Greetings! We are so glad you are taking this time for a healing journey to explore the invisible and visible world of fabulous YOU!

Everything you need for class can be found on this page. Scroll down to find:

If you have a question or need to reach out team, contact support@musea.org.

Join the iMusea App

Have you joined our free community inside of the iMusea App? This is the place where we connect and share our creative works in process. Simply download the App via Apple or Google Play on your device and login!

You can also log in on your computer desktop here, though we recommend downloading the App for the best experience.

Once you login, visit the "Shiloh Sophia Studios" group. This group is monitored by Graduates of our Certification Trainings. They are there to witness you, connect and can also answer questions you may have.

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Materials List

Art Supplies: 

  • Canvas - minimum 16x20, or larger if you like OR you can use Watercolor Paper recommended size 22x30 or larger.
  • Easel (you can also hang the canvas on your wall or paint on a table)  
  • Paint brushes – student grade, inexpensive is fine. See if you can find any called hog hair rounds (not flats) they are usually really affordable and can be found at craft stores. Shiloh uses them a lot for ‘scrubbing’. You will want a medium size, one larger and one smaller for detail called a liner brush. A variety of sizes and angles are good – they should be suitable for acrylic or oil, not watercolor.  
  • Jar for paint water  
  • Paper towels (or soft cotton lint free rags or old t-shirts work too)  
  • Spray bottle with small mist.  
  • Paint palette or paper plate  
  • Black sharpie  
  • Journal or Paper & Pens 
  • Camera or your phone to document your process
  • Glitter (not required)  
  • Painting smock or clothes that you can get paint on. Acrylic paint does not come out of clothes.  
  • Candle, Red Thread (optional)  
  • Tea, wine, chocolate, roses!  
  • **Computer with a strong internet connection

You can find these materials at a local arts and crafts store. Or search Amazon or www.blick.com

Acrylic Paint:

We recommend having 5-8 colors that feel good to you. Colors of the rainbow are good. These can be low cost paints, some you already have on hand. You can also use the higher-grade "Golden" brand liquid.  

Best Choice: GOLDEN Colors  

  • *Titanium White - liquid
  • Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold
  • Magenta
  • Turquoise Phthalo

Other colors we often use  

  • Transparent Red Iron Oxide 
  • Quinacridone Violet
  • Buff Titanium 
  • Bone Black  
  • Dairylide Yellow, Hansa Yellow or Indian yellow
  • Cadmium Orange or other orange 
  • Pyrole Red 
  • Quinacridone Crimson 
  • Cobalt Teal 
  • Jenkins Green 
  • Burnt Umber Light 
  • Raw Umber or Van Dyke Brown 
  • Dioxazine Purple 
  • Thalo Blue or Ultramarine Blue 
  • Green Gold 
  • Iridescent Bright Gold Fine (Or Copper, Silver, Bronze)

Watch Muse Fuse

 The class lasts around 5 hours with a break midway through. Take your time, and paint at your own pace.

You are invited to share your process inside the Red Thread Cafe Classroom or the iMusea App (for Musea Members) using #musefuse.

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 Images of Shiloh Sophia's Painting Process

Practice Drawing Faces with Shiloh Sophia

If you are new to drawing faces with Shiloh Sophia, we invite you to watch this video and practice before you start the class. There is also a short demonstration during class so you can find the face of your Muse!

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MUSEA: Center for Intentional Creativity® and Consciousness is a living Art Museum and University. MUSEA is home to an inter-generational and multicultural collective of emerging and experienced creatives, healers, and leaders. The MUSEA community is a global art movement dedicated to self-expression as a method for consciousness and compassion through the arts. The Intentional Creativity Arts Guild of MUSEA-Certified educators and curators offer engaging arts programming across the world co-curating art exhibits and online classes and in-person experiences. www.musea.org

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Shiloh Sophia - Founder and Curator of Intentional Creativity®

Shiloh Sophia lives life as a great adventure narrated by the creative fire of her Muse! For the past 25 years, she has dedicated her life to the belief that self-expression is a basic human right and shares her message with tens of thousands around the world through her revolutionary education, focused on art as a pathway to healing and transformation called Intentional Creativity®. She is the Curator and Co-founder of MUSEA: Center for Intentional Creativity®, with locations in Sonoma and around the world. “I believe making art with intention combines the best of healing and recovery through science, embodiment and mindfulness​"​. Most mornings she can be found having tea with her Muse, pouring over quantum physics​ and sacred texts in the Red Thread Cafe with her husband Jonathan.

www.shilohsophiastudios.com