EYE CANDY INSPIRATION & MIXED MEDIA MATERIALS:

Feeling lost? Don’t worry, we know exactly where to look to find inspiration for your work. We share some of our go-to resources for instant artistic ideas, like floral arrangement books, free images, nature outings, and floral artists that will surely spark delight and get you ready to paint! We share a list of simple and affordable materials and also higher end favorites.

We’ll use a variety of mediums including: pencil, inks, pastels, paint pens, collage paper, and acrylic paints. This is why it’s called ABUNDANT Blooms, however not all materials are necessary to have the best time creating! Permission to use what you have or go all out on a shopping spree.

DELIGHTFUL DRAWING & CURIOUS WARM-UPS:

Starting with loose and playful contour warm-ups, we break down the fundamentals of drawing flowers with easy sketching, ink, and pastel prompts. Quick and freeing plant shape studies to get you moving. We simplify how to create flower & leaf designs in a abstract way.

It’s all about practice and having FUN, let’s keep warming up by creating painted blooms on paper and create some personal marks to make your final painting pop and feel one of a kind! We share our go to brushes and brushstrokes for making quick and eye-catching flowers.

There are so many layouts and colors to choose from. Let’s try out some using tiny and larger elements to help our eyes flow around the canvas or lets try shifting our focus by creating a dramatic focal point. We show you how to balance your painting using composition and color theories. How to pick and mix colors for a delicious palette you might want to eat, please don’t!

Let’s take all the paper practice from our sketching, composition, color explorations and turn it into a work of art. We’ll show you how we transform our playful sketchbook practice and turn it into a masterpiece. Stylized vases, tropical plants, and bold bouquets are some of the themes we’ll highlight for our final creations.

Let’s add the final touches using collage elements, paint pens, gold leaf, words, personal marks, and add more balance or simplify where needed. We get it, a blank canavas can feel intimidating and finishing a painting can be challenging, but we’re here to support you on this creative journey every step of the way!.

Such an incredible experience! Mati and Lily are such experts at their craft and amazing teachers. Would highly recommend their classes.”

– Kiana Jardin

I had such a great time at Abundant Blooms! Thank you Lily and Mati for sharing your space, knowledge and beautiful spirits with us! A perfect afternoon with a lovely group in an amazing studio space of Mati and Lily. What a great reminder of how fun it is to make a different kind of art and be in the moment.”

– Kaci Smith

Had an amazing Sunday at the Abundant Blooms workshop by Mati and Lily! They are such amazing souls and talented artists. Their studio space is so beautiful, you can’t help but be filled with inspiration! Still smiling from all the painting magic at the Moonflower Studio! So fun meeting new talented women artists and getting creative, can’t wait for the next workshop!”

– Kristin Kuiper