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Do I need painting experience?
Not at all. Wild + Free is designed with beginners in mind, but experienced painters are very welcome too. I’ll guide you through each stage step by step.
What will we paint?
Over the five weeks, you’ll create your own expressive floral garden, developing the painting from the first background layers through grasses, flowers, colour, movement, and final marks.
Is this a technical painting class?
No. While you’ll learn practical painting techniques and approaches, the workshop is primarily intuitive and expressive. We’ll explore colour, brushwork, mark-making, layering, composition, and creative decision-making rather than focusing on traditional technical rules.
Will my painting look like yours?
Your painting will be created using the same process I use to create my expressive floral gardens, so you’ll see similarities in the overall structure, layers, and approach. I’ll guide you step by step, but you’ll make your own choices about colour, marks, flowers, composition, and details. The result will be a painting that feels connected to the process we’ve explored together, while still being uniquely yours.
What if I miss a class?
Don't worry. I’ll send you a recap of the session along with supportive materials and a creative invitation to help you continue exploring between classes. You can then join us again the following week.
What are the sessions like?
Each session is live and interactive, with demonstrations, guided painting time, conversation, and opportunities to ask questions. Each three-hour class includes a short break.
Will I have things to do between classes?
Will I have things to do between classes?
Yes, but I don't think of them as traditional homework. After each class, you'll receive a short overview, creative exercises, and a small invitation to keep exploring your painting and practicing your creative agency.
What if I get stuck during the five weeks?
That’s part of the process! You’ll have opportunities to ask questions during our live sessions, and the materials and guidance between classes are designed to help you keep moving forward. There are no perfect paintings and no “wrong” way to respond to what’s happening on your canvas.
What will I leave with?
You’ll finish the five weeks with your own expressive floral garden, along with a deeper understanding of colour, layering, mark-making, composition, and an intuitive approach to painting — and hopefully greater confidence in your own creative decisions.
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ClassBento money-back guarantee
Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
That's why we provide a money-back guarantee*: If you're unsatisfied with this experience, just leave it at least 20 minutes before it ends, and tell us (the ClassBento team) the reason for your dissatisfaction within 4 hours of that time, and we'll provide you with a refund.
* We may choose to limit our refund per customer at $500. In some rare cases, we may also require you to show us your photo ID before we process the refund.
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Q: Do I need painting experience?
Not at all. Wild + Free is designed with beginners in mind, but experienced painters are very welcome too. I’ll guide you through each stage step by step.
Q: What will we paint?
Over the five weeks, you’ll create your own expressive floral garden, developing the painting from the first background layers through grasses, flowers, colour, movement, and final marks.
Q: Is this a technical painting class?
No. While you’ll learn practical painting techniques and approaches, the workshop is primarily intuitive and expressive. We’ll explore colour, brushwork, mark-making, layering, composition, and creative decision-making rather than focusing on traditional technical rules.
Q: Will my painting look like yours?
Your painting will be created using the same process I use to create my expressive floral gardens, so you’ll see similarities in the overall structure, layers, and approach. I’ll guide you step by step, but you’ll make your own choices about colour, marks, flowers, composition, and details. The result will be a painting that feels connected to the process we’ve explored together, while still being uniquely yours.
Q: What if I miss a class?
Don't worry. I’ll send you a recap of the session along with supportive materials and a creative invitation to help you continue exploring between classes. You can then join us again the following week.
Q: What are the sessions like?
Each session is live and interactive, with demonstrations, guided painting time, conversation, and opportunities to ask questions. Each three-hour class includes a short break.
Q: Will I have things to do between classes?
Will I have things to do between classes? Yes, but I don't think of them as traditional homework. After each class, you'll receive a short overview, creative exercises, and a small invitation to keep exploring your painting and practicing your creative agency.
Q: What if I get stuck during the five weeks?
That’s part of the process! You’ll have opportunities to ask questions during our live sessions, and the materials and guidance between classes are designed to help you keep moving forward. There are no perfect paintings and no “wrong” way to respond to what’s happening on your canvas.
