I believe art school should work for you, paint spills, crazy and all.
Because learning to paint boldly should fit your world, not the other way around.
The Bold School Course Suite
Art school—minus the fluff. Grab your coffee, roll up your sleeves, and start turning your ideas, color, and brushwork into finished, bold finished art. These standalone classes are yours to keep, no deadlines, no pressure. Just you and your paint.
One time fee. Long term access.
Find your class and make something bold today!
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Start Where You Are. Build Bold from There.
A guide for your mindset. A library for your studio.
Choose your first step — and grow from there.
The Bold Artist Method
Find your bold voice before you paint. A quick eBook + video that connects who you are with how you create. eBook + Video | $7.94
💥 NEW
The Reference Library
Paint more. Scroll less. Fresh, royalty-free images made for artists, by artists. Download | $7/month
Start with the Essentials.
These flagship classes teach the color, process, and mindset that define the Bold School Method — so you can learn at a pace that fits your life.
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Bold Color Primer
This beginner class covers the essentials of acrylic painting, focusing on the tools and understanding color in a practical way. Create two bold portraits, with step-by-step guidance to help you get started and build confidence.
🌱 Starter
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Bold Color Bootcamp
Remove the barriers between you, the art you love to make, and the people your art is meant to impact. This signature class alone will teach you everything you need to know to paint your first bold color portrait with anything but skin tones.
🎨 All Levels
NEW Create your own color profiles and learn how to apply them to your work with hands-on color control.
🎨 All Levels
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The Color Playbook
Create art where colors just work together. This series breaks it down in a simple, 5-step way, showing you how colors “get along” and make your paintings feel alive. It's not complicated—it's possible to learn how to make your colors sing.
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🌱 Starter - beginner or refresher
🔹 Build - growing skills, exploration
🎨 All Levels - beginner friendly, advancing fast
💥 Intensive - full immersion, mastery
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Bold Foundation In One Bundle.
These three flagship classes form the complete foundation of the Bold Artist Method. Keep your momentum strong, your creativity flowing, and your skills growing all at once.
Included:
1: Bold Color Primer
2: Bold Color Bootcamp
3: The Color Playbook
(Normally $782—bundle and save $192.)
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Bold Color + A New Medium?
Whether it’s pastels or acrylics, Bold School classes help you bring bold expression into any medium. Mix, layer, and play with pigments that shine with intensity and freedom.
Soft Pastels Bootcamp
Turn soft pastels into bold, expressive portraits—layer, blend, and play with color in ways you didn’t think were possible. Learn to make pastels behave like paint while keeping your process fun, creative, and completely your own.
🎨 All Levels
Soft Pastels Demo's
See bold color in action across five color schemes. These demos make it easy to apply what you’ve learned in the Soft Pastels Bootcamp or The Color Playbook. Turn the knowledge you've gained into real, dynamic portraits.
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Soft Pastels Portrait Series
Create Art and a Life you Love.
Instructor: Luzdy Rivera
Standalone Price: $197
*Included in all Memberships.
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Experience soft pastels in action across five complete portrait classes, each focusing on a different color scheme. Watching each step of the process gives you far more than inspiration—it’s a masterclass in practical problem-solving. You’ll see how to:
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Plan a painting from start to finish—choose palettes, map out composition, and layer colors strategically.
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Troubleshoot common challenges—spot where values, edges, or color shifts might go off track and see exactly how to fix them.
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Select the right tools—discover which papers, pencils, and pastels work best for different effects and surfaces.
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Understand color relationships in real time—learn how hue, saturation, and temperature interact dynamically across different subjects.
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Adapt techniques to your own style—see how professional methods can be customized for your workflow and studio setup.
By experiencing these demos, you gain insight into the decision-making process behind every stroke, giving you the confidence to experiment, adjust, and bring your own portraits to life.
This series complements The Color Playbook and pairs seamlessly with the Soft Pastels Bootcamp, bridging theory with real-world application so you can take what you see and put it straight into your own work.
Acrylic Portrait Demo's
Apply color theory confidently with acrylics. This 5-class series demonstrates the five main color schemes in real time, showing planning, layering, troubleshooting, and tool use so you can confidently bring your portraits to life.
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Acrylic Portrait Series
Create Art and a Life you Love.
Instructor: Luzdy Rivera
Standalone Price: $197
*Included in all Memberships.
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Experience color theory in action with five complete acrylic portrait classes, each focusing on a different color scheme. Seeing every step unfold in real time helps you understand not just what to do—but why it works. You’ll learn how to:
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Plan and structure a portrait—map values, color relationships, and composition from start to finish.
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Troubleshoot as you paint—watch solutions in real time for blending, layering, and keeping colors vibrant.
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Choose and manage your tools—see which brushes, paints, and mediums work best for specific effects.
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Understand color dynamics in acrylics—watch how hue, temperature, and saturation interact across subjects and palettes.
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Adapt professional techniques to your own work—take methods you see in the demo and make them your own in the studio.
This series complements The Color Playbook, giving you a hands-on bridge between theory and real-world application. Watch, practice, and bring bold, expressive acrylic portraits to your canvas.
