now open for registration!

A Year of Painting: The Luminous Table is a brand new version of my most popular course to date. The new theme of the year is luminosity in all aspects of our life, especially in what we create. The Early Bird tier is now open (which tends to sell out quickly). This course is for all levels of experience, with a variety of lessons, techniques, and new ideas to create what you find beautiful! You will be given lifetime access. Look forward to a year of creative community, inspiration, and making art along the beauty way, with direct support and guidance from me, Alena Hennessy.

My intention this year is for your whole being to come alive when creating a series of work from your illuminated table. You can create separate works or make an art journal (an exquisite visual diary) of your 12 month process. Or you can do both! By the end of this course you will know not only how to work more freely and trust your intuition, allowing this alchemy and magnetism to be carried into your life. Painting is a metaphor and mirror for life and color is the best therapy. Invite more play into your life and watch magic unfold!

The full price for this lifetime experience is $610 and in this tier it is $189 today only! People truly make the most gorgeous works and I feel so proud of each and every one of them! You can too.

Simple payment plan of only $45 (interest free) also available here.

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“Your [last lesson] made me cry. Your words touch me right where I am. Thank you so much for your honesty, for your guidance and for just giving you so much. It’s really rare that I see people who give so abundantly. I feel you are just not holding anything back for your students, and this has inspired me so much in all the classes I took with you.” –Ingrid Lois



“Thank you for being such a bright light in my life. The lessons have been such a gift to me you have no idea. I am so happy about your wonderful news. You deserve all the love and happiness your gentle, loving heart can hold. Thank you also for reminding me to take a breath and look within….So excited I get your guidance for another year!”  -–Diane Dilworth



“Thank you so much for this wonderful course and all its gifts. As always you conduct your classes with such grace that to participate feels effortless. I love soaking in all the wisdom and experience and sitting with it – percolating the ideas through my own consciousness. We are lucky ladies indeed. Thank you dear Alena Hennessy.” -–Laura Metzer


You will learn so much, including: how to make colors feather and flow into one another, how the elements of art create the principles, color theory, how to express your emotions into work and create stunning series of intention with word, motif, and pure frequency.

See what others have said about Alena’s classes here.

How it works:

  • You can tune into this course with each new lesson, will receive lifetime access, and go at your own pace! Anytime you may try the new lessons, receive feedback from me, and go back to old lessons and be excited for new ones to come each month. People from all around the world join this course and go at their own pace as it fits into their schedule.
  • Learn to most in depth creative styles to make that magic happen. Learn script, intuitive painting, paper play, composition, design, and in the end, a series of paintings that absolutely shine!
  • Basic supplies are needed. I like to work on a variety of substrates with economical choices as an option for you. Acrylic paint, acrylic ink, Caran D’ache Neocolor II crayons, water-based paint pens, watercolors, and gold leaf are some of my favorite supplies. The specific supply list will be given out after sign up. You can buy based on your budget.
  • We begin this course with me sharing an array of warm up lessons for creative flow and technique. This way you can discover what clicks for you and all the ways I  create layered and luscious paintings. Script, collage, color play, how layers work and playful yet deep understanding of the elements and principles will be introduced. 

A small investment for a lifetime gift you can bestow on your creative and authentic self (or for someone you love–this makes the most unique and beautiful gift)!

~ Paint at a pace you can actually handle for the whole year. This means more offline time and more time with your work and art materials.

~ Feel supported by myself and our international community. I will also be leading live sessions from time to time.

~ Beginners to advanced artists welcome. Uncover more of your style with each lesson. Deepen your skills and feel inspired.

~ Again, you can login to our private virtual classroom from anywhere and at anytime, as well as go at your own pace! In this way we come together to celebrate each others’ successes and support each other with life’s challenges and gifts.  So in sum, you will receive monthly rich video lessons + personal videos from me. You will also receive support all along the way–quite a fantastic deal if you ask me!

Create delicious details that allow your spirit to come out and play. Make layered work that shines.

Learn to see the elements and principles of art in nature and let it inspire your art.

Discover what your favorite media are and make art that sells and leads to amazing connections.

Create fluid faces, animals, shapes, and landscapes that come from your unique aesthetic and inner world.

All levels join and are welcome! Return students will get fresh and up to date lessons and interactions from me.

When we tune into our creative abundant self, new worlds open up to us–with an energy of surprise and delight.

~ In sum, there will be multiple warm up lessons and a variety of ways to uncover and discover the radiant creative within you. This will lead into more elegant and refined works of art that sell by the end of the course. When we have a consistent process of making art, something opens up within us that clears the mind and nourishes the spirit. It brings nurturing solitude and adventurous spirit along with beautiful like minded souls. Come find your art tribe and shine from a place that is true to yourself in ways you did not know existed.

~ Reserve your seat here for a lifetime of creative abundance.

“Once again thank you for your classes. They mean the world to me. I never had an art teacher that spoke to me and could bring out my soul like you do. Its priceless.”

Ida Glad

Artist + Facilitator

Oh my God I’m learning so much and having so much fun. Thank you so much for this class. It’s incredible.  Thank you for sharing yourself so freely.” – Janelle Lucinda

Janelle Lucinda

Artist and Author

“Can’t recommend this course enough. It will change your entire world view.”

Rachel Michelson

Artist and Writer

Alena is the author of Cultivating Your Creative LifeThe Painting WorkbookIntuitive Painting Workshop, The Healing Guide to Flower Essences and beloved teacher of the art-making process, both online and at select retreats. Her work has been featured in numerous magazines and publications, including DwellThe Washington PostSomerset Life, Spirituality & Health, ReadyMade, Redbook, Stitch, Victoria, and Natural Health magazine, as well as being featured on Good Morning America and pilot shows for ABC Studios. Her paintings have been exhibited across major cities in the U.S., along with several museum shows. Alena is also a flower essence practitioner, along with being a Reiki master and energy healer. Through grace and intuitive guideposts, she calls the beautiful town of Asheville, NC her home. As a facilitator, her intention is that each participant leave a little more transformed, content, and open to wild possibility.