You've imagined it before, haven't you?
Sitting on a bench across from a tiny bakery you fell in love with the morning before. Light hitting the awning just right. Your sketchbook open in your lap. A travel watercolor set balanced on your knee. The almond croissant still warm in the bag next to you.
You're painting. And in 15 minutes you'll close the sketchbook and walk back to the rental with a finished little painting in your hand.
Maybe you're planning your first solo trip. Maybe you're three weeks out from a cruise with the grandkids. Maybe the sketchbook is sitting in a carry-on that's already been to five different countries... and never been opened.
Hi friend!
You don't have to keep imagining.
Why nothing's worked yet
Here's the thing.
You're not lazy. You're not "not creative." You're not too late. I promise.
But every time you've imagined painting on a trip... or actually tried... something gets in the way.
Your husband gets impatient and you don't want to be the one slowing everyone down.
You bring too many supplies. The setup takes 20 minutes and by then the moment's gone.
You sit down to paint a famous landmark and freeze. "There's no way I can do justice to Notre Dame in my little sketchbook."
You promise yourself you'll paint from photos when you get home. Then home swallows you again, and the photos sit on your camera roll, and the trip becomes a blur.
You bring the sketchbook. You don't open it. You feel a small twist of regret as you unpack.
The reason none of this is working isn't you. It's that nobody's taught you how travel painting actually works on a trip. Not in a quiet studio. On a trip. With other people. With weather. With limited time.
That's an entirely different skill.
And that's exactly what this course teaches.
Introducing the Travel Painting Course
The Travel Painting Course is the kick in the butt you've been waiting for. (Said with all the love!)
It's not another Pinterest pin. Not another saved YouTube tutorial. Not another "I'll figure it out before the trip" promise.
It's a real plan. Built from years of actually doing this on actual trips. Plus the gentle, lovingly persistent push of someone in your corner who knows you can do this, has watched dozens of women like you do it, and isn't going to let you talk yourself out of it again.
Inside, you'll learn how to pack the lightest, smartest supply kit (so it never feels like a burden). How to pick what to paint when there's something beautiful on every corner (no more paralysis!). How to fit a little painting moment into a real trip with real travel companions (without making your husband wait 45 minutes by the fountain, or your friend group give up and go without you). How to come home with a sketchbook of finished pages... not a camera roll full of regret.
And here's the part most courses won't say out loud:
There's a reason you've watched hours of free travel-painting content and still haven't done it. Free is easy to consume. Free is easy to ignore. Free has kept you free of commitment.
When you pay for something, you actually show up for it. That's not a sales tactic, friend, that's just how your brain works! The course gives you real instruction, real demos, real downloadable resources... and it gives you the skin-in-the-game energy that finally moves you from someone who imagines travel painting to someone who does it.
You're not just paying for information. You're paying for the commitment to action.
On your next trip
After this course, you'll actually do it. The sketchbook comes out. You'll have at least one finished painting before you fly home. (Probably more than one!)
Three trips in
You've got a routine. The supplies are already organized. You know how to find your moment in any city... 15 minutes here, 20 minutes there. Your travel companions don't have to wait around because you've gotten so good at being efficient. Your sketchbook has six finished spreads.
A year from now
You're traveling differently. You're looking. Slowing down. Noticing the bench across from the bakery. The way the light moves across the cathedral wall at 6pm. You're not just collecting photos anymore. You're collecting paintings. (And paintings make so much better stories!)
Course Overview
Say goodbye to...
The travel watercolor set you bought "for the next big trip." (And brought home with the pans untouched!)
The camera roll with 4,000 photos from your last trip and a creeping sense that you don't actually remember most of them.
The Pinterest board of other people's beautiful travel sketchbooks.
The hauled-around supply bag that weighed 12 pounds and never came out of the hotel room.
The "I'll paint these photos when I get home" promise that never made it past Tuesday.
The Notre Dame intimidation. (Or the Grand Canyon intimidation. Or the "this little Tuscan village is so perfect, anything I make will ruin it" intimidation.)
The version of you who walks into a beautiful place, takes a few photos, and walks back out the same.
You're done with all of those. Promise.
The thoughts already running through your head
"What if my group/partner gets impatient with me?"
This is the most common one I hear, and we tackle it head-on inside the course. I'll show you how to paint while they're getting espressos, when they want to nap after lunch, or in the early morning before everyone's up. Travel painting isn't a thing that takes you away from the people you're with. It's a thing that fits into the gaps you didn't know were there.
"There's something beautiful on every corner... how am I even supposed to choose what to paint?"
I know! It's overwhelming. (It's also the best problem you've ever had!) The course teaches you a simple way to pick so you can actually capture the feeling of a place... and how you get out of paralysis and into a finished painting in 15 minutes.
"There's no way I can do justice to [fill in your destination] in my little sketchbook."
You're right. You can't! I'm going to teach you how to capture a moment. The moment you sat on the bench across from it, eating a chocolate croissant, with the breeze just slightly cold on your arms. That moment is what your sketchbook is for. The Notre Dame can stay in your camera roll.
