Fine Art StudioWebsite DevelopmentMeta Ads

Colourscape Studio

We handled end-to-end digital growth for this Vadodara fine art practice by Rhea D'Souza, from a colour-led, gallery-first website to a Meta Ads engine. The strategy sells original paintings to collectors while consistently filling small-batch online painting courses.

Colourscape Studio fine art website homepage
Website: https://colourscapestudio.com/

5

Pages Built

100%

Responsive

5

Integrations

640+

Course Leads

₹38.40

CPL

1.4L+

Reach

The Journey

From Canvas to Full Course Batches

The Client

Colourscape Studio — a Vadodara-based fine art practice by Rhea D'Souza, built on creativity, femininity and storytelling through oil, acrylic and gouache paintings.

The Problem

The studio lived entirely on Instagram, with artwork sales and course enrolments handled through DMs. It needed a credible digital home that served both collectors and students, plus a reliable way to fill each course batch.

Phase 1: Website

Built a gallery-first, colour-led five page website with framed artwork previews, an artist story, a dedicated courses page, and WhatsApp-first commission enquiry paths.

Phase 2: Meta Ads

Launched full-funnel Meta campaigns using raw studio reels and finished artwork stills across Instagram and Facebook Reels and Feeds, with instant lead forms for course sign-ups.

The Outcome

640+ painting course leads at ₹38.40 CPL, 1.4L+ reach across Gujarat and metro India, and a steady enrolment pipeline feeding every new batch.

Phase 1

Website Development

Strategy & Approach

Playful Fine-Art Identity

A bright, feminine visual language — candy-pink navigation, warm multi-stop gradients and a bold italic display serif — mirroring the emotive, colour-led nature of Rhea's paintings.

Gallery-First Layout

The homepage reads like a curated exhibition: an editorial hero with framed artwork previews and medium/size captions, then story, gallery and course sections in natural viewing order.

Dual-Intent Conversion Path

Two equal-weight CTAs separate the audiences — View the gallery for collectors and Explore the courses for students — plus a persistent WhatsApp button for commissions.

Image Performance Tuning

Every artwork is served as optimized WebP with lazy loading and fixed aspect ratios, keeping colour fidelity high while the gallery stays fast on mobile data.

Responsive Design

The website is fully responsive with optimized layouts for mobile, tablet, and desktop devices.

Colourscape Studio desktop view
Colourscape Studio tablet view
Colourscape Studio mobile view

Mobile (<640px)

  • Single-column stacked hero
  • Full-width stacked CTAs
  • Two-up artwork gallery grid
  • Floating WhatsApp button

Tablet (640-1024px)

  • 2-column gallery and course grids
  • Larger display serif scale
  • Balanced hero with artwork pair
  • Compact sticky navigation

Desktop (>1024px)

  • Split hero: headline + artworks
  • Full navigation with WhatsApp CTA
  • Hover reveals on gallery cards
  • Decorative colour-dot accents

Deliverables

Pages Built

1

Home

Hero with featured artworks, about intro, and dual CTAs

2

About

Artist story of Rhea D'Souza, exhibitions, and practice

3

Gallery

Curated grid of oil, acrylic and gouache originals

4

Courses

Small-batch online painting courses with enrolment CTA

5

Contact

Commission enquiry form with WhatsApp routing

Tech Stack

React

Framework

TypeScript

Language

Tailwind CSS

Styling

Framer Motion

Animations

Vite

Build Tool

Responsive Design

Approach

Integrations

WhatsApp

Header CTA + floating enquiry button

Instagram

Artwork feed and social proof

Lead Form

Commission and course enquiry routing

Google Fonts

Display serif + geometric sans pairing

Analytics

Traffic and enquiry conversion tracking

Challenges & Solutions

Showing Colour Accurately On Every Screen

Problem

Paintings lose vibrancy when compressed, and the brand lives entirely on colour.

Solution

Exported artwork as high-quality WebP with per-image compression, neutral off-white surfaces around each frame, and no overlays on thumbnails.

Serving Collectors And Students On One Site

Problem

Buyers want to browse originals; learners want course details — a single CTA would lose half the traffic.

Solution

Two equal-weight gradient CTAs in the hero and separate Gallery and Courses navigation so each intent lands in one click.

Playful Without Losing Credibility

Problem

A bright pink, gradient-heavy palette can read as amateur for a fine-art practice.

Solution

Anchored the colour with a classical italic serif, generous whitespace, museum-style captions and an exhibition credentials strip.

