FLY with flowing colors, joyfully create your masterpiece

Discover FLY: Free the Life Within You - Online Art & Self-Expression Tutorial

Unlock your inner creativity and explore a powerful method of self-expression with FLY: Free the Life Within You. This comprehensive online tutorial, developed from years of international workshops, offers a unique and intuitive approach to art-making – no prior experience required!

What is the FLY Method?

FLY isn't your typical painting class. It's a transformative process centered around three core elements: Flow, Layers, and Merging. This method transcends traditional artistic boundaries, offering benefits for designers, architects, therapists, educators, artists, and even managers and HR recruiters.

The Core Elements of FLY:

• Flow: Embrace the natural flow of life, health, and freedom. Inspired by the wisdom of a river, FLY encourages releasing stagnant energy and connecting with new ideas. Using techniques like directing colors with sticks and spatulas, you'll create intuitive art that reflects your inner state. Flow is about openness, vitality, and the ability to share – a dynamic energy expressed through movement, both physical and emotional.
• Layers: Unearth hidden depths, much like archaeological discoveries. Each layer represents a stage of your personal journey – memories, emotions, intuition, and even beauty masking underlying struggles. FLY builds layers of contrasting materials (oil, tar, acrylic) to create surprising and complex compositions, reflecting the multifaceted nature of the human experience. Unlike archaeology, you build from the deepest layer upwards, embracing the ongoing evolution of self.
• Merging: Celebrate the beauty of diversity and the power of unity. Just as contrasting elements like air and water, fire and iron, create life, merging is essential for growth and understanding. FLY utilizes opposing materials (oil & watercolor, tar & gesso) to generate unique "explosions" of color and form, resulting in fractal-like patterns and surprising visual harmonies. This process mirrors the blending of ideas, experiences, and perspectives – a core principle in learning, innovation, and collaboration.

The FLY Process:

Using simple tools like sticks and spatulas, you'll apply oil, tar, and acrylic colors to canvas, wood, or paper, creating unexpected combinations and forms. The outcome is always surprising and deeply personal. The process is effortless and allows for a natural, intuitive creative flow.

Who is FLY For?

FLY is for anyone seeking:

• A new form of self-expression
• A creative outlet with no prior artistic skill needed
• A tool for personal exploration and emotional release
• A unique approach to art-making
• A method applicable to various fields (design, therapy, education, etc.)

Ready to experience the transformative power of FLY?

For questions or assistance, please contact me on the Udemy platform or via email at [email protected].

– Ted Barr