"What if I get home and just don't actually do it?"
Listen. That's literally why this course exists.
I built it because I watched dozens of folks buy supplies, save inspiration, plan the trip... and come home empty-handed. The reason that happens isn't a willpower problem. It's a preparedness problem.
1. You don't have the exact "how to"
2. You don't have someone in your corner saying "hey, you can absolutely paint this... let me show you how."
3. You don't have skin in the game.
This course gives you all three.
What's actually inside
Video lessons that get straight to the point. No fluff, no 47-minute YouTube wandering. Real, tangible advice paired with real demos of me actually painting en plein air... so you can see how it works in the wild, not just in theory.
A walk-through of the lightest, smartest travel supply kit. What to bring. What to leave home. What's worth the splurge and what's totally fine to grab at any art store. Built for cobblestones, carry-ons, and tight hotel-room desks.
Strategies for "what to paint" so you never freeze again. When everything around you is beautiful, choosing where to start can make you skip the whole thing. Inside, I'll teach you a simple way to take the panic out of picking.
A sketchbook tour of real travel paintings. I'll walk you through pages from my own travel sketchbook. How I made each one, what was happening around me, what I was trying to capture. The kind of behind-the-scenes look that makes the whole thing feel doable.
Downloadable PDFs. Supply lists, video transcripts, and practice references so you have everything you need on the page (or in your carry-on).
Lifetime access. Take the course before your next trip. Then take it again before the next one. Every season, every continent, every sketchbook... I'm in your corner whenever you need a refresher.
Hi! I'm Alyssa.
I'm a licensed art educator and a working artist, and I'm also the person who fell in love with sketching my travels when I first studied abroad for a semester in Spain in 2016.
I've travel-painted in airports, on cruise ships, in cafes where I had no business taking up a table for half an hour, on park benches, and in hotel rooms when the weather refused to cooperate. I've packed too many supplies. I've packed too few. I've sat next to my husband waiting for me to finish. I've come home with sketchbooks I'm proud of, and a few that are pretty much disasters.
That's the experience I'm bringing to the course. Not the polished, "look how easy it is" version. The real one. The one with the answers I figured out by actually traveling and painting, year after year.
If you give me a few hours of your time and a willingness to actually try, I'll get you on the bench in front of that bakery. With your sketchbook open. Painting.
Change the Way You Experience the World
"This course was a game-changer for my trip! Painting the small moments made the experience unforgettable."
— Nikki
This is what happens. Travel becomes different.
The trips you take after this aren't measured in photos or souvenirs anymore... they're measured in finished pages. In moments you actually slowed down for. In the feeling of pulling out a sketchbook on a flight home and flipping back through somewhere you've already started to miss.
You don't have to wait for the next trip to start dreaming about who you'll be on it.
Listen.
I know what you've been telling yourself. That you're not at the level. That your group won't have the patience. That you'll do it next trip. That you'll paint from photos when you get home (you won't!). That it would be easier if your life looked different than it does.
I'm not going to argue with any of it.
I just want to leave you with this:
The next trip is coming.
And there's a version of you who shows up to it differently. Who packs the sketchbook and uses it. Who finds the bench across from the bakery. Who hands a small watercolor of the harbor to someone she loves when she gets home. Who gets to be more present, more slow, more present, because she has a creative ritual that requires her to actually look.
She's already in there. She's not waiting for you to be more talented. She's just waiting for you to commit.
This course is the commitment.
Q & A
Q: Do I need to be "good" at watercolor first?
A: Nope. This course is built for all levels, total beginners through experienced painters. I focus on helping you feel confident and actually enjoy travel painting, wherever your skills are right now.
Q: What supplies do I need?
A: Just a few lightweight basics... a small watercolor set, a brush or water brush pen, a travel-friendly sketchbook, and maybe a water cup. I walk through all of it in the first lesson, and I keep the kit small on purpose so it's genuinely easy to pack.
Q: Do I have to paint on location?
A: Not always. You can paint on-site when you have the time and the spot for it, or work from your travel photos later... in your hotel room, or once you're home. The course covers both.
Q: Will this help my watercolor skills in general?
A: Yes. The ideas you'll pick up apply to any subject, at home or on the go. (Just know this isn't a step-by-step tutorial on one specific subject... it's about learning to paint on the move.)
Q: What if I'm not traveling anytime soon?
A: Perfect time to take it, actually! You can practice with scenes from your own town or your old travel photos, so you're ready and confident the moment your next trip lands on the calendar.
Q: How long do I have access?
A: Lifetime. Revisit it before every trip for the rest of your traveling life.
Q: What's the refund policy?
A: Because you get full access to every video, PDF, and resource the moment you enroll, I'm not able to offer refunds on this course. So if you have questions before you buy, please email me at info@alyssawhetstoneart.com... I'd genuinely love to help you figure out if it's the right fit before you commit.
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