Painting classes & drawing classes:
Abstract, collage, mixed media, gelli plate printing, sketchbooking
Learn to paint or draw from the comfort of your home!
Painting and drawing are a wonderful ways to express yourself, especially in challenging times. It can help you to bring balance in your life, overcome issues, get out of your head and mind and meet some new or tucked away parts of your soul. And of course it’s big fun!
Brave Art Academy & Carla Sonheim Presents
We are excited and honoured to have an exclusive partnership with Carla Sonheim Presents: Online Art Classes! We are licensing their wonderful classes for students living outside the US and Canada. You are now able to access these classes on Brave Art Academy. Students living in the US and Canada can purchase them on carlasonheim.com. Luz’ classes are available for everyone!
Flowers & Patterns
with Luz
In collaboration with Carla Sonheim Presents
Paint your favourite flower in a playful way and integrate
nature-inspired patterns into your work! This class is a perfect mix of studying a flower of your choice and playing around. That flower will be the eye catcher of your painting, surrounded by a beautiful decorated & patterned background. Available in English or Dutch version.
Price:
USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Patterned Patchwork Collages with Luz
In this class we’ll create a collage with a quilted touch using mini pattern designs. You can use any substrate you like, I’ll be working in a large art journal. Learn to trust your intuition & play around!
Price: USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Everything Jane Davies!
*** A Yearlong Class in 2026 ***
We are so thrilled to have Jane Davies lead us through the year and share all her methods and processes. She brings so much to her work from her expertise with color and design to her confidence to trust her instincts. We know this will be a very special year for you!
Recorded video, live Zoom sessions (20:00 European Time!) and forever access
Price: USD 198 / EUR 209 (VAT)
Dream Bubbles, Scrappy Blablahs & More!
With Julie Liger-Belair
We’ll be exploring collage on paper and wood using different techniques. Once we’ve sourced and created our collage papers, we’ll begin with “Scrappy Blablahs” — fun little characters made from the scraps in your studio and great creative warm-ups. From there we will move on to “Dream Bubbles” where we add more sophistication, story and paint!
Price: USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
The Joy of Collage
with Lynn Whipple
Like the title says, this class is all about making art from a place of passion and love…and some great techniques. Lynn Whipple shares her special process for bringing together found collage, painting, and drawing into a meaningful and unified pieces. This class (and Lynn) is a bright light for any mixed-media artist!
USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Bloemen & Patronen
In samenwerking met
Carla Sonheim Presents
Schilder op een speelse manier je lievelingsbloem en integreer op de natuur geïnspireerde patronen in je werk! Nederlandstalig.
Prijs: EUR 65 (BTW)
Intuitive Portraits
with Luz
In this course, we’ll work from an inner image or something that emerges on the spot, rather than using reference material. I encourage you to practice seeing “something” in the stains of paint against a vague background. Also available in Dutch!
Subtitles available in
EN, DE, ES, FR & NL
USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Mixed Media Mini Books
with Luz
Capture your world in an artistic booklet!
This class is highly recommended for anyone who wants to make a special experience tangible, to have a lasting memory of it. Creating a mini book is one of the most inspiring art activities that I know and many students enjoyed this process agreed. So, I am happy to have this class online finally! – Luz
Pre-recorded video class
Price: USD 45 / EUR 45 (VAT)
Collage
with Sarajo Frieden
Sarajo’s work is full of color and wonder and in this class she shares her techniques, love for the materials and joy in the process! We will experiment with different mediums and employ a variety of methodologies—painting, cut outs, juxtaposition—to incorporate chance and surprise into a larger collage piece!
USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Painting
with Junko Yamamoto
Junko Yamamato is a very accomplished conceptual artist and painter. She is also a delightfully warm and generous teacher. In this class she takes us step by step through her process of using brushes, squeeze bottles, brayers and stencils to create a large painting full of depth, color and discovery. We are grateful to have her working with us!
Price: USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Playful Garden: The Acrylic Techniques of Fred Lisaius
Fred Lisaius is well known for his magical acrylic paintings of nature but he is also an incredible teacher with decades of experience. His demonstrations are the best! They are filled with technique and insight…it’s inspiring (and entertaining) just to watch him work. This is a class for all levels.
USD 49 / EUR 50 (VAT)
Watercolor Workshop
with Anita Lehmann
Painting with watercolor has its challenges and in this class Anita shares her “cut-to-the-chase” techniques for making vibrant and expressive pieces. Bonus: a Special live Zoom session recording!