🌱 Starter - beginner or refresher
🔹 Build - growing skills, exploration
🎨 All Levels - beginner friendly, advancing fast
💥 Intensive - full immersion, mastery
Push Bold Color into New Places.
Once color feels natural, it’s time to explore new worlds. Step into landscapes, animals, and expressive textures that push your bold color foundation further.
Bold Landscape
Three immersive oil painting classes in bold color, rich texture, and expressive landscapes. Start with alla prima techniques and learn to turn imperfect references into vibrant, emotional paintings.
3 Class Series, Oil Paint
🎨 All Levels
Paint Wild Animals
Five immersive acrylic classes exploring color, texture, and expressive form through wildlife and portraiture. Learn mark-making, abstraction, and movement to bring every brushstroke to life.
5 Class Series, Acrylic Paint
💥 Intensive
Bold School's very own Artists.
Every Bold School instructor brings their own story, culture, and fire to the studio. Some are rule-breakers. Some are detail-lovers. Some chase light, others feeling.
Together, they’ve built a collection of classes that’s alive — full of diversity, voice, and the courage to paint bold.
Seven Voices, One Bold School
40+ classes. Endless ways to find your bold.
Bold School Class Vault
Curated Art Classes—No Membership Required
🌱 Starter
Beginner or refresher
Know the Face
Faces can be tricky, but these easy-to-remember measurements provide a reliable blueprint. Master proportions, age and gender traits, and fix portraits that go off track.
$29.00 USD
Start with the Skull
Get under the surface of a face—learn the skull, key features, and proportions so you can tackle any portrait confidently.
$49.00 USD
Sketching to Paint
Learn essential sketching techniques to plan your paintings and make your brushwork flow naturally. This beginner-friendly class helps you build composition skills and confidence before you paint.
$49.00 USD
Flow in Composition
While learning the rules of composition you will also stop relying on other people’s photos for references.
$49.00 USD
Adjusting Features
Learn practical techniques to correct portraits, bringing back proportion, balance, and expression while keeping your painting dynamic.
$49.00 USD
Bold Color Primer
Start with the essentials — from choosing tools and keeping acrylics workable to the basics of color. Whether you’re new or need a refresher, this is your first step.
$69.00 USD
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Growing skills, exploration
Color and Mood
Explore a split-complementary palette while painting a three-quarter view portrait. Focus on expressive brushwork and pick up practical tips for using your colors to create mood and impact.
$99.00 USD
Composing Bold Portraits
Make your own reference in an unexpected way, then bring it to life on canvas. Sketching optional. Painting a must!
$99.00 USD
Choosing Bold Color Palettes
Bring your color ideas to life with a simple process for creating cohesive palettes. Plan, mix, and balance control with flow so every painting comes together.
$99.00 USD
Magenta Youth
Expression combined with vivid color is a powerful way to tell a story without using any words at all! Paint with Corey Moortgat as she demonstrates a bold, colorful young face from start to finish in real time.
$99.00 USD
Bold Mixology
Mix the colors you actually want. Bold Mixology shows you how—clear, controlled, and mess-free. It’s color theory in action.
$197.00 USD
🎨 All Levels
Beginner friendly, advancing fast
Making Bold Marks
Ready to shake things up? This class is all about making bold marks—literally and figuratively. You’ll experiment with unique marks and textures using different tools, while learning how to bring that same fearless energy into your art. If you're ready to ditch hesitation and let your work speak louder, jump in now! Time to make your mark—no strings attached.
$99.00 USD
Bold Color Bootcamp
Your bold starts here: expressive portraits and fearless color, taught without the weight of theory. This foundational class sets you up to paint with confidence, clarity, and a style that feels unmistakably yours.
$316.00 USD
Bold Eye Bootcamp
Trouble getting your portraits to come alive? Eyes hold the power to communicate emotion. This intensive bootcamp gives you the keys to master the eyes, with hands-on practice and step-by-step demos to make every portrait resonate.
$197.00 USD
Soft Pastels Bootcamp
Explore the candy-bright world of soft pastels—just as bold and expressive as acrylics. Learning color across multiple mediums builds confidence both in and out of the studio.
$297.00 USD
💥 Intensive
Full immersion, mastery
The Color Playbook
Unravel the science of color with this 5 step formal to color freedom. Create dynamic color schemes with this indepth class that includes color temperature and major and minor keys.
$397.00 USD
Soft Pastels Series
Learn bold color with the Soft Pastel Medium. These 5 classes demonstrate the 5 main color schemes in action. These classes compliment The Color Playbook teaching series.
$197.00 USD
Acrylic Portrait Series
Take color theory into the studio with this 5 class series that demonstrates the 5 main color schemes in the acrylic medium. These classes compliment The Color Playbook teaching series.
$197.00 USD
Why stop at one class when you can have the full experience?
Bold School+ brings it all together — every class, every teacher, and every bit of support you need to keep growing as an artist.
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All the classes. All the inspiration. One creative home.
✓ 40+ Classes
✓ Community
✓ Reference Library
✓ And More!
*Monthly or annual — your art, your pace.
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