Flowers & Patterns with Luz

Thank you for signing up for  “Flowers & Patterns with Luz”!

“Lesson 1 – Finding Inspiration” is now available to review… you should find the link under the “Lesson Itinerary” list located at the lower right corner of this page (scroll down a bit!).

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The video lessons are pre-recorded and will be available to view on the following schedule:

Lesson 1 – Available Upon Signup

Lesson 2 – Tuesday, May 19
Lesson 3 – Wednesday, May 20
Lesson 4  – Friday, May 22

Lesson 5  – Tuesday, May 26
Lesson 6 – Thursday, May 28

The Forums are now open! Participation is completely optional but can be the best way to stay connected with the material and each other. We’ve gotten feedback over the years that ours are some of the nicest forums around, so please join in if you can!

Our main group is at Facebook, but there is a small group for those not on Facebook who can interact via Padlet. (Please just choose one forum to post in to avoid double postings.) Here are the links… for FB, ask to join and we will get you in asap!

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1776384217133308

Padlet:
https://padlet.com/Carla_Sonheim/flowers-patterns-with-luz-1og3xed8tncyp5ym

Thank you so much again for your signup and don’t forget to watch the Lesson 1 video so you’ll be ready to go on Tuesday’s Lesson 2!

See you soon! Have fun gathering your inspiration and supplies and we hope you enjoy the class!

Carla & Luz

 

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Class Supply List

Hello! These are the supplies you will need for the class. Please feel free to substitute with items you already have on hand!

• A Flower! First of all, you need a flower as a starting point for this course. Preferably a real flower. If you cannot pick or buy these, use your own photos in which you see the flower from various angles.
• Substrate for your main project. You can work on paper, a wooden panel, or your art journal! I will be demonstrating on Canson mixed-media paper (but any brand will work).
• Thin papers for patterns; I use tissue paper, tea bags, or packaging paper, for example from a shoe box. I often use paper that is slightly transparent.
• Acrylic paint
• A brayer
• A selection of markers. Posca acrylic markers or similar; Copic markers
• Matt gel medium
• a selection of paintbrushes

The Games

In order to play the two games in this course, you need two dice. You can print the dice in this workbook (see link below) or use regular dice. I use an hourglass for the time, you can also use a stopwatch or your cell phone timer. You can choose the six different materials that you use for the materials game. I use pastels, gouache, copic markers, Karisma crayons, charcoal and acrylic paint. I have chosen to work on various types of paper, such as kraft paper, thick green paper, mixed media paper, sketch paper and sheet music from an old music book. The choice of paper depends on what material you are working with. So make sure you have everything ready before you start the game so you can stay in the flow! For the flower game you could simply use a pencil, graphite pencil or charcoal.

 

Workbook
With this class, you also get a workbook PDF. You can download it here and (optionally) print it out!

Workbook Flowers & Patterns 2026