Do you want to paint light-filled still lifes with courage and boldness?

I'm Aimee Erickson, Award-Winning Artist and Instructor

What if you could create beautiful still life paintings that you were proud of? 

What if you felt encouraged, motivated and inspired to paint? 

What if you knew exactly what to paint every time you started painting? 

What if you belonged to a community of artists encouraging each other and helping each other improve their artwork? 

What if you were consistent with your artwork and saw the progress you've been craving? 

If you're anything like me when I was learning, the reality is that our painting experience is often the exact opposite...

We feel discouraged, unmotivated and uninspired to create.

We have no idea what we're going to paint. 

We feel lonely and isolated. 

We're inconsistent at best with our work. 

Learning how to paint can be SO OVERWHELMING! There has to be a better way...right? 

I'm known for my engaging style and versatility in various subjects, establishing myself as an internationally renowned oil painter and instructor. I am accomplished in a variety of mediums, including acrylics.

My experiences include giving lectures and demonstrations across the globe.

I've been recognized at plein air painting competitions, securing awards such as Best of Show and Artists’ Choice at notable festivals and have exhibited internationally, including in China and Russia.

In 1997, I had the honor of painting the official portrait of Oregon's Governor Barbara Roberts. My work is featured in esteemed publications, and I hold a BFA in Visual Communication Design with an emphasis on Illustration.

Based in Portland, Oregon, I'm always exploring and capturing the world around me with my sketchbook in hand.

The problem with other art courses. . .

Is there a better way?

What is the Miniature Painting Challenge and why is it helpful?

Teaching yourself how to paint is a difficult task.

There's an ocean of painting videos and courses out there.

Often times these courses:

Lack quality instruction: Some courses may be incomplete, confusing, or lack important information that a student may need. It can be difficult to know what instruction is reliable and what is not.

Lack real connection: Many courses don't provide an avenue for sharing your work or getting feedback from others. This can hinder your learning process and make it difficult to grow to your full potential, as well as identify and correct mistakes.

Full of distractions: There are countless places to learn how to paint online! Many of these websites make it easy to get lost going down a rabbit hole of unrelated content OR overwhelm you with too many options.

Lack structure: Learning to paint online often lacks structure. You learn a little bit from one course and a little bit from another but the concepts never build on each other in a logical way. This can make it difficult to develop comprehensive and consistent painting skills.

These factors can make it incredibly easy to lose motivation to paint. . . 

Over the years, at Acrylic University, we've seen many artists lose motivation to paint and wanted to figure out why. 

What we found is that most artists who lose motivation are not seeing the results in their artwork that they want. 

We dug a level deeper and found that these artists weren't giving themselves the chance to see results because they weren't painting consistently enough to get to where they wanted to be. 

But we get it - even on a good day, sitting down to paint is scary and hard. 

But on a bad day when life is crazy and things get in the way? Forget about it.

We knew there had to be a better way. 

We knew we had to create something that would help remove the roadblocks to just sitting down and painting. Roadblocks like:

• Lack of time
• Uncertainty about what to paint
• Loneliness
• Fear and insecurity
• Discouragement about progress

After lots of experimentation, we ended up creating the Miniature Painting Challenge.

It was a huge success! Artists were seeing huge results in their artwork and were falling in love with painting again. 

But. . .

We are so glad you asked!

The Miniature Painting Challenge is a program that gives you everything you need to create one painting that you're proud of every single week.

We remove all of the roadblocks so that you can just sit down and paint. 

The only thing we challenge you to do is show up for yourself every week and spend 60 minutes improving your skills as an artist (feel free to take longer if you want!)

Our challenges cover a variety of topics and durations but they all:

• Give you a new doable painting lesson every week: Each week we give you a short painting lesson from the world's top acrylic artists that can be completed in 60 minutes (feel free to take more time if you want!)
• Show you exactly what to paint: Each lesson provides you with a reference photo and instructions so that you know exactly what to paint and how to paint it. 
• ​Surround you in a community: Challenge participants get access to an exclusive members-only community full of artists who are there to encourage you on your journey.
  
• ​Give you courage and boldness: See real progress in your artwork over time and surround yourself with artists who are on the exact same journey as you.
  
• ​Improve your art drastically: Instead of spending hours, days, weeks or even months toiling over one large canvas, we scale it down and have you work on a small 6x6 or 8x8 canvas. We firmly believe that quantity is better than quality when it comes to learning how to paint. The more mistakes you make, the faster you can improve.
  
• ​Give you a sense of accomplishment: You'll finally be able to paint consistently and put in the time it takes to see the results that you want to see in your artwork.
  

What EXACTLY is included in this challenge?

8 expertly guided lessons with over 8 hours of focused painting instruction, one easy-to-use supply list, 8 downloadable reference photos, and a private community of encouraging artists from all over the world