Welcome to your place to learn and grow as an artist.
Join Studiomates, our community-led platform to guide your unique artistic journey at all levels.
We’ve all been there. We’ve taken countless online art classes, participated in untold numbers of drawing challenges, and started (and stopped) innumerable sketchbooks.
And yet, we’re still not able to make the art that feels like ours. We’re still not sure what our artistic style is. And we often doubt if we can even call ourselves artists at all.
Welp, you are not alone.
Whether you’re an aspiring, working, or established artist—we all struggle.
We’ve developed a framework to propel aspiring artists from stage to stage in the artistic journey. This framework is built around the common obstacles we all face and teaches us how to overcome them. But the framework is just one part of the puzzle. To keep moving along our journey we need more than instruction and resources.
To really grow, we need encouragement, support, and connection with other artists.
Here in Might Could Studiomates, you’ll find your community of artists while working on developing your creativity, discovering your artistic style, and creating dream projects.
A Vibrant Community
We have all kinds of people here in Studiomates! From young to young-at-heart, from Japan to Nebraska, from aspiring artists to pros—everyone is welcome here.
Diverse + Inclusive
Studiomates are spread out over 30 countries! Make connections with artists all over the world who share a passion for creativity.
Supportive + Encouraging
Studiomates is a safe place to share your art with like-minded people. Share successes, issues, feelings, and thoughts. We all need support to make it on our artistic journeys—we’re here for you!
Ready to become a Studiomate?
The Community Framework
Choosing where to start
The aspiring artist doesn’t need someone to show them how to make their art. They need a supportive community that will make art with them. They need nurturing, encouragement, and the support of other artists who understand the obstacles they’re facing.
Most artists never got this early support. And so, most artists never progress from that point, forever calling themselves Aspiring Artists.
Studiomates changes all that.
We help artists progress along their artistic journey with our Community, Clubhouse, and Studios.
The Community
Chat with and get support from other artists with our community posts.
Tool Talk
A weekly series, hosted by our Studiomates Hype Master, Kadazia Allen-Perry, where she takes us inside her overflowing artist toolbox to explore new mediums and ways of making art!
#MightCouldDrawToday
A weekly drawing challenge, hosted by fellow Studiomate, Masina Sausi, to give you the lil’ kick in the butt you need to finally draw consistently!
Art Therapy Talk
A weekly question, hosted by our Studiomates Founder, Christine Nishiyama, where we share our art blobbies in a safe, supportive environment.
Digital Art Q+A
A twice monthly article, hosted by our Studiomates Community Manager, Lisa M Hascall Kanazawa, where she researches and reports back help with your digital art questions!
Weekly Recap
A collection of community highlights each week so you can stay in the loop!
Process Work
Share your works in progress and ask about other artist’s process.
Art Share
A place to share the art you make—drawings, paintings, writing, anything!
Inspiration Library
A collective resource of inspiring books, videos, articles, and websites.
The Clubhouse
Connect on a deeper level with your art and other artists.
The Clubhouse
What’s the Clubhouse?
The Clubhouse is a private space in our community that facilitates deeper connections between our members through live monthly artmaking events.
This is a space to meet your fellow Studiomates in-person (virtually) and put a face and voice to their avatar and art! Want to draw and socialize together with a group of artists? We’re here! Want to work on a project while chatting with other artists also working away? Come on in!
How does it work?
The Clubhouse has been designed to connect members through monthly Zoom video calls. We have a series of event themes that we rotate through, including:
- Art Chat Hangouts: A live event where we work separately on our own art project while video chatting together
- Drink + Draw: A live event where we draw a prompt chosen by the host while drinking the drink of your choice
- Studiomates Panels: A live event where we hear from and learn from our fellow Studiomates
Project Incubator
What’s Project Incubator?
Project Incubator is an online space to provide support and accountability for any type of art project! Working on a graphic novel? We got you, fam! Shooting the next great stop motion film? We are all here for you! Need eyes on your intergalactic love story web series script? Bruh… We were built for this!
How does it work?
This studio has been designed to give feedback, share resources, and hold you accountable throughout the creation of your project through:
- pitch meetings
- twice monthly feedback sessions
- twice monthly goal setting
- quarterly focus groups
How do I join?
Project Incubator will help you and your creative project reach the stage of confident completion! Ready to get started? Join us in the Clubhouse of MightCould Studiomates today!
The Studio
Learn and grow with the support of other artists.
Sketchbook to Style
Discover your artistic style through our step-by-step system designed to guide you through the journey of starting a sketchbook practice to discover your unique artistic style and voice.
The Studiomates Team
Christine Nishiyama
Community Founder
East Coast, USA
Christine founded Might Could in 2012 and has since taught 75,000+ students in her online courses, written 100+ essays on creativity, traditionally published 2 (of 4) books with Scholastic, and self-published 1 book. She founded Studiomates in 2018 and is works hard to guide the overall vision and design of the community.