Price:
USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Ink! Drawing with
Michèle Landsaat
We just love Michele’s thoughtful and joyous approach to everything she does. In this class she introduces us to a new way to draw and create narrative images in ink using a variety of unusual tools. Don’t miss this one!
Price: USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Ink Blots & Collage:
Mixed-Media Illustration
In this fun and inspiring class with Karen Stanton we will use collage (with both found- and handmade materials) to create several mixed-media illustrations.
Initial “live” class dates: July 15-24, 2025
USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Sketchbooking
with Lewis Rossignol
+ ZOOM recording from the Rerun Session in June 2026
Artist and Illustrator Lewis Rossignol shares his thoughts, techniques and (most importantly) his spirit of experimentation about the intimate practice of working in a personal sketchbook.
USD 49 / EUR 50 (VAT)
Seeded Notebook
with Henrik Drescher
In this class we’re going to build a ‘Seeded’ Notebook,’ which is a handmade book that you create by using your own drawings and flotsam and jetsam that you collect. We start with large sheets of randomly collaged paper, cut them up, bind them and then “work into” each spread with mixed media.
USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Big Bold Bloom Wild Painting!
with Lynn Whipple
Are you ready to work large and loose with lots freedom and color? Lynn Whipple takes you on a playful and layered approach to painting and drawing that embraces your wild side using acrylics, charcoal and chalk on canvases both small and big!
Price: USD 140 / EUR 149 (VAT)
Big Bold Bloom Wild Painting 2
with Lynn Whipple
Discover new ways to go big! Carrying on in the exuberant spirit of instructor Lynn Whipple’s class Big Bold Bloom Wild Painting (not a prerequisite!), you’ll play with fresh techniques and layers of color and texture as you create larger and larger flower paintings that express your own individual sense of joy.
USD 140 / EUR 149 (VAT)
Wordplay Painting
with Lynn Whipple
In this exciting class, Lynn Whipple demonstrates how to bring words into all your work. You’ll create several works using poetry, personal handwriting, found words and even things like lists. Lynn is as fun and inventive as ever as she shares her exercises, prompts and techniques.
USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Making Faces
with Lynn Whipple
In this class, Lynn Whipple takes on this traditional subject matter—the human face—from a fresh contemporary angle using line, shape, color and mark that will infuse your art practice with fresh and new ideas.
Price: USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
The Essence of Still Life
with Lynn Whipple
Lynn Whipple takes a fresh and contemporary approach to a traditional subject matter—the still life. You’ll create 4 paintings on wood panels. Lines, interesting shapes, new ways to cover and uncover color, abstraction, mark making and poetic editing are a few of the key elements you will explore.
USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Collage
with Carla Sonheim
In these six lessons from Year of the Collage, we are going to do all kinds of different and fun things like make moon paper, packing tape figures, my-house-dollhouse collages and more. This is a jam-packed two weeks of collage fun!
USD 49 / EUR 50 (VAT)
The Collage Techniques
of Anne Marie Grgich
Visionary Anne Marie Grgich generously shares her lifelong passion for making art. In this nine-lesson class you will learn step-by-step the Grgich technique as she demonstrates mixed-media elements of ornamentation, printing, drawing, painting and cold wax treatment.
Price: USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
The Painting Techniques of Anne Marie Grgich (Portraits)
Work on six paintings in a fun frenzy using all manner of mixed media with internationally recognized Outsider Artist Anne Marie Grgich as she shares her approach to mixed-media painting. Anne demonstrates that creating expressive portraits is accessible to anyone.
USD 72/ EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Creative Printmaking 1
with Anita Lehmann
Once again Anita has come up with a great class that makes monotype printmaking accessible to anyone. She combines her clear instruction with her wonderful aesthetic in a technique-filled, fun class.
USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Creative Printmaking 2
with Anita Lehmann
Anita has a talent for making any mixed media process accessible and this class continues the fun from her first printmaking class (which isn’t a prerequisite). Learn drypoint, collagraph and much more! No press required!
Price: USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Mixed-Media Fantasy Illustration With Christina Romeo
Jump headfirst into a whimsical, narrative-driven world of watercolor illustration! This class will guide you through techniques to create captivating characters and surreal scenes using a variety of materials, embracing the joy of intuitive imperfections.
Price: USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Paint Landscapes
with the Palette Knife
Have you always dreamed to create a painting with thick layers, a lot of texture and beautiful colour transitions? This class is made for you!
Price:
USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Translating Landscape
with Anita Lehmann
The landscape is a perfect way of exploring the elements that are integral to making meaningful work: line, value, color, shape, edges, composition. In this 6-lesson class we will work at finding our unique mark, learning and reinforcing design concepts and make some powerful paintings.
USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
7 Essentials
with Anita Lehmann
The Studio Practice of Anita Lehmann
What makes a successful (and fun) art practice? Anita shares 7 of the core essentials that help her to be free, focused, energized and prolific in her mixed-media work. This is an art buffet for all!
Price: USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Beauty of Composition
with Anita Lehmann
Composition is a beautiful thing in and of itself. In this class Anita Lehmann presents the concepts of design in a fresh and exciting way, not as a set of rules but as an elegant language.
Students will work with a fun variety of media and techniques.
Price: USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Art Zines
with Erika Rier
Learn how to plan, create and assemble fine-art zines. Erika Rier has been making zines for her whole career, and in this new class she shares her process for putting these unique artist books together.
Price:
USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Doing More with
your Gelli® Plate
with Carla Sonheim
This class is about having fun at the intersection of accident and intent! Create finished art along with a bound Artist Book while exploring some new ways to use your Gelli® Plate
Price: USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Mini Artist Books
with Michèle Landsaat
Michèle creates beautiful worlds and stories with her work in printmaking and etching, and in this class she brings that magic to us in the form of little art books. She helps us find our own narratives and shares her techniques for creating pages and assembling three mini artist books.
Price: USD 49 / EUR 50 (VAT)
The Visual Sentence
with Jane Davies
Discover a fresh approach to art when you remove the boundaries of the ‘canvas’, or substrate. An inspiring class with Jane Davies, who thinks of this process as stringing together little gems of visual yummies like words in a sentence!
Price: USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Carla’s 2025
Art Club
Carla’s special Art Adventure in 2025. Watch our yearlong community by sharing & working together. We hope you can join us for revisiting two monthly Recorded Zoom gatherings held in 2025 to share and grow. Plus a ton of Downloadable PDFs!
Price: USD 120 / EUR 130 (VAT)
Pattern Playing
In the mixed-media painting class ‘Pattern Playing’ you will work with acrylic paint and mixed media materials. Design patterns on paper and incorporate them into an abstract painting!
Price:
USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Patronenparadijs
In de mixed-media schildercursus ‘Patronenparadijs’ werk je met acrylverf en mixed media materialen. Ontwerp patronen op papier en verwerk ze in een prachtig abstract schilderij! Nederlandstalig.
Price:
EUR 79,50 (BTW)
Drawing with Aris Moore: Transparency Books
In this class you will create a multi-faceted and layered book made with transparent paper. Being able to see through the pages will create playful and thoughtful conversations and interactions between characters, shapes and imagery.
Price: USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Portraits with Aris Moore: Drawing & Collage
In this class you will create a series of portraits that are inspired by and comprised of found images, collage and drawing, These will not be your typical portraits based on creating a likeness through observation… they will instead be based on creating emotion through play and reflection.
Price: USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Forget Everything You Know
& Draw Like a Child!
Did you make art before you knew any of rules? “Kids Art is Cool” and Lewis has made it his mission to get back to the purity and fun of color and mark. This class will help you find that intutition and freedom you already have inside you!
Price: USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Portraits with Lewis Rossignol
Artist and Illustrator Lewis Rossignol shares his process for making simple and amazing portraits. This is a laid-back approach to creating images that capture likenesses, and Lewis does it in a fun way using well-known faces as his references. A recommended class for all mixed-media artists!
Price: USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Urban Sketchbooking with Lewis Rossignol
In this class Lewis brings his easy, relaxed style to urban landscapes. Working exclusively in sketchbooks, he walks us through his basic steps from line to color and breaking all the rules…. a very enjoyable class!
Price: USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Mixed Media Painting with Lewis Rossignol
This will be our 4th class with Lewis and he is definitely one of our most popular teachers. In this class he brings his freedom, imagination and wonderfully unique style to some larger, colorful acrylic paintings. He makes it look easy because it is!
Price: USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Fantasy Flowers
In the mixed-media painting class ‘Fantasy Flowers’ you will learn tips & tricks to make a flower painting with acrylic paint and mixed media techniques!
Price:
USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Fantasiebloemen
In de mixed-media schildercursus ‘Fantasiebloemen’ leer je tips & trucs om een bloemenschilderij te maken met acrylverf en gemengde technieken! Nederlandstalig.
Prijs:
EUR 95 (incl BTW)
Mixed Media Angels
In the mixed-media painting class ‘Angels’ you’ll bring your magical angel to life in a gorgeous mixed-media painting!
