1:1 · in-person · day immersion

The First Mark

Starting is the hardest moment in any creative process ~ this is a day designed entirely around that threshold. We begin with what you have, follow what you desire, and make the first mark together.

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Quincee working with a client on a large wall mural

Quincee and client mixing paint together

what it is

this is not a technique class ~ this is a space for the energetics of your creative process to stabilize and expand. to help you find your own unique creative style by removing what's been in the way of it.

The day weaves art-making with somatic work, movement, breath, and kundalini kriyas ~ not as separate modalities, but as one continuous process. The body and the work in conversation.

What can't happen any other way is real-time feedback ~ on the art, and on the stories that surface as you begin. Those two things are almost always the same story.

This works for painters, mixed media artists, musicians, producers ~ anyone whose creative process has a body, which is everyone.

some ways this could look

We go to the art store together, you choose your supplies, and by the end of the day you have your first finished piece.

We enter your studio and optimize it ~ feng shui for creative flow, rearranging the space until your body feels safe, attuned, and ready to make. Then we begin.

I sit with you in your music studio while you produce ~ present for the moments where the stories arise, where the block isn't technical but something older.

You've been circling a piece for months. We spend the day inside it together ~ movement, breath, then back to the canvas, until it moves again.

You want to try a new medium ~ encaustic, mixed media, something you've never touched. We build the physical and nervous-system confidence to enter it.

The shape of the day is determined together, based on what you need. No two look the same.

where this comes from

This work draws from studies in energetic alchemy practices, over a decade of freelance art, experience teaching k–12 artists globally, and an art therapy master's program I left ~ because a clinic didn't suit me. A studio did.

Palette, brushes, and a painting in progress

Large floor canvas with candles and paint

Studio space with circular painting and art supplies

how the day moves

Framing an intention

We begin with what you're reaching toward ~ not a goal, but a felt sense. Something to orient the day.

Material definition

We look at what you have, what you desire, and what will actually get you there. Medium, tools, texture ~ made clear.

Establishing safety

The body needs to feel held before anything moves through it. Breath, movement, somatic settling ~ we don't skip this part.

Meeting what comes through

We begin. I'm present in real time for the hesitation, the stories, the moments where the work and the self become the same thing.

Finding flow

The point is not a finished piece ~ it's a nervous system that knows how to create. We stay until you're in it.

investment

The day is yours ~ from a focused afternoon to a full sunrise-to-dinner immersion.

half day 3-hour immersion

$333

extended day 5–6 hours, including a break

$555

full day up to 10 hours, meals and movement included

$1,111

All sessions are in-person at your home. Payment via stripe link sent upon booking.

is this for you

this is for you if

you sense your creative potential and just need it reflected back

you have taste, vision, and style ~ but have never trusted yourself to make art

you want to make things and have the space for it, but starting always stops you

you're an emerging, returning, or established creative expanding into new edges

you're ready to meet yourself in the depth of the work

this is not for you if

you're not yet willing to view art as a healing process

you want a technique class or a step-by-step tutorial

you're not ready to meet yourself in your depths

ready to begin

The canvas is already waiting.

Reach out to inquire ~ I'll send you a few questions
and we'll find the right day.

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looking for longer-term support?

The first mark is a beginning ~ if what opens in the day calls for a longer container, Muse Map is 12 weeks of full accompaniment as you build a creative practice that actually holds you.

Learn about Muse Map