She currently hosts all the Studio courses as well as Essay Bonuses, Art Therapy Talk, and sometimes Drink + Draw.
Lisa M Hascall Kanazawa
Community Manager
JAPAN
Lisa works hard to make the overall Studiomates experience the best it can be. She is constantly growing and engaging our community by hosting live events, collaborating with our guest hosts, listening to and advocating for our members, and cultivating a friendly, welcoming space for all artists.
She currently hosts Art Chat Hangout, Digital Q+A, and Weekly Recap.
Kadazia Allen-Perry
Community Hype Master
West Coast, USA
Kadazia works hard to make the Studiomates experience the most inspiring and productive it can be. Kadazia hosts our Project Incubator, which she organized and created. She facilitates artistic growth in our members by hosting feedback group meetings, sharing her knowledge and resources, and cultivating an approachable, fun space for all artists to get to work.
She currently hosts Project Incubator, Tool Talk, and Watch Party.
Masina Sausi
MightCouldDrawToday Host
Hawaii, USA
Masina leads our weekly drawing challenge, #MightCouldDrawToday, coming up with art prompts, encouraging fellow artists, and sharing her own artwork. She helps cultivate a supportive and uplifting environment where we can all get inspired and start drawing consistently!
Who this community is for:
- You want to be part of a community of artists
- You feel lost, confused, or frustrated when you draw
- You are tired of not knowing what to do to grow as an artist
- You want to develop and commit to a creative habit
- You want to learn to draw more, love to draw more, have more ideas, and more confidence in your art
- You don’t have many opportunities to share your art with others
- You feel like your art is never good enough (and want that to change)
- You draw a lot but are ready to up your game and elevate their art
Who this community is NOT for:
- You do not want to be creative
- You think making art is a waste of time
- You are looking for a group dedicated only to art fundamentals like perspective, shading, or anatomy
- You are looking to learn how to make money quick from your art
- You expect to grow as an artist without connecting with others or sharing ideas
- You don’t like inspiration, open-mindedness, or positive vibes!
- You are under the age of 18.
Ready to become a Studiomate?
Frequently Asked Questions
You’ll be prompted to make your account and upon completion you can immediately log directly into the community, so you can dive in right away!
Our Studiomates community is hosted on Mighty Networks, a platform which is simple but robust, well-organized, and easy to navigate. You can access the community through the desktop website address or the mobile app, available on iOS and Android.
The Community plan gives you access to:
- A vibrant and supportive artistic community
- All topics
- Tool Talk
- Digital Art Q+A
- Art Therapy Talk
- Weekly Recap
- Art Share
- Inspiration Library
- Process Work
- Art Workspaces
- Techniques + Tutorials
- Drawing Challenge:
- MightCouldDrawToday
The Clubhouse plan gives you access to:
- A vibrant and supportive artistic community
- All topics
- Tool Talk
- Digital Art Q+A
- Art Therapy Talk
- Weekly Recap
- Art Share
- Inspiration Library
- Process Work
- Art Workspaces
- Techniques + Tutorials
- Drawing Challenge:
- MightCouldDrawToday
- + Access to the Clubhouse!
- Project Incubator
- Art Chat Hangout
- Drink and Draw
- Book Club
- Watch Party
- Art Panels
Members can choose to enroll in any Studios at any time simply by navigating to the Studios page and purchasing the course. Studios are one-time payments, not included in monthly subscriptions.
Non-members are able to enroll only 1-2 times a year during course launches.
When you sign up, you can choose the monthly subscription, where you will be automatically billed each month, or the annual membership where you are charged once a year at a discounted price. You can cancel your subscription and membership at any time.
That’s higgly piggly! I believe everyone can draw! If you like to draw or want to draw or want to like to draw, this community is for you, and full of people like you! All of us are here because we’re creative one way or another, and we’re all here to grow together, no matter where you’re starting.
I believe artists and their styles are always growing and changing, and can always benefit from experimenting and playing in different environments. This community has many different ways that you can learn, grow, and interact with the community. The Project Incubator in particular would offer you deeper connections and more in-depth feedback and accountability for your art projects!
Although most of us are young at heart, Studiomates is a community of adult artists. We welcome anyone ages 18 and over.
You can cancel your membership at anytime for any reason, and you won’t be charged again.
You can email me (Christine!) directly at: christine@mightcouldstudios.com
Ready to join? Choose Your Plan:
Community
Base Community-
A diverse + inclusive community of artists
-
A safe place to share your art with like-minded people
-
Drawing Challenge: #MightCouldDrawToday
-
Tool Talk series
-
Digital Art Q+A article series
-
Art Therapy Talk question series
-
All other Community Topics
Clubhouse
Base Community + Clubhouse-
Everything included in the Community Plan plus...
-
Invitation to join a Project Incubator
-
Art Chat Hangout events
-
Drink + Draw events
-
Watch Party events
-
Art Panel events
-
Book Club events