Rooted in flavors, dishes, and rituals, this is a table where hands get creative and your sketchbook finally gets fed.

The Artist’s Table

March 9 – April 5

The Artist’s Table is a four-week journey through kitchens and cultures, with your sketchbook as the endgame.
Loaded with artistic ingredients and sensory inspiration. Thoughtfully prepared. Slow-cooked with love in Marenthe’s very own oven.

For artists, photographers, illustrators, art journal creators, collage fans, and creative food freaks of every level who love to revel at the intersection of art, food, culture, and travel.

This is not a sad little appetizer. This is the whole damn meal.

What would happen if you stopped disciplining your inner bon vivant and gave her a seat at the table?
This:

For four weeks, your senses simmer in unapologetic, butter-rich abundance.

You pull up a chair to appreciate famous cuisines, as well as overlooked cultures that still understand flavor, ritual, and pleasure.

For twenty-eight days, you indulge freely, savoring dishes of slow-cooked inspiration. Food becomes your new Muse. Desire. Memory. Abundance. Comfort. Pleasure. All served.

And suddenly, all you want to do is bite, chew… and draw.

Pull up a chair. The table is set.

Do you crave divine ginger ale, obscene amounts of lobster, crunchy shrimp crackers, and a sketchbook that finally gets the attention it deserves?

Good. Sit down.

The Artist’s Table is a full-bodied, no-apologies journey through Marenthe’s delightfully unruly world, where doubts get mashed, resistance gets simmered into submission, and your creative appetite gets caramelized into art.

Four weeks in, your inner foodie will be full, fearless, and completely out of excuses.

“In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.”

– Julia Child

The Artist’s Table is for creatives who want to turn their sketchbook into a full-blown feast, stuffed with generous inspiration and mouth-watering assignments that actually make you want to show up and create something.

Don’t bother joining if you thrive on dry crusts and canned bean soup. Or if crumbs on the table or paint splatters make you nervous. Definitely don’t come if you live by: “Better safe than sorry” or “What the farmer doesn’t know, he won’t eat.”
This table is for curious mouths. Messy hands. And artists who are hungry for more than bland, gray ideas.

 

“Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner”

– Sophia Loren

In short:

✅ Pull up a chair if this hits you in the gut:

✅ You love food and everything orbiting around it: cultures, memories, rituals. And you can feel there are images hiding in there, itching to be born through your hands.

✅ You’re curious about strange, beautiful stories around food, kitchens, and customs, and you want to translate them into playful, gorgeous artwork.

✅ You like the unexpected. Assignments that knock you off your chair. Creative whirlwinds that rattle your kitchen cupboards.

✅ You enjoy doing this alongside a lively, international crowd of makers who get it, and don’t freak out over a little mess.

⛔ This is not your table if:

⛔ You’re looking for a low-calorie cooking course. Wrong kitchen. Immediately.

⛔ You want to learn how to perfectly render a blueberry tart, a chicory bulb, or a lemon in the correct shade with the correct texture. This course cares far more about imagination and pleasure than precision.

⛔ You crave slick tutorial videos filmed in sterile studios with expensive supplies and zero soul.

⛔ You’ve literally never held a brush, don’t know how paint smells, how paper behaves, or what figs with lemon cream taste like (okay, that last one’s a joke, but you get the point 😉).

Sharpen your pencils like your life depends on it, because this is what’s waiting for you:

A bold, irresistible course packed with step-by-step assignments, visual prompts, and inspiration so good you won’t be able to hold in your smiles.

You might quit your job afterward and open a dessert shop in Paris!

Marenthe does the hard work for you: picking the best bits, the juiciest ideas, and serving them, freshly plucked, right onto your plate.

We’ll meet first in the Gardens of Bread & Bouillon 🥰 and then promptly lose ourselves.

We wander into the Court of Food, where we devour beautiful stories from Paris, Beirut, and Afghanistan. We climb the Mountains of Abundance and stroll through the Château of Wonder like we own the place. We’ll rub elbows with icons—Julia, Roald, Sophia, Betty. Sip cocktails in a legendary, lavish English hotel founded in 1889. Feast on handwritten menus from a cruise line with 150 years of history.
Get inspired by bold food artists, delightfully odd Belgian cafés, and—ohmygoodness—candy wrappers in scandalous shades of pink.

The Artist’s Table turns into one glorious drawing feast.

You’ll experiment with all kinds of techniques. There’s an embarrassing amount of possibility. You’re going to love this.

For four weeks straight, every weekday, you’ll receive a heavenly mix of surprising assignments, stories, podcasts, eye-candy, inspiration, mood boards, color palettes, and ready-to-use downloads.

