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August 5, 2025

Celebrate National Dog Month With These Creative Online Art Classes

Dogs aren’t known as “man’s best friend” for no reason. Smart, loyal, caring, and protective, these furry animals often become family to their owners. Ever since they first became domesticated thousands of years ago, pups have been integral pieces of people’s lives, sometimes going so far as to serve as artistic inspiration. With August being National Dog Month, celebrate your own furry friend by creating a visual reminder of them. Don’t know where to start?

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July 15, 2025

Three Inspiring Online Art Classes You Can Do Outdoors

What did big shot Impressionists like Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley and Pierre-Auguste Renoir have in common? They were all huge advocates for painting en plein air, or outdoors. Many of these artists’ most famous and emotive works were painted outside, in the elements. While working in a studio certainly has its benefits for productivity, there’s something to be said about creating art outdoors in nature.

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June 17, 2025

Interested in Abstract Art? These Amazing Online Art Classes Let You Make Your Own

Have you ever walked through a gallery showing abstract art and thought, “I could paint that?” Many of those artworks may be more complicated than meets the eye. Either way, if that thought has ever crossed your mind and made you wonder what you could do with a canvas, paint, and a brush, My Modern Met Academy has a number of online classes that will help you begin to develop your own abstract art practice.

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May 27, 2025

Preserve Your Memories (And Make New Ones!) With These Fun and Inspiring Online Embroidery Classes

Sometimes, our traditional methods of preserving memories just aren’t enough. Sure, photos and videos are great ways to record trips, special occasions, and milestones, but there is something to be said for the fleeting moments sensed beyond sight and sound that remind you of a fond memory. Touch, in this way, is a seriously underrated and underutilized method of enhancing how people preserve their memories.

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