Hi, I am having a lot of trouble adding in additional panels to customize my WordPress website. 

I went into the widgets section where I could always add to panels. I see a hell of a lot of side panels with full customization. But NO OTHER TYPE.  Such as magazine panels, for example.

So is there a way to make it to where I can simply make customized panels?

I see on the various themes that this is possible with Soledad. So I know full well there is a way to do it. But I am just at a loss when trying to design this by scratch, using the options of the theme.

Also, if I wanted to stylize the featured slider to alter its look like what you might see on some of the other themes...is there a way to do that as well?

Thank you for all your help!