Exercises to Develop Your Individual Vision, Self-Expression & Artistic Self
Are you interested in art? Are you spiritual? The fastest method to become an excellent artist and drop your negative self-talk for good is presented in the #1 bestselling Art Completes book. It will lead you to creative breakthroughs, learning art technique as if you went through a professional art training. It is designed to help you experience deep personal growth through the means of making art. The book sets forth a unique and effective way to gain art skills based on tapping intuitive knowledge within and rewriting powerless ideas. . FB group “Art Completes You Course” group is based on the exercises from this book.
Connecting with my creative side again – you can too
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2018. Verified Purchase
Years ago I was a passionate artist. I earned an MFA and taught drawing courses to college students and advocated for children’s art programs. My dreams of being an artist led me to New York City where made art for a number of years and met many other wonderful artists. Truly, it was such a memorable time in my life. Eventually, however, I became disillusioned with “being” an artist and now I work in the medical field.
My life had become more balanced in a number of ways with the change, but in the process, I lost touch with my creative side as I reinvented myself, even to the point of avoiding making art altogether. I wanted to create again, but the ideas I had formed about art stood in my way and I knew I was missing something important in my life. Then I read Art Completes You. The book introduced the concept of “completing” with dimensions of myself, shining light into my inner space and rooting out ideas that had paralyzed not just my ability to make art, but to be playful and creative with my approach to life.
The reintroduction to my creative energies has been like opening a window in a stuffy room. The process has been so simple, but just what I needed to connect with myself again. Art Completes You reminds me of the art classic I used when teaching drawing to my college students. Betty Edwards’ famous book, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Through theory and numerous exercises, Shraddha Nithyananda sheds new light and exciting insights into the artmaking process that can change your experience of art and yourself in surprising new ways.
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Raya
This book helps you to look at everything with “fresh eyes” and start a new you)
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2018. Verified Purchase
The first thing I thought when I took this book, that it is a set of exercises to develop the skill of an artist through numerous exercises. But I started reading and realized that this book opens one more way of spiritual development. This book is a sort of a conductor inside the human being that helps find our source of happiness and creativity. It’s fascinating to understand that pencils are the tools that somehow help to connect to the higher self and express it, and colors paint reality in the rays of vivid emotions.You start to understand that everything around you: objects, colors, sounds, people can be a source of inspiration and creativity. When author describes her own experience and the experience of her students, it creates the feeling that you saw it with your own eyes.
The book helps you look within and escape from existing patterns and ideas about yourself and look at everything with “fresh eyes”!
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Kim Bollard
Something for Everyone!
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2018. Verified Purchase
I am currently taking Shraddha’s Art Completes You course while reading this book. This book and course made me rediscover my love of art, and realize that my fears and insecurities have no power. Through the science of completion, I have gotten past my fear of failure in the artistic world, as well as in my career. I would recommend this course and this book to anyone. Whether or not you are spiritual, an atheist, a classically trained artist, a beginner artist, or just someone looking to explore how art and spirituality can intertwine— anyone and everyone can benefit from reading this book and doing the exercises at the end of each chapter. This book serves first and formost to help you establish self confidence and to free your mind of any fear of imperfection. By coming to terms with past traumas through the science of completion, real art can begin to be explored. I hope more people can discover their true artistic self! Step one- buy this book 🙂
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Attn. Corina Barbu
An adventure in self discovery and healing
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2018. Verified Purchase
I was reading this book as part of the “ Art completes you” online course and decided to write a review as it helped me tremendously not only as a creative person wanting to learn how to draw/ paint and create art, but because it was a true adventure in self discovery and healing. Both the insights and breakthroughs obtained by reading the book and doing the exercises at end of each chapter were unexpectedly deep and life changing. All this on top of taking me from being someone who would only be able to draw figure sticks and basic geometric shapes to a person knowing how to “ see “ the world around and by using either pencil, colors, different types of paint ( water color, acrylic, etc), create real drawings and paintings that describe the beauty of nature, it’s natural proportions and colors, to express feelings and personal meaning. I very much appreciate the beautiful journey I was guided on by the wisdom and teachings Shradddha Nithyananda shares with all of us in this book.
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alex trubetskoy
Amazing and inspirational book for everyone.
