As with choosing the right type of paper, it pays to buy the best brushes you can afford. This does not mean you need Kolinsky Sable brushes! In fact synthetic brushes are all you will ever need. Type of Brush For personal reasons I choose only synthetic brushes. To be considered artist-quality a brush must…
Did you know you could dissolve coloured pencil pigment thus making your art piece a painting and not a drawing? Coloured pencil is such a versatile medium: ease of use, portability and cleanup, it doesn’t get much easier than painting with coloured pencils. In this course I will take beginners and more experienced artists step-by-step…
Watercolour paints come in hundreds of colours, various levels of quality, and have certain attributes such as transparency versus opaqueness and staining versus non-staining. They also come in tubes, pans, sticks, and even markers. This makes it hard for the beginner to determine what to buy. Suggested Colours for Beginners A cool and warm version…
My next course starts Jan 18th at the Oakville Art Society in Oakville, Ontario. Welcome to the fascinating world of painting with alcohol inks. This bright, beautiful medium offers amazing spontaneity and unlimited possibilities. I give you the tools, techniques and ideas to understand movement and ink flow as you experiment and have fun with…
My next course starts April 20th at the Oakville Art Society in Oakville, Ontario. What kind of art can I produce? YOU will produce art like this… But I can’t paint! Guess what – alcohol inks can paint themselves! You will accomplish beautiful art by just moving the inks around. There are multiple ways that…
In January 2016 I will be teaching two separate 4-week painting courses using alcohol inks – starting Jan 20th at the Oakville Art Society in Oakville, Ontario and starting Jan 21st at the Fine Arts Society of Milton in Milton, Ontario. Are you wondering why YOU should take such a course? • Perhaps you don’t…
Starting January 14th I will be teaching an 8-week painting course using alcohol inks at the Oakville Art Society. See http://dianemarcotte.com/blog/alcohol-inks-course/ for details. Are you wondering why YOU should take such a course? Perhaps you don’t have any painting experience Perhaps you think you can’t draw Perhaps you believe you aren’t “creative” Perhaps you feel…
Artist Kimberly Kelly Santini – http://paintingadogaday.blogspot.ca/ – discovered 20 illegally copied images of her paintings on eBay two days ago and has posted a couple of blogs concerning copyright infringement. Reproduced below (with Kimberly’s permission) is her open letter to copyright thieves. Dear Copyright Thieves Just because it’s on the internet doesn’t mean it’s free for the…
Welcome to my blog! I started painting when my first child was just a baby. I shan’t tell you how many years ago that was! Then life’s responsibilities took over and my oil paints dried up and my brushes went brittle. I had painted a seascape which hung over our fireplace for a few years,…