Water is life! It’s beautiful and it attracts us to it. Many artists want to paint dynamic water, but they're not sure how to approach it.  In this class, I provide step-by-step instructions to break it down.  You’ll learn how to how to see water like an artist by creating light, shadows, reflections, movement, surface texture, and depth in this up-close water scene.  We’ll cover brushwork, color mixing, and only use three colors!  Once you understand how to paint water you can bring your new skills to your future waterscapes with more confidence.  

The prickly pear cactus is one of my favorite plants.  They have such beautiful colors, wonderful fruit, and gorgeous shapes.  In this class, I'm going to show you how to paint this cactus step-by-step.  You'll learn to make a gradient background, create a lovely composition, mix vibrant colors, use loose brush strokes, and finally add special details to give the piece texture and personality. 

Let's brighten the mood with color and mark-making to create these light-hearted birds.  Relax and learn without the pressure to make things perfect.  These are make-believe birds, so there’s no need to worry about making them life-like or having the exact same colors as me.  You’re going to use your imagination as well as learn some acrylic painting techniques that you can use in your other art projects.  Learn sketching, form, underpainting, background, easy color mixing, and mark-making!  Now on Skillshare! 

In this quick acrylic painting lesson, I show you how to create a study of loosely painted red roses. Roses are classic flowers that you can paint by themselves or use to add beautiful embellishments to your other subjects.  This lesson covers background, linework, shape, form, layering, color, light and shadow.  Now on Skillshare! 

In this quick lesson, I show you how to create a loose, intuitive piece with no preconceived idea about where it will end up. Play with acrylic paint and collage to let go and allow different layers to show through.  Then top it off with a focal point for added interest.  This lesson covers collage texture, paper application, layering, transparent and opaque layers, composition techniques, and painting negative space.  No registration fee.  Donations appreciated.  

Many artists want to capture the beauty of the ocean, but it can be a little daunting if you don't know where to begin.  Do seascapes seem too complex to paint?  Have you tried in the past and got flat or distorted results?  Are you getting muddy colors or have trouble getting those gentle transitions?  If so, you might need help breaking it down into easy steps.

In this class, you'll find bite-sized video lessons that demystify painting the ocean.  Learn how to give your seascape depth with a quality foreground, midground, and background.  Understand how to mix paint for the nuance of sky, sea, and land.  Use brushwork to develop form and texture.  Get the right water textures on waves and foam.  Enjoy the relaxation that channeling a seascape will bring.  Bring amazing light and shadow into your artwork.  Create beauty that will connect more with your audience and potentially lead to sales.   

Every artist wants to capture colors, light, and shadow, but when it comes to mixing, maybe something is missing.  Are you getting muddy colors?  Do your paintings end up feeling flat?  Many people aren't sure how to start.  Instead of buying every tube of paint, (which won't work) it’s likely that you need more info and practice with color theory and mixing. 

This class includes 14 bite-sized video lessons and goes far beyond the color wheel.  Learn about primaries, secondaries, tertiaries, complimentary, and analogous colors, tinting, tones, shading, hues, earth tones, skin tones, how to mix grays without black, and how to pick your own unique palette so that you save money at the art store.    Stop guessing and join me so you can learn to mix any color you want!

I'm not a real artist... I don't have the time, space, talent, support, or supplies to make great art...  Sound familiar?  I've been there, and I know many curious artists can relate.  In this e-course, I'll share my time-tested secrets with you so that you can remove any barriers that prevent you from creating with authenticity.  By the end, you’ll have focus and a plan get started with your next series with confidence.  Plus, you'll know how to deal with that monkey on your back who wants to sabotage your practice.  This is perfect for people with all levels of experience.

Intuitive painting changed my life.  I learned how to let go, layer and express myself while stepping away from the fear of things not turning out perfectly.  The beauty that comes from this experience continues off the canvas, as well.  

I love Flora's approach to painting.    I would never steer you in a direction that I didn't believe in 100% percent.  

The Bloom True E-Course presents a groundbreaking, transformational approach to painting and living that celebrates intuition, connects body, mind, and spirit, and allows unique, expressive paintings to emerge naturally.