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2018. Verified Purchase
Art Completes You is absolutely amazing book. it gives you so much love power, positive energy and inspire you to create life and live by creating. When I am reading chapter by chapter of this book, I feel like different doors starting to open up in front of me,like magic. This book let you be your self and teach, how to get best of you, trough art lessons and inspire you to be a better person. I highly recommend to everyone, to read this book and get all your dreams, ideas, fantasy and imagination- became reality. Shraddha Nithyananda book make you feel, like you can do and accomplish anything trough art. Because art, is a way for us to connect to life of others, to showing them, what we carry inside
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Max
Unexpected answers to what I thought were obvious questions
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2018. Verified Purchase
Reading the book and quite fascinated how obvious turns into unexpected. Challenges you to make repeated trips to your own past and at times I find unexpected answers to what I thought were impossible to answer questions. Look forward too find my next “completion”…
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I. Meskin
great book for everyone
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2018. Verified Purchase
it’s a great book for everyone who wants to learn how to find artistic talents within yourself. This book is easy to read and exercises after each chapter are very helpful. I would recommend this book to a friend.
Art Completes is a book for those who always dreamed about becoming an artist but either never got around to it or doubted that they had a necessary talent.
grades 1-8 Art Completes You program in Hill Top Country Day School.
December 2019
Interview on Sungate radio “ Becoming an artist” about the importance of liberating creativity art education.
Оctober – December 2019
Preparation for “Nicholas Roerich 2020” for Pushkin Society of America.
First meetings with the participants.
Lecture in the Queens Central Library , New York
November 2019
“United Through Arts”. Lecture about the Art Completes You philosophy and historical roots in the Nicholas Roerich artistic heritage at the Queens Central library, NYC.
October 2019
Second edition of the “Art Completes You” book with the students’ art as illustration is finished and scheduled for publishing in December 2019.
September 2019
Recommendations and acknowlegement received from the Grand Central Library in Manhattan and The Pushkin Society of America Artist Guild.
Art Completes You artists participate in the fundraiser for the Women Convent in the Upstate New York organized by the Northern Cross. The art show will take place in Washington, DC in 2020.
“New era faces” workshop is conducted for MORA, NJ
August 2019
“Art Completes You” Lecture “How to understand and appreciate art. How to make art an everyday source of joy” is conducted on behalf of the Artist Guild for the Pushkin Society of America as part of the”Bread and Roses Project”, NYC.
“Published” magazine cover of Elena Zelenina and the interview of the expert insights about the project. Link
“Art Completes You” professional development workshop is conducted for NAWA (National Association of Women Artists) on behalf of the Pushkin Society of America, NYC sponsored by the Artios Gallery.
Two “Art Completes You” workshops for seniors are conducted in the Grand Central Library, NYC on behalf of the Pushkin Society of America. The letter of gratitude received after the workshops because of the positive response from the patrons.
July 2019
iHeart Radio Interview and presentation of the Art Completes You book and the program.
First “Art Completes You” workshop is conducted for the East side library in NYC on behalf of the Pushkin Society of America.
May 2019
Collaboration with the Artios Gallery started. Elena Zelenina participates in the first art show presenting her book and paintings created based on the Art Completes You book in the Tenri Cultural Institute, NYC. The Art Completes You” program for the Pushkin society of America for 2019–2020 was developed with the President of the Artist Guild of the Pushkin Society Elena Ioselevich.
February–March 2019
Three “Art Completes You” workshops are conducted for Queens Central Library NYC
“Art Completes You” book is added to the collection of the QCL.
January 2019
Art Completes You class for parents conducted in NYC.
December 2018
Expert Interview of the author of Art Completes You project. Link
October 2018
Press release about the success of the Art Completes you book Link
Award for the independent publication and internationally recognized bestseller
September 2018
Art Completes You becomes an Amazon #1 Bestseller
July–August 2018
First Free Art Completes You Program is conducted via Facebook. International art community is formed. Artists and people from USA, France, Russia, India, Switzeland, Neverland, Canada, Poland started in the first group.
March 2018
“Art Completes You” group show exhibit, NYC
2017–2018
The book is written and published.
2014–2016
The program is tested through the series of Paint Your Breakthrough workshops in New York City and Moscow
2006–2014
The program is developed at the Biryukov Academy of Art & Music by Elena Zelenina, Sparta, NJ
Who else is this book for?
Our people are many. Besides those who dreamed about becoming an artist, there are those already taking various art classes but all they learn is merely a set of drawing skills instead of focusing on how to find the right way to express the unique creative potential. There are also artists in bad need of a confidence boost because they get is a harsh judgment about their talent too often. There are also millions of parents who want their children to take art classes but not all art classes are created equal. Some of them reveal a true artist in you and help realize the creative force within each of us and some of them only create self-doubt and self-hatred in children. Every parent wants to know what classes to sign up for and what classes to stay away from.
