If you are an aspiring artist, you’re in the right place!

SCAA Featured Artist wall February 2025. Photo credit Bill Gibson

This is me, Cindy Bale Tanner, portrait painter!

Now, click the option that best describes YOU!

💫 for a special invitation ✉️

I am an aspiring artist who wants to find my art style

I want to paint my own watercolor portraits!

I am in college for a practical degree not taking the art classes I crave

I’m a full time worker not in an art field who wishes I were still making art

I finally have time to achieve my lifelong artist dream!

HOW may I ServE YOU?

the Artist Journey Community™!

🛑 Stop Copying — Start Creating! 🎨

In the Artist Journey Community™, you’ll find your style, learn with other aspiring artists, and make art that’s truly yours, ready to show, sell and compete

🎨 4 fun online group sessions a month! 👩‍🎨🧑‍🎨

✨ Any skill level, any medium

▶️ Create Your Own Original Art™ online art making and art business course is built-in!

🚀 Your art, your way—starting day one!

Doors are open now, but not for long.


Click the button below to join today!

The “Is My Painting done?” checklist

Do you have unfinished paintings at home making you feel sad?


My "Is My Painting Done?" checklist helps you easily finish them without confusion! 🎨


Many aspiring artists already use it and then proudly sign their paintings. 


✨Get your no cost checklist today and take charge of your art!

30 Day Save Time For Your Art Challenge

Are you a frazzled aspiring artist-to-be finding no time to make your art?

Get the support you need while you start making time for your art with this 30 day challenge!

Join the 30 day Save Time For Your Art Challenge at no cost today!

Participants love this challenge! I got 90 minutes a day back and reduced all anxiety!

Why Original Art? an online mini course

Are you thinking about showing, selling and competing with your art, but don’t know what to expect at your local art gallery?

What is the art show judge thinking about when she looks at your painting?

What’s important to know before you sell your art online?

Get all of the answers with lifetime access to the “Why Original Art?” mini-course!

Create Your Own Original Art™, the online course

Are you ready to become the artist you’ve always wanted to be, but you don’t know where to start?

With Create Your Own Original Art™, you can go from dabbling with your favorite colors, to taking your own reference photos, planning a painting, finishing a painting, creating original art in your own style every time ready to show, sell and compete with me there to gently guide you along the Artist Journey Roadmap™ until you can confidently call yourself an artist!

Enroll today and get lifetime access because your dreams have no time limit!

Paint Your Way To…: Artists From Around The World Share Their Lives in Exclusive Interviews™

Ever felt a spark just chatting about art?

Imagine kicking back with some of the world’s finest artists without stepping out your door. 👩‍🎨🧑‍🎨👨‍🎨

Cool, right?

These exclusive interviews are all lined up for you -– real talk with real artists. 👩‍🎨🧑‍🎨👨‍🎨

Peek into their lives, hear their stories, and maybe find that little nudge you need for your next masterpiece.

If you want lifetime access to a complete set of all of the 2024 artist interviews, pick up your own VIP All Access Pass for lifetime access to artistic inspiration right now!

“Paint Your Way To…: Women Share Their Lives As Artists In Exclusive Interviews”

In October 2023, I had the honor of interviewing 19 remarkable women artists about their artist journeys: Where did they start? Where were they then? Where were they going?

You’ll love getting to know the real lifes of the world’s best women artists. They want to inspire you!

Grab lifetime access to the 2023 “Paint Your Way To…” VIP All Access Pass now!

Cindy Bale Tanner’s Original Art and Photos

Are you curious about my art?

Check out collections of my original direct watercolor paintings, pet and people portraits including the artist portraits, landscapes, still lifes, abstract, plein air and florals as well as my best photographs.

Each purchase from my Sunflowers For Ukraine collection donates $10 to World Central Kitchen.

YOUR ARTIST JOURNEY CONTINUES HERE!

Was your childhood dream of being an artist sidelined as an adult?

For the past six months, have you found yourself watching your favorite artist’s paint-along videos?

From the few times you frantically painted-along, do you have a stack of half-finished paintings? 

Does a blank canvas with no video make you feel stuck and unsure?

Or, do you think you might be ready to sell your art, but you’re unsure how to set the price or where to sell or how to find a legitimate competition?

No matter where you are in your art making journey, I can help you take your next steps without the detours with the “Create Your Own Original Art” online course — now built into the Artist Journey Community™!

As you choose your favorites from the Artist Journey Toolbox™, you’ll create your own art in your own style every time!

Next you’ll get the business basics to show off your art, sell it, and enter it into legitimate shows. 

Then you can confidently call yourself an artist and realize your childhood dream!

I can’t wait to congratulate you! 🎉

What these Artists learned

from Create Your Own Original Art™ and the Artist Journey Community™

Rashmi S.U. from

Dar es Salaam,

Tanzania

“I attended Create Your own Original Art with Cindy.

I enjoyed the process of how she went through selecting the subject, Planning, Composition, Color Palette, Thumbnails to Painting.

During the course, she shared interviews with Gallery owner and Judging criteria too.

Thank You Cindy for the course.”

Susan C. from

Southern

California

“This is a course for artists of all levels!

It was validating to revisit art principles that I encountered years ago in college studio art classes.

It was also very informative in terms of practical issues I did not know: signing, framing art and getting it out into the community or ready to sell.

Cindy has a wealth of information and presented it in very manageable lessons.

Better than being a self paced class where you are completely self directed and independent in the experience, Cindy is present to acknowledge postings and answer questions.

The live Q&A session is a great opportunity to connect and get additional insight into the practice of creating art.

This class was well worth my time, and I feel refreshed and focused and equipped to take my art to the next step!”

Marie N. from Canada

“Thanks so much for today, Cindy! We did cover a lot didn’t we?! I hope you aren’t too exhausted from helping me. You are so supportive and generous with your time and knowledge. I did feel a bit overwhelmed, especially in the last minutes, but what you patiently explained, more than once, will be sinking in gradually and I will be going over some content in the AJC toolbox. I feel really privileged to have access to such valuable personal help from you. Thank you again,

Marie

Cindy Bale Tanner

Your Artist and Guide

Award winning watercolor artist, commissioned portrait painter, creator and host of the “Paint Your Way To…”™ artist interview series, creator and instructor of the “Create Your Own Original Art”™ online course which is built into the Artist Journey Community™ for aspiring artists who want to achieve their lifelong artist dreams together.