I think I will always consider myself a student.When I started painting, I kinda thought "When I find my style, then I will be set for the rest of my life". It's been 20 years now, and although I am more confident in my painting, I have come to understand that an artist's style is ever flowing and changing, because our life is ever flowing and changing. I am very well aware of the abundant wealth of knowledge that is out there for me to … [Read more...]
Confused about Oil Painting Materials?
I remember wandering around through the isles of art supply stores, bewildered, not really knowing what I needed, and bought stuff that did not do what I expected or that I ended up never using – sounds familiar?After years of striving to understand what all of these different bottles, tubes and brushes were for, I ended up creating an oil painting course for beginners – the course that I wanted to take when I was starting out!I am … [Read more...]
Brandon
Finally! After 2 failed attempts (almost 3!) I am very happy to present to you my latest painting.This portrait was a challenge! Not much room for error... a millimetre off on the upper lip or the brow line and the expression is completely different. On top of that, I decided to try something different: to work on paper mounted on wood panel. The surface is super interesting for portraiture, specially for me who does not like working … [Read more...]
New Look, New Painting!
Finally, my new site is now online!After many weeks working on it (yes, I did it myself with a little help from my boyfriend), I finally have a responsive site that doesn't look like crap on tablets and smartphones.I also revised all of my courses, that I will be giving at my workshop again. I invite you to go check them out!And I'm taking this opportunity to show off a painting that I did last year during an awesome weekend with … [Read more...]
New Paintings 2013
I have three new paintings to show you!The first two were made from photographs taken by the very wonderful Marie-Josée Dupont who was kind enough to give me permission to reproduce them. I wanted to practice doing portraits with a different technique and to my surprise, I was able to do these two portraits in just 7 days, which is exceptional for me!! And the results are better than I expected : )The third painting comes from a tiny … [Read more...]
Pointe Valaine Exhibit 2013
From wednesday november 27 to sunday december 1st, I will be participating in the sixth edition of the Collectif d'art de la Pointe Valaine. Come meet artists from the region in this exhibit high in color and emotionCentre communautaire et culturel de la Pointe-Valaine 85, rue d’Oxford, Otterburn ParkWednesday november 27 7pm to 21pm Thursday november 28 7pm to 9pm Friday november 29 7pm to 9pm Saturday november 30 … [Read more...]