soulful abstracts
mixed media painting class
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Playing with mixed media abstracts gave you the freedom to explore your true personal voice as an artist?
You could create beautifully layered mixed media paintings that tell your stories and resonate deeply?
You explored your unique creative language: your colors, textures, symbols, compositions and the stories your soul longs to tell, all through the freeing and forgiving process of mixed media abstract painting?
Join me to connect with your true artistic self as you create beautiful, meaningful art that radiates with soul!
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When you hear "abstract art", what's the first thing that pops up in your mind? For many people...
Abstract art can feel a bit confusing (or a lot!). It can seem complicated, intellectual and hard to master. But it doesn’t have to be!
Imagine if you could learn how to layer color, composition, mark-making, and texture like magic…
Abstract art can seem random and meaningless, as though, it’s nothing more than blobs of paint!
But what if it allowed you to paint those deeper emotions that no images or words can fully express to create truly personal and unique art?
It can be hard to know where to start, what step to take next, or when a painting is truly ‘done’.
But abstract art allows you to throw out the rule book and be experimental, so you can find new confidence and trust your intuition!
The truth is, abstract art is a wonderfully freeing, forgiving and fun way to explore and grow as an artist (and learn about yourself!) by discovering your inner voice and learning to express it in beautiful, magical ways.
“There are no words, only paint brushes, canvas and creating to express my gratitude for Soulful Abstracts. Laly is not only a gifted artist, but an intuitive teacher... she not only teaches her process — but moreso, a way to look and be in the world. Simply beautiful.”
“Laly, I cannot emphasize enough how much I love and enjoy your course. It really is very special, because you not only teach us lots of new techniques, but also give us many ideas to embellish our creative surroundings, our lives. All these little things make me so happy.”
Over 18 hours of video lessons. You will feel like you are right here with me in the studio as I create and explain every little detail of what I do!
Structured lessons that build upon each other to grow your skills & confidence.
Creative tips & activities to unlock inspiration and paint from your inner soul.
Curated inspiration for each lesson, with hundreds of images organized by theme on Pinterest.
All about my favorite mixed media art supplies + tips on how to use them creatively!
Lots of warm-up activities & projects to explore your art language: color, mark-making, texture, composition, symbols and more.
Eight painting projects. You will end up with a whole body of work as we paint:
4 series of small artworks
4 larger paintings on canvas / panel
A beautiful classroom with private community forum to enjoy the lessons, ask me questions, post your photos & connect with fellow participants, all in one place (no need to be on Facebook)
An optional student group on Facebook to make friends and keep the conversation going!
The class is in English and closed captions are available on all videos.
In total, Soulful Abstracts has over 18 hours of high-quality video lessons, a whole variety of creative activities and 8 step-by-step art projects. I show and explain everything in detail, and I encourage you to make the process yours and work with what you’ve got. If you've ever taken a class with me, you know I like to keep it clear and super inspiring!
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✔️ Self-paced Online Art Class ✔️ Instant, Lifetime Access ✔️ Private Community Forum
With more than 18 hours of video lessons, you’ll be right here with me in the studio as I create authentic paintings and explain every little detail of what I do and why!
Self-discovery is where it all begins! In the first part of the class, you’ll be guided to explore your artistic personality and make your space so inspiring.
A beautiful, guided meditation will help you connect with your inner artist and will lay the groundwork to uncover your art language in Part 2.
I’ll guide you to:
Bring your inner artist to light through a meditation exercise with visual cues.
Set up your space in a way that nurtures your creative soul.
Take a look within to uncover the stories you long to tell through your art.
Find personal sources of inspiration with journaling, an inspiration board to hang in your space, and Pinterest boards too!
Explore the possibilities of your art supplies to warm up your creative muscles.
Dedicate a journal to your artsy experiments.
The second part of the class is designed to help you uncover your own artistic style and voice, so everything you paint will be a reflection of you!
Through four very rich workshops, you’ll experiment with Color, Mark-making, Texture and Composition. Each workshop includes plenty of playful exercises to explore each topic, followed by a series of mini studies to practice your discoveries and create a whole body of artworks!
I’ll guide you to:
play with color, mark-making, texture and composition in new & exciting ways.
explore and experiment with plenty of techniques in your journal.
create a series of mini paintings for each theme! Working in a series is one of the best ways to learn and improve your skills. You’ll see!
Let's take a deeper look into each of the four themes and how they each play their part in revealing your true artist’s heart.
Part 2
Color is just pure, beautiful energy and it resonates with us so deeply. It’s all about emotion, mood and atmosphere. You’ll quickly realize that there are colors, and color combinations that you’ll love, and others you just won’t be able to stand!
This “gut feeling” is your best bet when it comes to uncovering your personal color palette, the one that instantly feels like home to your soul. So this is what we’re going to start with!
Discover your “soul palette” with:
PLAYFUL EXPERIMENTS
Using your inspiration board from Part 1 as a starting point, it’s time to explore your personal colors! I’ll also share my best tips about color mixing and plenty of ideas to find inspiration and color combinations that you love.