Plus two (!) live Zoom gatherings (with replay, because: real life).

We roam through wildly different kitchens and eccentric cultures—where caramel-peanut butter mousse, fig syrup, and pistachio crumbs casually seduce your taste buds. You’ll feast on a riotous buffet of inspiration and soak it up like someone who knows a good thing when it tastes one.

Marenthe takes you along to the restaurants she’s visited, the dishes she’s cooked, and the cookbooks she’s collected (over a hundred of them, because of course). And that’s before we even get to the handwritten recipe notebooks she discovered in a hidden Berlin cellar.
Let your thirsty Muse dance in the sweet scent of pumpkin and ginger. Let her bathe in clove and green cardamom. Feed her crimson blackberry mousse and deep purple velvet cake.
Her cheeks will glow. And she will never be the same again.

“Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.”

– Ernestine Ulmer

Why you’re sitting at the right table

I’m Marenthe. Artist. Designer. Founder of The Art Beat Club. I’ve been working professionally in the creative field for 35+ years—and yes, there’s still paint under my nails. And cake crumbs. Obviously.

I’ve worked with Hallmark, Heineken, Oilily, Philips, museums, and government institutions. Phaidon Press once named me one of the hundred most visionary designers in the world. Lilla Rogers flew me to the U.S. after I won her Global Talent Search.

Solid résumé. But honestly? That’s not why you’re here.

The real reason is this: I know exactly what it feels like to stop making. To postpone. To promise yourself you’ll start tomorrow—and then not do it. And if you keep that up long enough, everything goes a little… bland. Your work. Your energy. Your joy. Like living on crackers for weeks while your body is craving a bowl of hot chicken soup.

No one has ever thrived on a creative starvation diet. What you actually need are nourishing ingredients. Something to sink your teeth into. A subject that’s rich, layered, and brings your work back to life.

That’s why The Artist’s Table exists.

Not to tell you how to make art. But to make you want to make again. To take your creative appetite seriously— without guilt, without pressure, without counting calories.

You don’t have to prove anything here. You just have to pull up a chair.

Flattering words:

  • “Marenthe’s work stands out while speaking a universal language: the language of the heart.”

    Eveline Helmink
    HAPPINEZ

  • “You’re such a gifted person with a beautiful vibe.”

    Lilla Rogers
    Founder Make Art That Sells, Illustrator, Agent, USA

  • “Marenthe is, to us, a little like the Dutch Keri Smith.”

    Astrid van der Hulst
    FLOW MAGAZINE

  • “Marenthe is my Muse.”

    Anne Quaars, Messaging Artist & Speaker

  • “Nothing but praise. The Art Beat Club is all about inspiration, beauty, and joy. This is the best club ever!” ❤️

    Sharon Nullmeyer
    Artist, Art Beat Angel

  • “Marenthe, you’re so unique, inventive, and imaginative in how you see the world.”

    Frankie van Mourik
    Artist

  • “Marenthe’s courses make me genuinely happy and proud of myself.”

    Sarah Coulter
    Artist, Art Beat Angel

  • “You create a space that is supportive of individual learning. You are a very effective online mentor.”

    Susanlora Morris
    Artist

Made by our students:

  • Hendriek Mulder

  • Claire Cordier

  • Daan Wokke

  • Alexandra Koenders

  • Christine Morra-Barrelet

  • Sharon Nullmeyer

  • Ineke Abelsma

  • Claire Cordier

  • Suzanne van der Lee

  • Hendriek Mulder

  • Sara Coulter

  • Claire Cordier

  • Evy Poli

  • Nancy Baumiller

  • Majsa Matatula

  • Claire Cordier

  • Sara Coulter

  • Majsa Matatula

  • Daan Wokke

  • Wendie Sarah

  • Claire Cordier

  • Daan Wokke

  • Jody Buck

  • Nancy Baumiller

  • Margreet van der Kleij

  • Nancy Baumiller

  • Daan Wokke

  • Suzanne van der Lee

  • Jane Struik

  • Susanne van der Lee

  • Jody Buck

  • Claire Cordier

  • Susan Carter

  • Susan Carter

  • Gabriela Förster

  • Marieke Pino

  • Susan Carter

  • Majsa Matatula

  • Hendriek Mulder

  • Claire Cordier

“Love is lending him your teeth in a restaurant when he’s forgotten his own.”

— Guy Mortier, Flemish journalist and television personality

Tasting good so far?

Excellent. Because now I’m going to tell you exactly what’s coming out of the kitchen:

✅ 20 irresistible creative assignments: enough to keep your sketchbook well-fed for four full weeks. No snacking. Actual meals.