Price:
USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Mixed Media Engelen
In de mixed-media schildercursus ‘Engelen’ breng je jouw magische engel tot leven in een schitterend mixed-media schilderij! Nederlandstalig.
Prijs:
EUR 65 (incl BTW)
Fabuluz Flower Fields
In the landscape & flowers painting class ‘Fabuluz Flower Fields ‘ you’ll learn how to paint the flower field of your dreams, using acrylics and inks!
Price:
USD 72 / EUR 79,50 (VAT)
Buttonhole Stitch Journal
with Bari Zaki
Discover the art and tactile pleasure of bookbinding. Bari Zaki introduces you to an accessible technique where you fold, sew, decorate and complete your own handmade book. The organic style of the buttonhole stitch method creates a naturally beautiful object that works well as a sketchbook, photo album or journal.
Price: USD 49 / EUR 50 (VAT)
The Joy of Drawing Patterns
In this class you will get to know the meditative and very addictive process of drawing gorgeous patterns!
Price: USD 35 / EUR 35 (VAT)
Vintage Book Collage
with Hollie Chastain
Do you have a collection of old books that are ready for a new life? In this fun class Hollie Chastain shows us how to take a vintage book—preferably one with some markings already embedded in the covers somehow—and turn it into a story, shrine or abstract design using a whole bunch of mixed-media techniques including paper weaving, embroidery, paper scaling and cutting, and more.
Price: USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Anything Goes!
A Mixed-Media Notebook Practice
With Kara Kramer &
Carla Sonheim
What if you just opened up a notebook to a random page every day and just let yourself go? In this Live Zoom class, Carla and Kara will give you prompts and inspiration in their own distinct styles to help you refine and enjoy your own.
4 Recorded Zoom Sessions, Creativity Prompts & Email Inspiration
Price: USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Beginning Animation
with Stefan Gruber
If you have ever wanted to bring motion into your art, this class is an opportunity to learn the basics of animation from a true creator of expressive films! Stefan Gruber is wonderful and will walk us through the basics of designing and building a simple animation. An iPad with Procreate is required.
USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Art Journaling
An Introduction to
Art Journaling
This is the first part of a series of classes on art journaling. Would you like to start your own art book, but you don’t know how? Do you find it difficult to set up a page? Or do you just want to have more inspiration and get and keep your creative process going? Then this is the perfect class for you!
Price: USD 35 / EUR 35 (VAT)
Een Introductie tot
Art Journaling
Dit is het eerste deel van een serie lessen over art journaling. Zou je willen starten met een eigen kunstboek, maar weet je niet hoe? Vind je het lastig om een pagina op te zetten? Of wil je gewoon meer inspiratie hebben en je creatieve proces op gang krijgen en houden? Dan is dit de perfecte cursus voor jou!
Prijs: EUR 35 (incl BTW)
Art Journaling:
Fairy Tales
In the second part of a series of classes about art journaling, I’ll take you with me in the enchanting world of fairy tales. The course was recorded on an idyllic location, near a lake in Sweden. In the video lessons, we dive deep into your chosen fairy tale. What is its symbolism? Can you make a link with your own life? And of course: How do you sketch, illustrate and paint this in your book? I work out the fairy tale ‘Mother Hulda’ and show you step by step my entire journey. Join me on this journey!
Price: USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Art Journaling:
Sprookjes
In het tweede deel van de serie lessen over art journaling neem ik je mee in de wondere wereld van sprookjes. De cursus is op een sprookjesachtige locatie opgenomen, aan een meer in Zweden. In de videolessen duiken we diep in jouw uitgekozen sprookje. Wat is de symboliek ervan? Hoe kun je een link leggen met je eigen leven? En natuurlijk: Hoe schets, illustreer en schilder je dit in je boek? Ik werk het sprookje ‘Vrouw Holle’ uit en laat je stap voor stap mijn hele reis zien. Ga je mee op ontdekkingstocht?
Prijs: EUR 65 (incl BTW)
Art Journaling:
Discoveries
In the third part of the series of lessons on art journaling, you will explore a location of your choice. You will look for interesting objects to draw and collect in your art journal. You catch what you find so special about this place. In this class you will not only practice your drawing and painting skills, you will also train your eyes! You develop a new way of perceiving, in which you suddenly notice everything.
Price: USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Art Journaling:
Vondsten
In het derde deel van de serie lessen over art journaling ga je op ontdekkingstocht op een door jou gekozen locatie. Je gaat op zoek naar interessante voorwerpen om te tekenen en te verzamelen in je art journal. Wat geeft het beste weer wat jij zo bijzonder vindt aan deze plek? In deze cursus oefen je niet alleen je teken- en schildervaardigheden, ook train je je ogen! Je ontwikkelt een nieuwe manier van waarnemen, waarbij jou ineens van alles opvalt.
