Create! U · Painting course

Paint interior spaces that tell a story.

This course gives you the framework I wish I’d had earlier: a simple way to paint the spaces around you that capture a mood and tell a story. Lessons, step-by-step process frameworks, a technique overview, focused exercises, and three complete painting demos with nothing held back.

What’s inside

• Introductory module: materials, prep work, a bit about my story and work, and artists to inspire you
• Step-by-step framework: a structured approach that simplifies the painting process from start to finish
• Exploring techniques: alla prima (direct painting), glazing and more
• Intuitive color mixing: mix colors intuitively to convey emotion
• Lighting and contrast: powerful principles for strong light and atmosphere
• Three complete demos from first mark to finished painting, plus resources and recommended reading

This is for you if

You love interiors, light and everyday beauty, and you want a structured process you can trust without losing your own style. Use your own images; I’ll show you exactly how I paint.

Learn from Ekaterina Popova

Ekaterina Popova is a contemporary oil painter exhibited internationally in Paris, London, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Menorca. Her work explores home, identity and belonging through interiors, drawing on post-impressionism, fauvism and magical realism. She is also the founder of Create! Magazine and host of The Create! Podcast, with over one million downloads.

“By focusing on little abstract shapes and imagining Kat’s voice telling me to ‘notice and respond,’ I was slowly able to watch a scene come to life before my eyes. Painting the interiors has become a meditation for me. It has been an absolute delight!”
Kim Tateo, painter and student

Start painting today for $199 and get instant access to every lesson, exercise and demo.

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