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Do you want to finally start SELLING ART, MAKING MONEY, and building the life you’ve always wanted?

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Enrollment for “Fright to Freedom” is officially OPEN!

Do you want to finally start SELLING ART, MAKING MONEY, and building the life you’ve always wanted?

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Enrollment for “Fright to Freedom” is officially OPEN!

Do you want to finally start SELLING ART, MAKING MONEY, and building the life you’ve always wanted?

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Magic Makers: your first 3 months for $99. Join me this fall →

Soft pastel clouds landscape by Valerie McKeehan

SOFT PASTEL WITH VALERIE MCKEEHAN Make something instead of scrolling tonight.

Even if you’ve never picked up a pastel, I’ll show you how to paint your first glowing landscape step by step.

Start painting tonight for $37
Or watch a free lesson first →

Two-hour beginner workshop. Lifetime access.

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JOIN MORE THAN 3,000 WOMEN WHO'VE PAINTED WITH ME

“My grade 9 art teacher told me not to bother continuing. I’m now 63 and saying, maybe I am an artist!”

Libby, Muskoka, Canada

FROM MY STUDENTS

Yes, beginners can make beautiful art.

You don’t need years of experience or some special artistic gift. You just need a place to begin.

Robin holding her soft pastel meadow landscape

Robin

LH Vahn holding her framed soft pastel sky painting

LH Vahn

Josie holding a framed soft pastel landscape

Josie

Aleah holding her soft pastel ocean landscape

Aleah

A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO BEGIN

Paint your first soft pastel landscape.

Discovering Soft Pastel is a relaxed two-hour workshop created for complete beginners.

I’ll show you the supplies, the basic techniques, and every step of creating a glowing landscape from start to finish.

No pressure to be good at it. No need to know what you’re doing before we begin.

Just start.

$37 · Lifetime access

Start painting tonight

No pastels yet? Start by watching tonight. It’s relaxing, you’ll get a feel for the process, and I’ll show you exactly what to buy. You can get started for about $25.

Hands painting a soft pastel sunset landscape
Soft pastel lavender sky landscape by Valerie McKeehan

FREE SOFT PASTEL LESSON

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I’ll send you a free landscape lesson so you can see exactly what painting with me feels like.

Paint along, or pour something warm and simply watch.

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Hi, I'm Valerie.

Soft pastel found me during a season when I needed something that felt like mine again.

Now I teach women around the world to paint luminous landscapes, from complete beginners picking up a pastel for the first time to experienced artists ready to go deeper.

You’re already an artist, even if you don’t think you are.

I’ll show you where to start.

Meet Valerie
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FROM MY STUDENTS

A little creativity can change the way your week feels.

“As a business owner, wife, and mom, I really needed to slow down and do something for myself. Valerie has inspired me to make art a part of my routine again.”

Breanne

“Before joining, I felt so stuck and lost with being creative, but joining this group has helped me find that spark again.”

Megan Y., Magic Makers member

When you're ready for more.

Soft pastel reflective landscape by Valerie McKeehan

The Magic of Soft Pastel

My signature soft pastel program for artists who want to go deeper into light, color, composition, atmosphere, and creating luminous landscapes.

$597 or 6 × $129

Explore The Magic of Soft Pastel
Women painting outdoors at easels

Magic Makers

A creative membership for women who want art to become part of their real life.

Paint with me in live workshops, settle into Create Together Hours, and join a community of women making room for creativity again.

$99 for your first 3 months, then $89/month. Cancel anytime.

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Make something beautiful tonight.

A few pastels. Two hours. I’ll be beside you every step of the way.

Start painting tonight for $37
Or watch a free lesson first →

Discovering Soft Pastel · $37

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Valerie painting a glowing soft pastel landscape

Free soft pastel lesson with Valerie

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Valerie painting a glowing soft pastel landscape

FREE SOFT PASTEL LESSON

Before you go, paint one with me.

A full landscape lesson, start to finish, free. Paint along or just watch.