The Texture Lab
A creative painting membership for texture-loving artists
A cosy and creative home for texture lovers
A calm, layered place to explore texture and keep creating
For artists who love building layers, scraping paint, adding marks, and discovering what appears underneath.
The Texture Lab is my monthly creative membership for artists who want to explore texture in a calm, inspiring, and supportive way.
We work with cold wax and oils, but also acrylics, mixed media, collage, mark-making, and layered materials because texture is about curiosity, not one product.
Join the waitlist to hear first when doors open and to receive the Founding Member price.
What’s inside?
What’s inside The Texture Lab?
A growing creative library full of projects, colour, techniques, inspiration, and support so you always have something beautiful to return to.
Monthly Texture Magazine
Your monthly creative guide with inspiration, prompts, colour ideas, material experiments, student work and a gentle plan to keep you painting.
Monthly Creative Project
A fresh way to begin each month, sometimes a playful Creative Spark, sometimes a guided mini lesson or new technique to try. No pressure, just a lovely place to start painting.
Lab Sheets & PDFs
Simple studio-friendly PDFs with the monthly palette, materials, steps and reflection prompts, so you can take them straight to your painting table.
The Material Lab
Short experiments with paints, mediums, tools, surfaces and texture effects, so you can explore new possibilities without needing to create a finished painting.
Full & Mini Classes
Go deeper with focused mini classes and selected full classes that connect beautifully with the monthly theme.
Community & Support
A warm place to share, connect, and reach out to me directly when you need feedback or help getting unstuck.
This is for you if...
You want your creative practice to feel more inspiring and less overwhelming
No pressure. No falling behind. Just a calm space to explore, experiment, and keep painting.
Join the waitlist to hear first when doors open and to receive the Founding Member price.
Meet your teacher
I’m Marina, and I’ll guide you on your creative painting journey
I’m deeply passionate about painting with cold wax, especially in oils, and I also love exploring texture through acrylics, mixed media, collage, mark-making, and layered materials.
I created The Texture Lab as a calm, encouraging space where we can paint, experiment, and keep growing together, one layer at a time.
And when you feel unsure, stuck, or in need of feedback on a work in progress, you can reach out to me directly.
My mantra is: explore, experiment, and play.
Everything inside is designed to feel calm, doable, and inspiring. No pressure, just space to enjoy the process.
Why did I create The Texture Lab?
I’ve been creating classes for years, and while I love it, I started to miss something…
The connection. The moment where I can see how someone is progressing, where they get stuck, and where they need a bit of encouragement to keep going.
I do receive emails and works in progress, but I know that many people are painting on their own. And I don’t love that thought, because this way of painting, with layers and texture, takes time to understand.
It’s easy to feel unsure, to get stuck, or to stop too soon.
I found myself really craving that feeling of being in the studio together, sharing the process, encouraging each other, and growing step by step.
And that’s exactly why I’m creating The Texture Lab.
Choose Your Plan
All three levels include full access to The Texture Lab and everything new each month — choose the one that fits you best.
Join the waitlist to hear first when doors open, and to receive the Founding Member price.
STUDIO MEMBERS
$19
per month
or $190/year · save 2 months
Unlimited access to every Mini Class. Cancel anytime.
GOLD
$25
per month
or $250/year · save 2 months
Everything Studio Members get, plus every Full Class in the catalog.
INNER CIRCLE
$80
per month
or $800/year · save 2 months
Everything in Gold, plus 1 hour of private 1-on-1 with Marina each month.
A few questions before you join
Just in case you are wondering...
Ready to Join?
Join the waitlist and be the first to know when doors open for The Texture Lab.
The waitlist will also receive the special Founding Member price.
The Texture Lab
by Marina Teding van Berkhout