We can’t overlook those in need of art therapy with its great soothing and healing effects on the body and mind and those who provide that therapy to them. We also encourage tens of millions of art teachers who constantly strive to improve their teaching skills and methodology to give us a try.
Last but not least, we would like to extend our invitation to hundreds of millions of people seeking new directions in life. Practicing art will help one gain spiritual insights and intuitive wisdom, a skill particularly important to people in transition or even senior citizens going through serious soul-searching upon entering their retirement age. Finding the next new thing, the direction in life that will bring fulfillment is the most critical challenge they face. Art Completes aspires to unite all those people and create a truly global community of individuals connected through art.
How does one help one become an artist when people never even held a brush in their hands and have no idea how to start?
The uniqueness of our approach is that instead of teaching students how to hold a brush or mix colors from day 1 we teach them how to deal with their SDHS or Self-Doubts, self-Hatred, and self-Denials. We believe that every human being should be whole and complete and nothing hampers this process more than lack of self-confidence, doubts, harsh judgments against yourself and others, and denying yourself the chance to reach your highest potential. All of this makes us incomplete, lacking wholeness and Art Completes strives to bridge that gap by teaching students the art of completion Combination of this with the teaching the students the necessary art skills brings the whole process to the entirely new and much higher level.
The result? Spectacular art and a happy artist. But that would be an oversimplification.
In addition to mastering arts, you will master your own life by becoming a person whose inner peace and harmony will empower her to confidently set up goals and reach them. You gain intuitive knowledge of who you are and your place in this world. Your perception of life and universe changes drastically. You no longer think of the world as a cruel, unfair and lonely place. Life becomes enjoyable, productive and enriching. You stop perceiving people as enemies, they become your friends, colleagues, and peers. The main guiding principle of your life becomes cooperation, not competition. You set up goals and reach heights that you never thought possible. In other words, you become complete.
So, what do you need to do to start on this journey?
The answer is very simple.
First, you purchase a Kindle ($14.99) or paperback ($19.99) edition of Art Completes on Amazonwhich contains a complete explanation of theoretical framework and a set of practical exercises after each chapter.
You can download the free chapters from the site to make sure this approach inspires you.DOWNLOAD HERE
Then you register for an absolutely FREE Art Completes You Course on Facebook containing 21 classes taught by the author Shraddha Nithyananda. Each class is preceded by the video message from the author instructing the students what Art Completes chapter to read and what exercises to do. The students then post their work and discuss it with the instructor. If they need one on one consultation it is readily available in real time mode either through a Facebook messenger, video chat, or via regular telephone calls. As one course nears its completion, we announce enrollment for another one thus creating a non-stop cycle.
Since enrollment is open globally Art Completes strives to create an international community of people connected through art spanning the continents and making everybody complete and more wholesome. The Art Completes community will aim at producing a common art universe filled with shared activities such as an international art show relay starting on one continent and continuing across the rest.
Nothing has a more beneficial effect on human development than shared activities stemming from a common goal, one of the most important components of happiness.
“This book and course made me rediscover my love of art, and realize that my fears and insecurities have no power… Whether or not you are spiritual, an atheist, a classically trained artist, a beginner artist, or just someone looking to explore how art and spirituality can intertwine — anyone and everyone can benefit from reading this book and doing the exercises at the end of each chapter.” Kim Bollard
This healing process will give you the strength to conquer fears, self-doubt, or anxiety.
It will teach your heart to relax and open.
It will help your eyes to see the deeper truths about you and life.
Ancient sciences of Vedic tradition will guide your soul in the path of healing through completion.
“It is very hard for me not to use superlative adjectives when talking about this book. I was going through a very dark period in my life grieving the loss of my dearly beloved husband desperately trying to get some peace and comfort. Almost a year and a half of working with different psychotherapists didn’t bring any relief, making me wonder what it was they were charging my insurance company for. And then one day a friend of mine recommended that I get in touch with the author of Art Completes You.
I wasn’t very hopeful because: 1) I never thought about myself as an artist and 2) I just wanted to snap myself out of the state I was in so that at some point I could come back to living life.
This short conversation with Shraddha Nithyananda has given me more in 15 minutes than all the talk with the psychotherapists. The wonderful book… is about providing you with the roadmap to emotional healing through exploring your artistic potential. It has given me a very clear vision and a plan of what I have to do with my life to reinvent and repurpose myself. I have found answers…”
Requests for "Art Completes You Teachers Training" or Free Rapid Breakthrough Session, please email: elena.zelenina@gmail.com and put "ACYTT" or "RB" in the subject line.
Connecting with my creative side again – you can too
After the course, you can
Paint without negative self-talk, enjoying yourself and your insights into art.
