Liz's Class Library
Compositions Made Simple
Ever step back from a finished painting and feel like something’s “off”? Strong composition fixes that—giving your work flow, focus, and a story that holds the viewer’s eye.
🌱 Starter
Flow In Composition
Instructor: Liz Ranney
Available Only With Membership
🌱 Starter
Craft strong compositions that keep viewers coming back. Too many artists leave their layout to chance, but composition is what gives your work direction and impact. Flow in Composition shows you how to create intentional designs that communicate your ideas and hold attention.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
→ The fundamental rules of composition
→ How to build your own reference image
→ Paint sketching techniques
Composition is the backbone of your painting—it decides whether people stay engaged or move on. Learn straightforward tools to bring clarity, flow, and focus to your work.
Note: the painting study for this class is in the follow-up course, Composing Bold Portraits by Liz Ranney.
Flow In Composition
Instructor: Liz Ranney
Available Only With Membership
🌱 Starter
Craft strong compositions that keep viewers coming back. Too many artists leave their layout to chance, but composition is what gives your work direction and impact. Flow in Composition shows you how to create intentional designs that communicate your ideas and hold attention.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
→ The fundamental rules of composition
→ How to build your own reference image
→ Paint sketching techniques
Composition is the backbone of your painting—it decides whether people stay engaged or move on. Learn straightforward tools to bring clarity, flow, and focus to your work.
Note: the painting study for this class is in the follow-up course, Composing Bold Portraits by Liz Ranney.
Composing Bold Portraits
Combine imagination and technique to create unique art. Use composition rules, tell a story with visual elements, and add florals to bring bold, expressive imagery to life—no reference photos needed.
🔹 Build
COMPOSING BOLD PORTRAITS
Instructor: Liz Ranney
Available Only With Membership
🔹 Build
Dive into a world where painting and imagination become one.
Can you imagine composing a piece of art entirely from your own imagination without having to worry about copyrighted reference photos? Liz Ranney is the Canadian artist behind this piece. Her work unites expressive faces with elements of nature to create bold imagery.
Liz teaches the basic techniques of composition and shows you how to combine elements to make your own unique work, becoming less reliant on reference images and leaning more on your own imagination.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
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Apply rules of composition
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Tell a story with visual elements
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Add Florals to a portrait
- Complete a Portrait Painting
This class follows Liz's Composition Basic Training class: Flow in Composition.
COMPOSING BOLD PORTRAITS
Instructor: Liz Ranney
Available Only With Membership
🔹 Build
Dive into a world where painting and imagination become one.
Can you imagine composing a piece of art entirely from your own imagination without having to worry about copyrighted reference photos? Liz Ranney is the Canadian artist behind this piece. Her work unites expressive faces with elements of nature to create bold imagery.
Liz teaches the basic techniques of composition and shows you how to combine elements to make your own unique work, becoming less reliant on reference images and leaning more on your own imagination.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
-
Apply rules of composition
-
Tell a story with visual elements
-
Add Florals to a portrait
- Complete a Portrait Painting
This class follows Liz's Composition Basic Training class: Flow in Composition.
🌱 Starter - beginner or refresher
🔹 Build - growing skills, exploration
🎨 All Levels - beginner friendly, advancing fast
💥 Intensive - full immersion, mastery
Student Gallery
"Explained so well. Can’t wait to put it into practice."
~ Valerie Stanger
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"Binge watched while writing 3 pages in my morning pages. Had to stop a couple times because I was so intrigued! Liz was easy to follow and so looking forward now to making my own and painting with her!! Great job, Liz."
~ Nancy Searle
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"This is a very interesting concept to creating ones own composition. Great ideas. I’m going to play with this. Thank you. Look forward to the next lesson."
- Jan
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Liz Ranney
Liz Ranney is a painter, muralist, illustrator, and graphic designer living in the Okanagan Valley with her husband and two daughters. Her work is high energy with bright and bold color. She likes to explore visual stories and ideas of connection, interaction, expression, and beauty. Liz earned a BFA in Visual Arts at UBC Okanagan.
WEB: www.lizranney.com
IG: @lizranneyart
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