Q: What will I leave with?
You’ll finish the five weeks with your own expressive floral garden, along with a deeper understanding of colour, layering, mark-making, composition, and an intuitive approach to painting — and hopefully greater confidence in your own creative decisions.
Q: What ages is this class suitable for?
A: Adults & 12+ years. Adult accompaniment is not required.
Q: What's the cancellation policy?
A: Free to cancel or reschedule up until 3 days before the event
Q: How long does the class run for, and what's the price?
A: 5 x 3 hours 15 mins, $300 - $350 per guest (Earlybird price of $300 applies if you book into a public session 5+ days ahead)
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Step 1 — Begin: Colour, Play & First Layers
We’ll start with a brief presentation and conversation to introduce the approach, materials, and the creative journey ahead. Then we’ll explore colour mixing, brushwork, and playful mark-making before beginning the first layers of our garden. You’ll establish an atmospheric background and start building the grasses, with plenty of time to experiment and discover what feels right for your painting.
Step 2 — Build Grasses, Shapes, and Movement
We’ll continue developing the garden through expressive brushwork, building up the grasses and introducing the first flowers. We’ll explore shape, colour, movement, and mark-making, allowing the painting to evolve naturally rather than trying to plan every detail. You’ll begin to make more confident creative choices and discover what your garden wants to become.
Step — Flowers, Layers & Composition
Now we’ll deepen and expand the painting, adding layers of colour, flowers, grasses, and expressive marks. We’ll look at composition, contrast, and how to create a sense of movement and visual interest. You’ll learn to respond to what’s already happening in your painting, making intuitive choices as the garden continues to grow.
Step 4 — Bloom: Colour, Texture & Expressive Marks
We’ll bring the garden to life with more colour, texture, layering, and expressive mark-making. Together we’ll develop the flowers, play with contrast and movement, and add those unexpected details that give a painting its personality. This is where we’ll really embrace the wild and free nature of the garden.
Step 5 — Finish: Respond, Refine & Let Go
We’ll step back and look at the painting as a whole, responding to what it needs rather than trying to perfect it. We’ll add final layers, marks, and details, exploring how to know when a painting feels finished. Most importantly, you’ll practice trusting your own eye and knowing when to let the painting go.
Between Classes — Support, Recaps & Gentle Guidance
After each live session, you’ll receive a weekly email with a recap of what we explored, along with encouragement, creative prompts, and gentle guidance to help you continue developing your painting. These are not about getting homework “right” — they’re invitations to keep experimenting and stay connected to your creative practice. And if questions come up along the way, I’m here to support you and help you find your way forward.
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Upcoming dates for Wild and Free Beginner 5Week Expressive Painting Journey
Times are New York time. Dates and prices as of 14 Nov 2026, 6:43pm; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.
5 upcoming dates between 17 Nov 2026 and 6 Feb 2027.
- Tue, Nov 17 2026, 10am-1:15pm (Class runs every Tuesday for 5 weeks), $350 per person
- Sat, Jan 2 2027, 10am-1:15pm (Class runs every Saturday for 5 weeks), $300 per person (early-bird)
- Sun, Jan 3 2027, 10am-1:15pm (Class runs every Sunday for 5 weeks), $300 per person (early-bird)
- Tue, Jan 5 2027, 10am-1:15pm (Class runs every Tuesday for 5 weeks), $300 per person (early-bird)
- Sat, Feb 6 2027, 10am-1:15pm (Class runs every Saturday for 5 weeks), $300 per person (early-bird)
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Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly!
What to bring
Please come prepared to paint on a pre-gessoed canvas or linen surface, along with a variety of paintbrushes, including two small splatter brushes (approximately 2.5").Please also bring:- Gesso
- Manganese Blue
- Titanium White
- Deep Green
- Phthalo Green
- Blues
- Pinks
- Purples
- Yellows
- Oranges
- Browns
Session repeats
This class series runs over 5 consecutive sessions, at the same time every week.