MINI SERIES
A fun way to gently expand your comfort zone is to “borrow” a color palette! This is a great opportunity to be a little more daring, make friends with colors you don’t often use and see how you can invite them into your art.
Part 2
Mark-making is such an important element of art, and abstract art in particular! Your marks convey so much of your energy and your personality. They’re as unique as your fingerprints! That’s why mark-making is a key element when it comes to expressing your artistic voice and your personal style.
Get ready to get messy because this lesson is chock-full of fun activities for you to explore and uncover YOUR marks.
Unleash your unique style with:
PLAYFUL EXPERIMENTS
Working both in your journal and on large sheets of paper to have plenty of room, you’re going to end up with a whole variety of materials to use in your paintings! Explore different mark-making techniques with tools found in nature or around the house, and broaden your horizon by using your own handwriting, collage, printed text, symbols and personal imagery!
MINI SERIES
Let’s take the next step! I’ll show you how to combine all the materials you’ve gathered into a series of evocative mini abstracts. You’ll learn to create layers upon layers that bring together the spontaneous marks from the previous experiments, symbolic shapes, text, color and even a piece of photography!
Part 2
Touch is all about connection. When you add texture to your painting, you bring the viewer in, evoking a powerful desire to reach out and touch the dimensional surface.
Plus, playing with textured materials and getting messy is just so much fun! Get ready to experiment with plenty of dimensional effects like stencils, collage, fiber and more!
Have fun getting messy with:
PLAYFUL EXPERIMENTS
Put on your apron and experiment with plenty of yummy techniques to build up highly textured backgrounds. Then let color run over the surface and watch how it magically reveals all the beautiful layers…
MINI SERIES
Delight in the making of a delicious little series with a “touchable”, organic feel. Working with a neutral color palette will allow your textures to reveal all their subtle beauty.
Part 2
If you think of color, marks and texture as the "words" of your art language, then you can think of composition as the story-telling part of the process…
And it doesn’t have to be complicated! What if I told you that the “rules” of art are only tips and tools to help you express yourself?
Take your art to the next level with:
PLAYFUL EXPERIMENTS
Let’s demystify the “rules” of art so they can become truly helpful (instead of scary!) and learn my best tips to use them whenever you get stuck. As you explore the various types of composition that you could use in your paintings, discover which ones you’re naturally drawn to so they can become a part of your style!
MINI SERIES
I’ll guide you to create a large, layered background, then find “accidental” abstracts within it and cut them out into smaller artworks. As you build dreamy layers on top, each one will become a unique painting! You’ll also see what happens when I get stuck (we all do!), and how to move forward by using the “rules” as helpful guides.
Now, it’s time to take everything you’ve discovered and create poetic paintings that tell your stories, carry your intentions and radiate with soul.
In this final part of the class, you’ll find 4 unique painting projects:
Three in-depth painting lessons
Plus a shorter bonus lesson
Each one is a journey in itself, where you will use different and beautiful mixed media techniques! I’ll guide you to uncover your personal themes and symbols, tap into your intuition and unveil the stories your soul longs to tell. All the way to finding titles for your art!
When I share the making of a painting from start to finish, it's more than a lesson, because I want you to feel like you're right next to me in the studio, experiencing my authentic process in the moment, artist to artist.
Follow along as I show you where I find inspiration, the moments when I get stuck, the happy accidents and every little detail of what happens on the canvas, and in my heart.
Part 3 - project 1
Start by choosing a personal intention and let it guide you as you create an imaginary, abstract landscape with layer upon layer of collage, paint, ink and even words.
Then bring it all together with a waxy, translucent veil of acrylic: this “faux encaustic” technique gives such a magical, ethereal finish.
Part 3 - project 2
Put on your artist glasses and start by looking for interesting aged surfaces in your surroundings as inspiration!.
Then, I’ll show you how to create magical layers to create the shabby, weathered look of an ancient wall: get ready to play with vintage prints, peeled paper, crackle paste and gesso among other delicious and fun techniques!
Bonus: This lesson includes a printable set of vintage papers that I’ve scanned for you from my personal collection!
Part 3 - project 3
What if you started by exploring your stories and played with title ideas even before you begin your painting?
I’ll show you different ways to invite themes and ideas to unfold, then you’ll create a set of dimensional artworks that incorporate layers of meaning with a personal photograph, found objects and cut-out words.
As a finishing touch, you’ll be able to float-mount your paintings with simple and beautifully weathered wooden frames to give them even more dimension.
Part 3 - bonus lesson!
This shorter bonus project is all about celebrating a story or a memory that’s dear to your heart, and creating a dreamy feel while relying on the structure of a grid for your composition.
As you watch me create a painting that honors my artist soul and my beginner self, I invite you to do the same and fully embrace the artist in YOU!
“There are no words, only paint brushes, canvas and creating to express my gratitude for Soulful Abstracts. Laly is not only a gifted artist, but an intuitive teacher... she not only teaches her process — but moreso, a way to look and be in the world. Simply beautiful.”
