has a master, a focus, and a painting to create. Here is the year.
Autumn 2026: Seeing Deeper
Move from painting what is there to painting what matters
Masters: Amit Kapoor · Hazel Soan
Winter 2026-27: Mood and Atmosphere
Accurate is not the same as alive. Learn how tone, color, and light carry mood
Masters: Patricia Guzman · Keiko Tanabe · Paul Talbot-Greaves
Spring 2027: Story and Structure
Space, shape, composition as storytelling
Masters: TBA
Summer — Autumn 2027: First Steps to Your Artistic Style
References, series, and signature as steps toward a personal style
Masters: TBA
New in 2026: Family Pro.
The plan for artists who want to paint from their own references
Following a master’s demo is one thing. Sitting down with your own photo is another — and that’s where most students stop after any watercolor course.
How it works:
01
You bring the subject
Your own reference photo, not the master’s
02
You paint it during the master’s month
Using the principles that month’s master taught
03
Terrilynn reviews your decisions
Not how closely you copied the demo — what you chose to do with it
Four in — depth reviews a year
November · February · May · August
Each session:
1 — 3 of your works, reviewed honestly and specifically, in a group of up to 20
Not 'follow me, paint what I paint', but an approach that supports you in finding your personal creative voice
Meet Your Curator: Terrilynn Dubreuil
«I don't look at what you painted wrong. I look at what you were trying to say – and whether it got through»
- Fine Arts degree + 35 years teaching experience (in-person & virtual)
- Signature Member of PSA (Pastel Society of America) & Master Pastellist (IAPS)
- First Place – IAPS Exhibit 2023
- 8th Place – Société des Pastellistes de France International Contest 2024
«In Atelier Year, I work with 30 artists. I know every one of them by name and by work»
Your community
The most unexpected part of the program, according to our students, is not the masters. It is each other.
200+ artists. Active every day.
Student Results
Inside the Artefacto Family, artists show up month after month to paint live with a master. It adds up.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Fantastic class, and great inspiration!
Thank you Ian, Terrilyn, Artefacto for this opposrunity to learn through a whole month all the essentials about sketching.
I start looking the city and everything around me with new, fresh eyes. And I imagine sketches from everything I see.
Marcela T.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I really enjoyed this workshop with David Smith, and greatly appreciate his gentle and frequent reminders to relax and enjoy the painting process rather than focus on the "happy mistakes". It was interesting to watch this painting develop; at first, I wasn't overly pleased with how my "waves" were turning out, but as they dried (and with the help of a little water splattering) they turned into something magical.
Courtney W.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
What wonderful colours! This workshop was amazing and the credits are all yours Mrs Keiko!! Thank you for this challenging lesson. It was a great honour for me to meet you here and follow your incredible art style! Thank you!
Joanna P.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Thank You. I have painted along for the first time. I liked it and will do it again.
I liked the calm instructions. Here is the result
Grete V.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Very interesting class, I like when work with the brushstrokes is loose. Also I liked the comments about the colors and to work with little sketch before to paint to see the values
Patricia B.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I enjoyed this lesson very much. Some great paintings - and great tips like not to be discouraged if work isn't chosen for an exhibition and not to be afraid of good paper!! I'm happy with my colourful elephants. I hope we will have more lessons from Hazel!
Francesca P.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Nice sketch .. fresh and clean. The feel of the building tilting helps with a slight sense of vertigo as one looks up at a tall building. Pretty cool.
The one with more color is vibrant and also has a good sense of freedom in the brushwork. It would be nice to have a bit more variety of colors in the tan buildings.
Terrilynn Dubreuil, Сurator
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I think we discussed this on the regular submissions too. Here, you have definitely caught Sebastian Thommen's sense of living light and color as emotion. And I think I mentioned that I like the tilted horizon. It seems very intentional and therefore is making a statement. If it's just a little bit off, it feels like it was a mistake, but here it is giving a sense of "the world is unstable" as this child goes into the future.
I did something similar .. a sense of unsettledness for a young person .. here admiring a late Andrew Wyeth painting.
You're doing well getting emotion into your painting.
Terrilynn Dubreuil, Сurator
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
You've simplified the complex view so well and each has its own personality. Both have clean presentations. Excellent perspective and values working well. The final painting is especially strong
Terrilynn Dubreuil, Сurator
What our students say
They were where you are now.
3 years running · 200+ artists in the community · 30+ paintings per student per year
What will you achieve?
This is what changes when you finish the year. Not «learned a technique». Something more permanent
30+ finished artworks you are proud of.
Not studies. Complete paintings, built one per month, across subjects and styles you never tried before.
A practice that survives real life.
Painting stops being something you keep meaning to get back to. It becomes part of how your week works.
Principles you can apply without a video.
You understand why techniques work. You stop copying steps and start making decisions.
Honest clarity on where you stand.
You know your strengths, your gaps, and your next step. No more guessing.
A body of work that shows the distance covered.
Look back at your paintings from six months ago and see exactly how far you have come.
Something in your work that is recognizably yours.
Through 12+ unique approaches, you stop borrowing styles and start recognizing your own.
CHOOSE YOUR PLAN
Standard Plan
For artists who prefer to work at their own pace
- 3 sessions every month in recordings — one with the master of the month, two with your curator
- Notes and practice guidance every month, so the month doesn’t end with the Zoom
- Everything stays yours for life — recordings of every session included *
- 10% discount on all Artefacto products
No live participation, no feedback on your work, no community
$ 24 / month · save $190 vs monthly
290 USD / YEAR
Premium Plan
For artists who want live access to the masters and structured curator feedback
- A different world-class master every month — live, with Q&A
- 2 live sessions with Terrilynn monthly: one demo, one feedback
- Your work reviewed, not just watched — bring a painting, get specifics
- WhatsApp community with fellow students
- Notes and practice guidance every month
- Everything stays yours for life — recordings of every session included *
- 20% discount on all Artefacto products
$ 33 / month · save $210 vs monthly
390 USD / YEAR
MOST POPULAR
Family PRO Plan
For artists who want to apply what the masters teach to their own subjects — and be told honestly how well they did
Everything in Premium, plus:
- Paint from your own reference photos — you bring the subject, not the master
- 4 in-depth reviews a year: 1–3 of your works, in a group of up to 20
- 25% discount on all Artefacto products
Standard Plan
For artists who prefer to work at their own pace
- 3 sessions every month in recordings — one with the master of the month, two with your curator
- Notes and practice guidance every month, so the month doesn't end with the Zoom
- Everything stays yours for life — recordings of every session included *
- 10% discount on all Artefacto products
✗ No live participation, no feedback on your work, no community
24 € / month · save 190 € vs monthly
290 € / YEAR
Premium Plan
For artists who want live access to the masters and structured curator feedback
- A different world-class master every month — live, with Q&A
- 2 live sessions with Terrilynn monthly: one demo, one feedback
- Your work reviewed, not just watched — bring a painting, get specifics
- WhatsApp community with fellow students
- Notes and practice guidance every month
- Everything stays yours for life — recordings of every session included *
- 20% discount on all Artefacto products
33 € / month · save 210 € vs monthly
390 € / YEAR
MOST POPULAR
Family PRO Plan
For artists who want to apply what the masters teach to their own subjects — and be told honestly how well they did
Everything in Premium, plus:
- Paint from your own reference photos — you bring the subject, not the master
- 4 in-depth reviews a year: 1–3 of your works, in a group of up to 20
- 25% discount on all Artefacto products
The year starts 1 October
Enrolment closes on September 28
FAQ
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