Prijs: EUR 65 (incl. BTW))
Art Journaling:
Weave & Unravel
In the fourth part of the series of lessons on art journaling you will work with scraps of fabric, wool, threads, ribbons and much more. What is the common thread? Which mysteries will you unravel? How do you process used materials and create something completely new out of these and make it your own? Are you going to embroider, weave or sew or are you going to stick a piece of fabric with gel medium? I show you all kinds of ways to brighten up your art journal. Textile is a great addition, especially to pages with burlap or canvas. And of course you will also work with acrylic paint and mixed-media materials. Highly recommended for those who want to pull out all the stops!
Price: USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Art Journaling:
Weven & Ontrafelen
In het vierde deel van de serie lessen over art journaling ga je aan de slag met lapjes stof, wol, draadjes, linten en nog veel meer. Wat is de rode draad? Welke mysteries ga jij ontrafelen? Hoe verwerk je gebruikte materialen en maak je iets volledig nieuws? Ga je borduren, weven of naaien of plak je een stofje vast met gel medium? Ik laat je allerlei manieren zien hoe je jouw art journal op kunt fleuren. Met name bij de pagina’s met jute of canvas geeft textiel een geweldige aanvulling. En natuurlijk ga je ook met acrylverf en mixed-media materialen aan de slag. Een echte aanrader voor wie alles uit de kast wil halen!
Price: USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Patterned Patchwork Collages
In this class we’ll create a collage with a quilted touch using mini pattern designs. Use any substrate you like, I’ll be working in a large art journal. Learn to trust your intuition & play around!
Subtitles available in EN, DE, ES, FR & NL
Price: USD 59 / EUR 65 (VAT)
Mixed Media
Mini Books
Capture your world in an artistic booklet!
This class is highly recommended for anyone who wants to make a special experience tangible, to have a lasting memory of it. Creating a mini book is one of the most inspiring art activities that I know and many students enjoyed this process agreed. So, I am happy to have this class online finally! – Luz
Price: USD 45 / EUR 45 (VAT)
Art Journaling:
Evergreens
In this art journal class you’re about to sketch and paint 10 green objects. We dive into colour mixing. How can you exactly approach the green you want to have? We put your sketches together in a cohesive art journal spread.
Subtitles available in
EN, DE, ES, FR & NL
Price: USD 25 / EUR 25 (VAT)
Are you ready to unravel your artistic secrets? Then join one of my classes!
Sometimes it is time to turn inside and see what’s there for you. For me, it’s a surprise every time! – Luz
Frequently Asked Questions
Online painting classes, how does it work?
Online painting classes, how does it work?
Most classes contain around 3 hours of HD video content, in which I’ll show you my process step by step, from start to finish. The video lessons are easily accessible on our school’s website with a friendly interface. You have unlimited acces to the class and the ability to watch the course at your own pace, when and where you want, as often as you wish!
What device or operating system do I need to follow your painting classes?
My courses can be followed with any internet browser on your computer (Mac and PC) and portable devices, like your smartphone or tablet (iOS and Android). You should have a good internet connection. If you can watch video’s on YouTube, Vimeo or other social media then you’re good to go!
Which art supplies do I need?
On each course page you’ll find a tab with ‘Materials’. If you open this tab, you’ll find both the required and optional materials you need for this particular class.
in which language can I follow your classes?
All my classes are available in English. Some classes are also available in Dutch.
Does the painting class come with a workbook?
Yes! Each class comes with a PDF-workbook including inspiring exercises, inspiring images and background information.
Do I need to have experience with painting or mixed-media?
Most of my classes are suitable for all art levels, whether you are a beginner or an experienced artist. Everything will be explained step by step. Being open and eager to learn are more important than the level you’re at!
Are children able to follow these classes?
Although the classes are not especially created for kids, they will definitely be able to follow the lessons with the help of a (grand)parent.
When I’m a student in your painting class, will I get personal attention from you?
Absolutely! You can ask me questions and will receive feedback from me and other students. How? When you enroll in a class, you’ll automatically enter a designated private Classroom, where you can post your results, get feedback and tips from other students and of course myself. In absolute privacy of course, because we don’t share your data.





























































