CVP FAQ Bank
What can we help you with today?
PROGRAM & PORTAL SUPPORT
22 Articles
How do I join the CVP private Community Group?
What is the CVP Members Area (Kajabi)?
Can I download the slides and transcript from each live call?
**What is the CVP Essential Path?**
What are Creative Circles?
Are Creative Circles required?
How will I get my questions answered?
How do I find and use the Video Search Tool?
PROGRAM & PORTAL SUPPORT
”TECHNICAL SUPPORT
5 Articles
CVP ARTISTS COMMUNITY
8 Articles
Will I access CVP content in the CVP Artists Community (Circle)?
How do I join the CVP Artists Community (Circle)?
As a CVP member, am I required to join the CVP Artists Community (Circle)?
What is the CVP Artists Community on Circle?
How do I login to the CVP Artists Community (Circle)?
**I’m stuck in Circle / Can’t access Community**
Can I receive feedback or get my questions answered in the CVP Artists Community (Circle)?
Is there a Facebook group for CVP 2026?
MATERIALS
44 Articles
Do I need to seal my panels before applying gesso?
Where can I find the Materials List?
What are the equivalent colors of the Art2life CVP paint set?
Can we use gesso in place of white paint?
Does matte medium work the same as gloss medium?
What kind of palette are we using?
How do I manage all the brushes full of paint when they're not in use?
How should I dispose of acrylic paint and rinse water?
MATERIALS
”LIVE CALLS
6 Articles
DESIGN and VALUE
74 Articles
What if we like pattern and repetition? Will my design be boring if I use the same shape again and again?
There are lots of paintings that are middle value, such as Monet's. Why are you discouraging us from using middle values?
Can design have variety and repetition?
How are value differences created in art?
I have trouble “seeing” the values as soon as we add color. Can discerning values be learned? I hate to think I have to hold my phone all the time with the camera set to black and
Can I use a middle value as a background?
How do I clarify unclear values in my art?
What is the Loud Conversation?
DESIGN and VALUE
”BITE SIZE LESSONS
54 Articles
What is emergent color? (video)
How do I reduce value to make color stronger? (video)
What is an opaque glaze? (video)
What is the difference between a line and a shape? (video)
What should I focus on in CVP? (video)
Why does group learning work in CVP? (video)
How do I clarify values? (video)
What are middle values? (video)
BITE SIZE LESSONS
”RISK/SOUL
13 Articles
How do you keep “risk” alive while you are completing a painting?
What are Limiting Beliefs?
What are the seven questions to answer when making your art?
How do I stop the feelings of fear I have when I make art?
How can I paint freely when making my art, when I fall in love with certain parts and don’t want to lose them?
How does this process of play and change work in representational art?
Won’t I lose the spontaneity if I constantly analyze my work while I'm doing it?
Does “finding your way as you go” work for representational art?
RISK/SOUL
”COLOR
52 Articles
What are the five components of color?
How does glazing make an area of my painting visually go back in space?
What is the value of a color?
How do I change the value of a color?
Does adding grey to de-saturate a color, change its value?
How do you use the trim guide so the paint doesn't bleed under it?
I have trouble “seeing” the values as soon as we add color. Can discerning values be learned?
How do you lessen the saturation of a color?
COLOR
”TEXTURE
10 Articles