Painting OUT THERE Pleine air and Urban Sketching

Apply the lessons from the book (purchase on Amazon) by painting along with us live from the Beaches of Melaque Mexico! Join me on this artistic journey as we paint 4 different beach cafes, in 4 different ways with pen, paper, and watercolor. We'll explore the joys and challenges of painting outdoors, immersing ourselves in the natural beauty, sound of the waves crashing and unique experience of painting directly onsite. Get ready to improve your skills and capture your next vacation in your sketchbook not just a quick photo.

    1. Let’s paint OUT THERE

      FREE PREVIEW

    1. Welcome to My Sketchy Friends.

    2. Apply design and center image

    3. Three factors

    4. Supplies

    5. supplies

    1. What’s in my Travel Kit?

    1. Thumbnail sketching

    1. Los Cocos

    1. Where and what to paint?

    2. Select the spot and create the sketch

    3. Let’s paint our sketch

  • $20.00
  • 15 lessons
  • 2.5 hours of video content
  • The book is purchased through Amazon A coupon in the book will give you access to these classes ‘free’
  • Filmed onsite in Mexico sketched directly with pen and painted with watercolor. Paint along so you can learn to do this too
  • Videos show you how to make an onsite painting from creating thumbnails, sketching directly to using simple watercolor techniques
  • Thumbnails and painting of the El Dorado

What about Carla’s Classes?

“::Amazing painting class well organized, plenty of examples and simple tricks that made me so much more comfortable about painting and not looking for perfection! :: ”

Irina Bartnik

“Carla is a patient, delightful instructor! ”

Freda

“Carla your teaching style is informative, fun and very helpful! No pressure to be a perfect artist. :: Get your brush wet and be creative wherever you are! :: Diane Goodwin ”

“:: I have taken several of Carla’s classes and highly recommend them. She is so much fun and every class has taught me a huge variety of things. ::”

Donna Telford

“ I took Carla's level 1 & 2 water colour class. Carla teaches with a sense of humor, patience and makes it fun. She made us believe we could do it and we did! Her relaxed demeanor quickly made us relax. She went over techniques with us until we understood and spent 1:1 time helping us perfect our brush strokes. Such a fun class!”

Vicki McNay

Carla Flegel Watercolour Instructor

True story

Carefree and Loose is not the same as careless. (And most who paint want to create loose style paintings )I think those words describe life as well as Watercolour paint!!! I have been creative since I first started to embroider, sew and make macaroni decorations as a child. My grandmother created stories of the east coast by hand drawing on burlap sacs and hooking rugs with strips of reclaimed woolen clothing. I caught her creativity and the need to interpret the world in colour. My "style" is referred to as "Painterly", "Fresh", "Lively", "Happy". I do not like perfect photographic paintings. I want to feel the subject and want the viewer to feel that vibrancy and sensation I feel and see when I choose to paint the subject. I prefer wet into wet watercolor and the casual accidents that bloom and blend lend to this spontaneous vibrant rendition of the scene. I keep evolving, stretching and finding ways to show people how I see the world. I strive to evoke a essence of subject. I hope my work brings a smile to those who own it. I think we live in a beautiful country and I choose to celebrate that. WWW.CarlaFlegel.com.
Many Classes to choose from

Art Supplies

You only need a few supplies

PAINT: Red, Yellow, Blue  :: Watercolour  ::  Combining these three makes all the other colours   ::  bring any other of your colour favourites you happen to have  ::  The full list of colours I use is shown in the Art Kit Contents. These are ‘SKILLS CLASSES” so bring what you have.  If you go to purchase paint buy Artist Grade when you can.  

Make the project your own  :: Have fun! ::

PAPER:  I prefer 140LB, Cold Press, 100% Cotton Watercolour paper 22x30” sheets and cut to size.  Any Card making materials, but best thicker papers like 140 Lb.  I like Stilman Birn sketchbooks using the Beta series thickest paper. 

BRUSHES:: I like to use Round or Mop Brushes larger the better #10 or #12. ::   

 And. ::  Sharpie extra fine liner  ::  water :: pencil:: sponge :: margaritas?

If you would like to purchase a prepared art kit it can be mailed for $70 plus shipping  

 follow the link below to order directly 

Order an Art Kit

Artist quality paints and brushes

Kit includes a folding watercolor palette with 12 artist grade colors ( davincipaints.com ) Hansa  yellow light,  Arylide yellow deep , Naples yellow , burnt sienna , raw umber,  alizarin crimson, vermilion ,mauve, Prussian blue,  ultramarine blue, manganese blue,  sap green, sponge and holder, ultrafine sharpie ,white signo  gel pen, pencil, texture kit, #2 Black Gold 311 mop brush (thebrushguys.com) 

If you don’t already have watercolor paint and brushes this makes it easy to get started but not necessary. 

PURCHASE a Watercolor Art Kit

Mailed to you $70 plus Shipping

Purchase ART KIT

What’s so GREAT about WATERCOLOUR?

I’ve always wanted to TRY watercolour but … its sooooooo hard!

  • Watercolour is FAST drying, FAST blending, FAST Painting and soooo PORTABLE

  • Three Factors to Consider: Paint, Paper, Water and WATER control is the most important!

  • Its reasonably priced. With a few tubes of paint you can paint for a very long time. And the portable palette makes it useable anywhere. Virtually no waste, brushes rarely ruined,

  • Its CLEAN, No need to change clothes or protect the surface, no gloves, dispose of water in sink, no toxins, brushes swish clean in water

  • Watercolour is a wilful, unpredictable medium that does not like to be pushed around too much! Learn its magical secrets with Carla’s Classes

  • Lets embrace IMPERFECTION!

  • PAINTERLY = Expressive :: this style is more about Feeling than Details

  • Watercolour COLLABORATES with us. Adds its own unpredictable but delightful variations

  • No canvases to store, just paper. Make useful art with cards, or try sketchbooks to record your life or a vacation

Questions ?

Where to get the book and how to use the course

  • How do I get the book that goes with these classes?

    Order the book directly from amazon. search the Title : Painting OUT THERE… It is part of the Watercolor Skill Builders Vol 3. There is a coupon code in the back of the book to use when you check out, Then you access these classes ‘free’ .

  • How long do I have access

    Once you sign up you can enjoy the classes for up to a year.

  • Do I have to have ALL the supplies suggested?

    NOPE….These classes are demonstrations mostly of skills … the colours you use make the paintings your own! Or Make a bigger painting not a card. Up to you! Have FUN painting! That’s most important

  • I’ve never painted before! Can I still take the class?

    YUP …. That’s the fun part about these classes. Paint along and learn as if you were right beside me … Just get another piece of paper if you aren’t happy with your project, or turn it over there are two sides! These are Skills Classes that help you develop from wherever you start your Watercolour Journey! Welcome to the Magic Medium!!!!

A FREE LESSON

Paint using only 3 colours

Watercolour is such a unique medium. You can put the paint on the paper and it just blends and paints itself. Using three colours you can paint a wide variety of projects. Try this free class and you can see how quickly you can do a painting and how very few supplies you really need!

Video

FREE LESSON. Paint with only THREE COLOURS

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