“I’ve discovered so much about me and who I want to be on my canvas. Laly, I committed this year to being my “student” year and being a student to art to really find myself. I’ve done several online classes but you, my dearest soul, have taken me on a journey to uncover my soul, my colour, my signature. I wanted to let you know how much you have unravelled my mess and led me to a new path of possibility. Thank you!”
Here is a list of suggested supplies for the class.
Be sure to use the materials you’ve already got and already love! This too will help you make your art unique and true to YOU.
Substrates:
Stretched canvases and/or wood panels
A sketchbook/art journal and/or loose sheets of paper
Heavy watercolor paper cut into small squares.
Masking tape and a wooden board to tape your mini series
Basic tools:
A few paint brushes including a flat one for collage
Other painting tools like a palette knife, plastic card, brayer…
Some mark-making tools like bubble wrap, stencils & stamps
Mixed media materials:
Matte gel medium
White Gesso
Acrylic paints in colors of your choice
Pens and pencils of your choice
Assorted papers for collage: tissue, old books, sheet music, magazines, photographs…
Textured materials: scraps of fabric, lace, cardboard, plaster gauze…
A few small found objects: washers, buttons, feathers etc
Other materials I use in the class:
Inks: Acrylic inks, India ink, alcohol inks and even instant coffee!
Water-soluble pencils or crayons like Neocolor 2 and Stabilo All
Permanent pens & paint markers
Scissors
Sponge
Spray bottle
Craft heat gun to speed up drying
Inside the class, you’ll find more detailed list with links, as well as a demo of mixed media art supplies where I show you a variety of options, so you can get a chance to work with tools and materials you already have.
As a gift, you’ll also find a printable set of vintage papers that I’ve scanned for you from my personal collection!
“I’ve have loved every class of Laly’s that I’ve taken but Soulful Abstracts was outstanding. Loved every minute of it. By the last project, I was dreading the end, but also looking forward to whatever it led me to. Thank you, Laly, for the amount of detail you put into this class. I can’t measure the impact I got out of it. You are the best.”
“This is such an amazing course in terms of content. Laly teaches us so many ways to create abstract art- something that has been a great fear for me for many years. Now, I am loving what I’m creating and while some are better than others, nothing beats the satisfaction of making something beautiful from nothing more than what’s inside us; our thoughts, feelings, intentions. It’s truly a revelation.”
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From the students
“Thank you, thank you, Laly. What a BEAUTIFUL COURSE!!! Every moment filled my heart and I know I will watch it over and over. I don’t know if I’ll ever be good at abstract but I learned so much about textures and mediums, my paintings will only be better for the experience.”
“Soulful Abstracts is going really deep for me, slowly getting through the lessons is like my sweetest moments of life… ”
“As I have followed each of all your courses online I can tell I feel so confident and happy, for I know this is not only an art class but a real journey in an arty land that will again take me to the best of myself in a joyful and peaceful way.”
“Soulful Abstracts was such a wonderful course: not only learning new techniques, but also discovering more about my own inner soul. It felt like a journey in an unknown fascinating land. Not traveling alone, but in your inspiring company, Laly. Soulful Abstracts was my first course with you, and now that it is finished, I am already longing for the next journey!”
“I took this class a on its first outing and still keep learning from it. Laly’s way of thinking encourages you to find what works for you while giving you a starting place. You will really enjoy the class and the other students!”
“This class continues to inspire me and uplift my spirits. Every time I hear that intro music, I perk right up! I’m just starting my Abstract Story series, and I’m STILL excited!! You are such a fantastic teacher! Thanks for everything you do!”
“I’ve have loved every class of Laly’s that I’ve taken but Soulful Abstracts was outstanding. Loved every minute of it. By the last project, I was dreading the end, but also looking forward to whatever it led me to. Thank you, Laly, for the amount of detail you put into this class. I can’t measure the impact I got out of it. You are the best.”
“So happy I took this class. Not only am I now really connected to my OWN art symbols... this class has also helped me organize all “my art stuff”... from the inside out! I have more of a handle on all my collections with great insight on how to incorporate and finally use them in my art.”
“I am so excited to dive into another one of Laly’s classes. I’ve learned so much most of all listening to my own inner guidance and intuition, excited to try some new techniques and build a body of my work, express myself and connect to my soul.”
“I thought you should know, that of all the teachers I have learned from, both online and in person, you are at the top. Totally love your teaching style and the depth of your courses. The last one on abstracts was shear brilliance. So thorough and professional - loved every exercise and learned so much. ”
“I love this workshop. The original video Laly posted caught my attention and I was lucky enough to get a seat in round two. This was the best investment for myself to get back into my art that I could have made.”
your guide for this creative journey
I wasn't always an artist. It wasn’t until my early thirties that I discovered the magic of mixed media painting.
I quickly realized there’s so much joy to be found in expressing ourselves freely in an abstract way, and it’s such a forgiving process too: you don't need to know how to draw, you don't need to master a particular technique… all you need is to embrace playfulness!
Abstract mixed media is incredibly liberating. There are no rules! From simply including a more abstract quality to a background, to semi-abstract art like abstract landscapes, all the way to completely abstract, expressive paintings. It's all allowed!
Ready to follow what feels good to YOU?
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