Suitable for
Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 12 years old).
Adult accompaniment is not required.
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FAQ
Do I need painting experience?
Not at all. Wild + Free is designed with beginners in mind, but experienced painters are very welcome too. I’ll guide you through each stage step by step.
What will we paint?
Over the five weeks, you’ll create your own expressive floral garden, developing the painting from the first background layers through grasses, flowers, colour, movement, and final marks.
Is this a technical painting class?
No. While you’ll learn practical painting techniques and approaches, the workshop is primarily intuitive and expressive. We’ll explore colour, brushwork, mark-making, layering, composition, and creative decision-making rather than focusing on traditional technical rules.
Will my painting look like yours?
Your painting will be created using the same process I use to create my expressive floral gardens, so you’ll see similarities in the overall structure, layers, and approach. I’ll guide you step by step, but you’ll make your own choices about colour, marks, flowers, composition, and details. The result will be a painting that feels connected to the process we’ve explored together, while still being uniquely yours.
What if I miss a class?
Don't worry. I’ll send you a recap of the session along with supportive materials and a creative invitation to help you continue exploring between classes. You can then join us again the following week.
What are the sessions like?
Each session is live and interactive, with demonstrations, guided painting time, conversation, and opportunities to ask questions. Each three-hour class includes a short break.
Will I have things to do between classes?
Will I have things to do between classes?
Yes, but I don't think of them as traditional homework. After each class, you'll receive a short overview, creative exercises, and a small invitation to keep exploring your painting and practicing your creative agency.
What if I get stuck during the five weeks?
That’s part of the process! You’ll have opportunities to ask questions during our live sessions, and the materials and guidance between classes are designed to help you keep moving forward. There are no perfect paintings and no “wrong” way to respond to what’s happening on your canvas.
What will I leave with?
You’ll finish the five weeks with your own expressive floral garden, along with a deeper understanding of colour, layering, mark-making, composition, and an intuitive approach to painting — and hopefully greater confidence in your own creative decisions.
Your teacher
I’m Jocelyn, a self-taught painter, writer, and poet, and the founder of Living Canvas Studios.In 2015, just months after the devastating loss of my father, I left my path as an academic to pursue a creative life. Along that journey of rebuilding, I began writing memoir and poetry, and eventually found my way deeply into painting.Eleven years later, I’m living my own evidence of what can happen when you trust the unpaved path.Today, I’m more committed than ever to helping other people trust their own creative agency. I believe in creating a space — an invitation, offering permission slip — to step into your own artist identity, one expressive brushstroke at a time.I love teaching because I love seeing what happens when people give themselves permission to experiment. You don't need to consider yourself an artist, and you don't need to know exactly what you're doing before you begin. I guide you through the process, but I also encourage you to make your own choices, follow your gut, and discover what happens when you stop worrying about getting it “right.”For me, painting is an embodied practice. It’s about experiencing the act of painting — noticing what happens when colours meet and play with each other on the canvas, how your body feels holding and moving the brush in different ways, and how your emotional state can influence the marks you make. Sometimes we think our way into a painting; sometimes we simply need to pick up the brush and see what happens.My approach is intuitive and expressive, with a particular focus on colour, mark-making, movement, and experimentation. I’m self-taught, so I don't teach from a strict set of academic rules. Instead, I share what I’ve learned through years of developing my own practice — the techniques, approaches, and ways of seeing that have helped me find my own visual language.One of my favourite things about painting is that every mark gives you something to respond to. A mark you don't like isn't necessarily a mistake. It can become the beginning of something unexpected.That sense of freedom is what I hope people experience in my workshops: a welcoming space to play, experiment, make choices, and discover that they have more creative agency than they might have thought.And perhaps most importantly, I want people to leave with more than a painting. I want them to leave having experienced the act of painting — and having trusted themselves a little more.
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