Online course with 50 smoking-hot drawing prompts

Creative Espresso

In one year, from “I’LL START SOMEDAY” → to a sketchbook soaked in joy and genius.

Sick of your own bullshit yet? How many times have you told yourself: “I really need to start drawing again.” 💩

And yet… you don’t.

Friday night you swear: “THIS WEEKEND I’M DOING IT!”
Sunday night… you punt it to next week.

You keep whining about “no time,” but deep down? You know you’re sick to death of your own excuses. And poof—half a year slips by.

I get you!

I used to think: nah, I draw often enough. Until I realized I hadn’t touched my sketchbook for an ENTIRE YEAR. 😬

Listen, sweetheart. You’ve got a rare-ass gift. You want to sketchbook (yes, that’s a verb). But you’re missing focus. Calm. A reason to start.

And that’s exactly what I’m giving you.

How good would it feel to never ghost your sketchbook again? 👻

(And kick that guilt-train to the curb.)

Instead, you grab your coffee, plop down on the couch, flip through your sketchbook, and think: holy shit, I DID IT.

You’re drawing for joy. Because it’s fun. Because you finally nailed that creative flow that doesn’t run off screaming the second your to-do list explodes.

That’s what Creative Espresso gives you: a weekly shot of fresh inspiration that makes drawing as natural as your morning cup of joe.

Why you’re safe with me

I’m Marenthe. Award-winning artist. Founder of The Art Beat Club. 35 years in the creative trenches — still with paint under my nails.

I worked for Hallmark, Heineken, Oilily, Philips, museums, ministries. Phaidon Press called me one of the hundred most visionary designers worldwide. Lilla Rogers hauled me to the U.S. when I won the Global Talent Search.

Cool flex, sure. But the real reason you’re here?
I know what it feels like to betray yourself. To ghost your sketchbook. To promise yourself “tomorrow I’ll start” and know it’s a lie.

There’s a hunger in you that won’t shut up. That nagging whisper: draw, create, make. And ignoring it? Hurts.

I know that ache. I’ve lived it. I got out—without burning out. And that’s why I built Creative Espresso.
Because creativity doesn’t belong in your “someday.”
It belongs in your now.

With a weekly creative kick—small, doable, sticky—you’ll finally build a routine that actually lasts.

My track record in 4 quick shots

  • 1

    Phaidon Press USA named me one of the 100 most visionary designers in the world. I won the Global Talent Search in the U.S. My work’s been published all over the damn planet.

  • 7

    years running The Art Beat Club. 25 courses created. 1,000+ creatives worldwide. 500+ reviews (and just one who said “meh”).

  • 10+

    international awards bagged (New York Art Directors Club, New York TDC, Tokyo TDC, Dutch Design Awards, European Design Awards, Global Talent Search).

  • 100+

    Clients galore: Elle Girl Korea, Flow (yep, I did that stationery box too), Heineken, Philips, PostNL (22 stamps, baby), Happinez, Hallmark USA, Oilily (my baby literally ended up in their catalog 😅), Parool, fashion designers, celebs, and a few captains of industry just to round it off.

Not my words. Theirs.

  • “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

They’re already in the game 😉

 

Hungry for more?

Good. Here’s the full spread you’re getting:

🔥 From €97 → now just €37 !

✅ 50 juicy drawing prompts – enough to keep your sketchbook buzzing for a whole year.
✅ A fresh assignment every Friday – hello focus, goodbye “what should I draw?” drama.
✅ A sketchbook bursting with wonders after 50 weeks.
✅ Lifetime access – no stress, you set the pace.
✅ Access to the international Facebook community – for coffee lovers who like a little “let’s do this together.”
✅ Printable goodies – 50 extras to make your creative engine roar louder.
✅ Marenthe’s creative brain on tap – 35+ years of experience and inspiration packed into one killer course.

✅ Limited-time deal: from €97 now just €37!

Here’s how it goes down:

  • 1.

    You buy → you blast off.
    Sign up = instant access. Bam. No waiting, straight into the fun.

  • 2.

    A new assignment every Friday.
    Ping → inbox. Click → sketchbook open. In the academy, your assignment is ready, spelled out with images that’ll give you butterflies.

  • 3.

    You call the shots.
    Want the weekly flow? Perfect. Skip a week? Fine. Take 50 months? Bit long, but hey, still counts. 🤷‍♀️

  • 4.

    Let it simmer.
    Some prompts you’ll dive into right away. Others you’ll let marinate a bit. Both totally fine.

  • 5.

    Share or lurk in the community.
    The international Facebook group is the place to show off, snoop, get inspired. Full of cheerleaders. Sweet.

  • 6.

    End result = a joybook packed with YOU.
    A year later you flip through and think: holy sh*t, I made all this. Collages, drawings, paintings — a joybook brimming with play, flow, and creative freedom.