✅ A fresh email in your inbox every weekday. Hot & steaming.

✅ A sketchbook stuffed with rich, creamy artwork. The good kind of full.

✅ Access to the academy until March 9, 2028. No pressure. No rush. Plenty of time to chew.

✅ Access to the international online community. You’re in until January 1, 2027.

✅ Two (!) live Zoom sessions with the whole group replay if real life gets in the way).

✅ Downloads & goodies to make your hungry creative engine purr louder.

✅ Marenthe’s creative brain on tap: 35+ years of experience condensed into one unapologetically generous course.

How it works:

  • 1.

    You join.
    Excellent choice. On March 9 you get access to the academy and the community. Shortly before we start, you’ll receive a materials list.

  • 2.

    A new email every weekday.
    Your assignment is waiting for you inside the academy. Clearly explained, visually supported, the kind that gives you a pleasant flutter in your stomach.

  • 3.

    You set the pace.
    Follow along daily? Perfect. Skip a day? Totally fine. Take two years? A bit ambitious, but legally allowed.

  • 4.

    Marinating is encouraged.
    Some assignments you’ll knock out immediately. Others need time to simmer. All of that is part of the recipe.

  • 5.

    Share—or lurk—in the community.
    This international space is where you show, peek, borrow, and get inspired.
    It feels like warm soup for your soul.

  • 6.

    The result:
    A sketchbook that reads like an artistic cookbook—packed with work you actually made. You’ll flip through it later and think:
    holy guacamole, I did that.

“Spending time with inspiration-bomb Marenthe is a celebration—a chance to honor the source of your own creativity and drink deeply from the stream.”

Truus Druyts, performance coach, actress, artist

What does it cost?

Early bird:

297 97

Prices are in euros. Yes, you can pay in installments.

And tadaa: here comes your brain, with its unsolicited commentary…

“This is probably only fun for people who are actually creative.”

Creativity doesn’t show up on its own. You become creative by moving. By making. By starting.

“My sketchbook is too empty / too boring / too meh.”

Perfect. That means you finally get to do something about it.

“What if I quit again? Why even start?”

This isn’t a marathon. It’s a meal, served in courses. Sit down when you’re hungry. The table stays set.

“What if I do it wrong?”

Wrong is an ingredient here. So you’ll be just fine.

“Are we drawing Brussels sprouts?”

No. We don’t serve bland still-life assignments. Ever.

“I should probably get my life / kitchen / head in order first.”

Sounds sensible. Almost never is. Just start.

 
 
 

“Over the past 10 years, I’ve taken more than 100 online art classes and art retreats. But wow—I never expected a course to have this much impact. It exceeded my expectations by light-years.”

Kimberly Owen, Texas

Burning questions we get all the time (no worries, we get it!)

  • Oh please. You have time to scroll. To overthink. To doubt yourself. To listen to your inner control freak run the meeting.
    That takes time.
    This just asks you to show up and make something. You get it.

  • Congratulations. You’re a person with a functioning brain.
    Perfectionism isn’t a problem here. It’s not something to fix or get rid of. It just means you care. What helps isn’t thinking harder. It’s sitting down and making something anyway. That’s the whole move.

  • If you can hold a pen and make a dot, you’re in. This course is not about talent badges, complex missions, or fancy, overpriced materials. It’s about experimenting, playing, and actually enjoying yourself while you make things. That’s the only requirement.

  • Quitting isn’t the end of the world. As long as you pick it back up afterward.
    Pro tip: schedule your skipping days in advance.

  • Like whipped-cream cake from Liberties. Rich. Slightly indulgent. Worth it.

  • March 9.

  • Absolutely. Fill in your details and hers (in the notes), check out, and boom—
    a gift that lasts longer than a bottle of wine.

  • Take a break. Jump back in later. No one will glare at you.

  • No one-on-one coaching. But she is present in the online community and answers questions there.

  • Unfortunately, no.

  • Yes. This is a rerun of Art à la Carte from 2023. So if you’ve already taken that one, this is not your table.

The mini samosas are getting cold, honey. Time to decide.

🔥 Pull out that sad, naked sketchbook (Wait—were you using that as a coaster?).

🔥 Four weeks of bite-sized fuel that gives your creativity actual horsepower.

🔥 We put your perfectionist on water and dry bread. Let it chew on that.

🔥 We turn your sketchbook from a blank notepad into a full-blown artifact—sparkling crumbs, glossy stains, and ideas that actually stick.

🔥 In short: stop ruminating on nonsense and feed your heart something with real creative nutrients.

And yes—deep down, you already know.

 The end 🍧