Results

5

Pages Delivered

Home, About, Gallery, Courses and Contact

100%

Responsive

Mobile, tablet and desktop optimized

Fast Load

Performance

WebP artwork with lazy-loaded galleries

2

Revenue Paths

Original sales and course enrolments

Phase 2

Meta Ads Lead Generation

Performance Overview

₹24,576

Total Spend

₹38.40

Average CPL

₹6.85

Average CPC

1.42%

Average CTR

Campaign Strategy

Creative-Hobbyist Targeting

Women aged 22-45 across Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Surat and metro India with interests in painting, art supplies, DIY crafts and online learning.

Artist-Led Creative Strategy

Raw studio reels of Rhea painting plus finished artwork stills, paired with warm seasonal copy inviting viewers to join the oil and acrylic batches.

Retargeting Warm Art Lovers

Retargeted reel viewers, profile visitors and form openers with course details, batch size and enrolment deadline reminders.

Instant Form Optimization

Meta instant lead forms with qualifying questions to filter serious learners, plus weekly CPL tuning across placements and creatives.

Campaign Types

1

Awareness

Introduce the studio to art lovers

Reels / Video
2

Lead Generation

Collect course sign-ups via instant forms

Video / Image
3

Engagement

Build a warm audience of painters

Reels
4

Retargeting

Convert viewers into enrolments

Image / Video
Ad Placements

How Ads Appear Across Placements

Our ads were optimized for multiple Meta placements to maximize reach and engagement.

Instagram Reels ad preview

Instagram Reels

Full-screen vertical painting reel with a Sign up lead form CTA.

Instagram
Instagram Feed ad preview

Instagram Feed

In-feed course creative shown while scrolling the Instagram profile feed.

Instagram
Facebook Reels ad preview

Facebook Reels

Vertical video ad between Facebook Reels with instant form sign up.

Facebook
Facebook Reels ad preview

Facebook Reels

Overlay ad unit shown on top of organic Facebook Reels content.

Facebook
Facebook Feed ad preview

Facebook Feed

Native video ad in the main Facebook feed with a Sign up form.

Facebook

Campaign Results

1,40,000+

Total Reach

3,60,000+

Impressions

3,580+

Clicks

640+

Course Leads

Combined Impact

Before & After

BEFORE
  • Artwork and courses lived only on Instagram
  • Course batches filled slowly through DMs
  • No structured enquiry or enrolment funnel
  • Reach limited to existing followers
  • No paid campaigns or performance tracking
  • Inconsistent course messaging across posts
  • No credible home for collectors to browse originals
AFTER
  • Gallery-first website for originals and courses
  • 640+ course leads at ₹38.40 CPL
  • 1.4L+ reach across Gujarat and metro India
  • Instant lead forms feeding a clean enrolment flow
  • Full-funnel Reels, Feed and retargeting campaigns
  • Consistent, colour-led brand across web and ads
  • Two clear revenue paths: artwork sales and courses
Behind the Campaign

Balancing an Art Practice's Two Very Different Audiences

Rhea D'Souza's studio had built a genuine following on Instagram, but that following served two audiences with opposite intents: collectors evaluating originals for purchase, and prospective students trying to figure out whether a painting course was worth their time. A single DM-based process worked when volume was low, but it blurred both journeys together and made it hard to fill each new course batch predictably.

The website's first draft treated the gallery as the clear priority, since original artwork carried a higher price point. Once live, it became obvious that most visitor intent was actually course-related, so we rebalanced the homepage to give the courses page equal visual weight to the gallery, with its own dedicated CTA rather than being nested under a general 'learn more' link.

On the ads side, we started with polished, finished-painting stills, which performed fine but didn't fully convey Rhea's process, so we introduced raw studio reels showing works in progress. Those quickly became the stronger performers, and the campaign shifted toward a mix of process footage and finished pieces feeding an instant lead form built specifically for course sign-ups. Studios and creators with a similar two-track offering can see how our Meta Ads campaigns are built to serve both audiences without diluting either.

Key Takeaways

  • Separate the buying journey from the learning journey — one funnel cannot serve collectors and students equally.
  • Let observed visitor intent, not price point, decide which offer gets primary placement on the homepage.
  • Process footage outperformed finished-work stills for a creative practice built on craft.
  • An instant lead form dedicated to course enquiries removed the bottleneck of DM-based sign-ups.
  • A gallery-grade website gave the paid campaigns a credible destination to send traffic to.
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FAQs

Questions About This Project

Colourscape Studio is a Vadodara-based fine art practice by artist Rhea D'Souza, selling original oil, acrylic and gouache paintings and running small-batch online painting courses.

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