Start seeing your everyday surroundings as creative fuel for your art.

Capture the Mood of Your City

urban hunt

starter kit

For the makers, wanderers, and gatherers of tiny beautiful things.

I’ll help you see your surroundings with an artistic eye, capture the mood of your downtown, and use that inspiration to create an urban mood board.

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10-page Urban Field Guide to help you notice colors, textures, typography, patterns, and found details
Short guided video exercise to help you find the mood of a walk, place, or photo collection
Urban mood board you can use as a creative starting point
Fresh way of seeing your everyday surroundings as art material
Simple first step toward turning urban inspiration into mixed-media art

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Collect Inspiration Out in the Wild

Learn how to notice, collect, and work from bold urban details—like torn posters, worn surfaces, & street textures that most people walk right past.

Assemble Your Urban Inspiration Board

Pull together color, typography, textures, signage, and found details into a visual collection that sparks ideas and gives your artwork a strong starting point.

Shape Your Final Art Pieces

See how gathered inspiration can move off the wall and into layered mixed-media work through small studies, experimentation, and finished pieces with personality.

When You Need a Fresh Way In

I’ll help you to:

Find creative starting points when inspiration feels low
Incorporate an urban / graffiti feel into your personal style, if you choose
Notice details when you are in your home or out and about - those lines, patterns, and textures. And then how to translate that into art.
Turn those photos from trips and travels into usable art ingredients
Start with small composition studies with my Tiny Urban Collages
Build finished art from the inspiration you gathered yourself

What you take with you

5 lessons
Lifetime access
A fresh way to see your surrounding with an artistic eye
Urban-style Collage Downloads
Urban Inspiration Board
Tiny Urban Collages
Urban Field Guide
Urban Hunt Checklist (scavenger hunt)
Finished Art Journal Spread
Framed Wall Art
Access to FB Community
Valued at $60, now for $27

Peek the Contents

Lesson 1: See + Capture your surroundings like an artist
Learn how to notice color, texture, typography, lines, and little details around you—then photograph, collect, and save them as creative starting points.
Lesson 2: Remix your findings into usable art ingredients
Turn your photos, collected textures, and found details into collage papers, color ideas, marks, patterns, and pieces you can actually use in your art.
Lesson 3: Assemble an inspiration board
Bring your strongest finds together into a visual reference board so you can see your ideas, colors, textures, and materials in one place before you start creating.
Lesson 4: Play with Tiny Urban Collages
Use your remixed materials to create small collage studies that help you loosen up, test combinations, and build momentum without overthinking.
Lesson 5: Shape your final art pieces
Pull your favorite pieces, layers, colors, and textures together to create finished mixed-media art rooted in what you gathered along the way.

What Students are Saying

“What stands out most about Beth is her ability to make art feel accessible to everyone. She creates a welcoming space where people can explore, learn, and express themselves freely.” ~Rose S.

“Beth has a natural talent of making everyone feel confident while exploring painting and creative expression. She offers the perfect balance of support and advice to help your skills grow.” ~Agnes S.

“Beth’s passion and excitement are highly contagious as she explains each step of the project. Her encouragement to make it your own, puts you at ease to explore more.” ~Sue N.

Frequently Asked Questions

Not at all. This course is about learning how to see your surroundings differently. Whether you’re in a small town, suburbs, or a city—there’s inspiration everywhere once you know what to look for.
You can start right from your studio. I’ll show you how to gather inspiration using your phone, past photos, and even a quick online “urban pull” so you can begin immediately.
Nothing fancy. Most of what we use is simple and accessible—paper, glue, printed photos, and a few basic art supplies. You can absolutely work with what you already have.
Not at all. This is designed to be approachable and low-pressure. You’ll be guided step-by-step, with small wins along the way so you never feel stuck or overwhelmed.
Perfect. This course will give you a fresh way to gather inspiration and a repeatable process you can come back to whenever you feel creatively stuck.
You’ll have lifetime access, so you can move through it at your own pace and revisit it whenever you need a creative reset. This content is all pre-recorded and instant access after purchase
Yes—I’d love to see what you create. You can tag me on Instagram @bethchienart or share inside my Facebook community, The Studio Table.
Because this is a digital course with immediate access to all videos and downloadable materials, all sales are final and non-refundable.
If you have any questions before purchasing, I’m always happy to help.
For this mini-course, it is all pre-recorded with no live sessions. However, I am available by email to answer any questions! And our FB community, The Studio Table, is a great place to share your work!

Meet the Artist

hey. hi. hello.

I’m Beth Chien, a mixed-media artist just outside Chicago, where I live with my husband and our two rescue goldens. After 25 years in the corporate world, I got the nudge I needed to finally go all in on art.

I’m especially drawn to the raw edge of cities—peeled posters, graffiti, worn surfaces, bold type, and unexpected color. Everyday Explorations: Downtown Edition is built from that love and designed to help you turn what you notice out in the world into art that feels layered, personal, and real.

Find me at @bethchienart over on IG

5 bite-sized lessons
Self-paced
Urban Field Guide
Collage downloads
Access to The Studio Table community

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