✅ Creative Espresso is for you if…

✅ You’re craving more joy and flow in your (creative) life.
✅ Your sketchbook has been gathering dust for way too long (and it kinda stings).
✅ You already know how to hold a brush or pencil, or where to buy paint — and mostly you’re just itching to actually use it.
✅ You’re into surprises. 🌪️
✅ You’d love a weekly creative kick-in-the-butt (delivered with love 💕).

Who it is (and isn’t) for

⛔ Creative Espresso is not for you if…

⛔ You’re looking for 1:1 coaching, hand-holding, or therapy.
⛔ You think: “teach me to perfectly draw portraits in 5 lessons” → wrong course, babe.
⛔ You only want tutorials you can copy line for line and end up with exactly the same thing as me. (Spoiler: I’ll throw you off balance on purpose, so you discover your own style.)
⛔ You’ve literally never touched a brush and don’t know what paint is. Then this might be a bridge too far. 😉

What you do get: an easy-to-navigate academy with step-by-step prompts, images, and inspiration that’ll make your mouth corners curl up. You might even walk away with a portfolio you can pitch or sell. (It’s happened before. Just saying.)

“It’s pure joy to spend time with inspiration-bomb Marenthe — with her, you get to restore the source of your own creativity and drink straight from the stream.”

Truus Druyts, performance coach, actress, artist

The Bullshit Bingo of Your Brain:

This might be the part where your head starts whispering things like…

“I don’t have time.”

eah right. You do have time — your socials are just hoovering it up. Delete those apps for a week and BAM: oceans of time appear. Bonus: your thumbs will thank you.

“I always start strong and never finish.”

Join the club 🙃. That’s what happens when you try to do it all. Creativity is like a plant: it grows when you water it, not when you repot it every other day. Make a choice. Focus. Break it into steps. (And hey, my focus is sometimes smaller than a gnat’s — if I can do it, so can you.)

“Am I even a real artist?”

HELL YES.
Think back to kindergarten. You, pot of yellow finger paint. Did you sit there thinking, “I can’t do this”? Nope. That’s just your brain screaming BS at you now. Creativity isn’t about being “good enough.” It’s about joy, process, and starting. Period.

 
 
 

“I’ve taken over 100 online art classes and retreats in the past 10 years. But wow — I never imagined a course could hit this hard. It blew my expectations out of the water by a light-year.”

Kimberly Owen, Texas

Questions I know you’re probably still whispering to yourself (because hey, wanting it this bad is also kinda scary, right?):

  • Didn’t we just cover this?

    Time is usually a cover-up. You have time — you just spend it scrolling, doubting, arguing with your inner control freak. That eats hours and gives you nada. Snatch some minutes back and boom: space for something that actually feeds you.

  • Congrats, you’re human.
    Perfectionism isn’t a disease. The only cure is: sit down and make something. Once you stop expecting miracles, the pressure fades and fun sneaks in.

  • If you can hold a pen and write a grocery list, you can do this. Creative Espresso isn’t about art school diplomas. It’s about messing around, experimenting, and playing.

  • So what. Quitting isn’t the end of the world — as long as you pick it back up again.
    Creative Espresso isn’t about never failing. It’s about falling, standing up, and carrying on.

    Pro tip: schedule your skip days. Built-in guilt relief.

  • Right after you sign up. Then every Friday at 7:00 AM — ping, new prompt in your inbox.

  • Immediately. Lifetime access, baby. Unless the internet collapses or aliens invade. Then we’ll all have bigger problems.

  • Today. Tomorrow. Christmas morning. You choose.

  • Hell yes. Fill in your details + theirs, pay, and boom: a gift that lasts way longer than a bottle of wine.

  • Your inbox doesn’t have a pause button. You do. Skip a few weeks, stash the emails, hop back in later. Zero judgment.

  • Nope — and honestly, you’ll love that. No forced homework, no awkward Zoom calls. Just you and your creativity.

  • Didn’t click? Send me an email within 7 days (hallo@marenthe.nl) and I’ll refund you. No questions, no drama.

  • Nope. This is the upgrade. Creative Espresso blends the best of Summer Art School 2023 + 2024 and turns it up a notch: sharper design, more polished prompts, fresh inspiration.

So, what do you say? Ready to roll?

Alright, no fluff 👇

🔥 Ditch that dusty sketchbook you’ve been using as a coaster.
🔥 50 weeks of inbox inspiration — tighter than your coffee routine.
🔥 A creative flow that finally shuts your perfectionist up.
🔥 A sketchbook bursting at the seams with your wild ideas.
🔥 More guts, fewer excuses.

Bottom line: you free your head, your heart gets oxygen, and your work finally breathes the value it deserves.

And yes — you want this. ☕🚀

 The end 🙃