Expanding Art Space

17/08/2026

So we can safely say today's Nature scape session is a unique experience

I encourage you to find some inspiration and create art under your own safe haven.

Feeling blessed that my favourite spot supports my goals by keeping me dry ♥️

15/08/2026

My my how time flies or feels like it's just been a few days since the last newsletter!

Like in life, any contrast can have impact but few know how to subtlety introduce it into their practice.

https://expandingartspace.substack.com/p/no13-building-blocks-of-art-contrast?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=8131np

15/08/2026

Happy Velika Maria Day!

Here every Saturday for the fellow locals and, wanderers and adventurers.

Come by to say hello, help me practice my Slovenian with you and feel free to ask me anything about my art.

If you like to contact me send me an email at [email protected]

P.s. I also provide art lessons and art workshops.

I speak English and Russian; a little bit of Hungarian and Slovenian.

05/08/2026

My latest Newsletter is out!

This has been such a long time coming.

I’ve been wracking my brain of how to make this newsletter interesting and to give a new way of working with movement through art by zeroing in on and concentrating on play and experimentation with the elements of art.

So if you’re like me and sick and tired of always having to refer research and recreating what’s already known, join in the challenge and think outside the box with this one.

The best part is that I haven’t mentioned other ways of experimentation and it’s likely I haven’t thought up what you might do in the near future!

When you do come up with something new, let me know!

Let’s level up from Creative Wanderers to Explorers together :)

Introducing New things, celebrating mini wins and putting my experimental hat on with movement to give you some practical examples, an exercise and getting you to think outside the box:

22/07/2026

𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗲:

I used to envy those that always seemed to have more speed at accomplishing a drawing or a painting in class, even if we were all working on at the same time. I used to feel a lack in myself because of it.

But today I know that isn’t true because running to the finish line is not the point or the goal.

I love how these two sketchbook pieces are unfinished despite the Sunday & Monday drawing session around town and in surrounding nature are lengthy ones. It gives me and my students a chance to:

1.) enjoy the moment without rushing
2.) take adequate breaks especially when you have been staring at the paper and sitting in one position a long time
3.) enjoying the fresh air and having an opportunity to snack in between (super important for us foodies)
4.)going through the process and having opportunities to get bored (there is such a thing as creative intentional stamina)
5.) build resilience at the same time.

If you are someone who is looking for a private art tutor art either face to face or online sign up https://forms.gle/ZhvLVDCTMniEH49P7

And if you are a local to Kranj and want to join me on Saturdays and/or Mondays you can sign up here: https://forms.gle/yy1MsPuzuWsc6N2b8

20/07/2026

Latest Newsletter is out now! Read, share and build a solid foundation for your artistic practices to improve and excel and reinforce your mastery of the craft.

With knowledge comes understanding and with understanding you gain value of skill in practice.

Read here: https://open.substack.com/pub/expandingartspace/p/no11-building-blocks-of-art-movement?r=8131np&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

13/07/2026

Why you should take part in art during the Summer season:

1. It's therapeutic
2. You don't have as many excuses to say no to following your interests and passion to create
3. Joining a workshop once a week in fresh air is as almost as good as meditating.
4. When drawing outside you don't have the pressures of being in the classroom and needing to create perfection.
5. When you let your mind wonder and immerse yourself in your surroundings, we often find that we lose track of time and it's becomes all worth it, there is no need for rush
6. Learning a new skill doesn't have to be or feel like an obligation.

Sign-up to my Summer Workshops here: https://forms.gle/LMKERQhjqFR5XiWD8

Meet me every Sunday and/or Monday for a 2/3 hour drawing session whether you like nature or have an obsession for architecture, I've got the best of both worlds!

Photo Ref: pexels.com - Maria Mileta