February news from my studio

Fantastic Results from the Mining Challenge!

A launch always takes a lot out of me, and doing the art challenge was no exception. I ran my free "Mining Your Photo Reference" art challenge in January, and I was SO pleased that over 350 people signed up to take it! The comments were amazing, including this one from Heather D:  "Amazing video! I knew I was missing something in my art. I couldn't figure out what I needed to do to get past painting just the photo and getting results that were only ok."  And this one from Joan W:  "I just finished watching the video. That is probably the best video I have watched on how to use your photos to construct the structure of your painting. You were clear, concise, and very thorough. Your examples were excellent using a variety of subjects. Great job! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills."  Comments like those really make all the work worthwhile, and I was so pleased to be able to help so many artists make their work stronger!  At the end of the challenge, I opened the doors to my 4C Artist's Network membership group and had 25 new members join, excited to continue to deepen their understanding of art with me. That doubled the size of the community, and I am so thrilled for what these talented artists will bring to our community. 4C is now closed until next January so that we can build and develop strong relationships with each other. We are doing a 2 month study based on Mitchell Albala's new book "The Landscape Painter's Workbook", which I highly recommend!

Inside The Studio

I was so excited to get back into the studio after a long 6 weeks of break due to Christmas and the launch. I decided to embark on a February 28 day challenge for myself to create a small painting every day for the 28 days of the month. I have so much art materials and half done work, that it was beginning to get me down, so my theme for the challenge was Using Stuff Up! Not that I will use up my stash in 28 days, or even 28 years, but it did feel good to make a dent in it.

These are little 6x6" gallery canvases that I had leftover from another project. As well, the images were ones that I had in my stash that I hadn't done anything with. I used the same palette for all of them -interesting how different they look yet they are all harmonious and would make a lovely grouping! If you are interested in seeing the rest of the paintings done this month, and to snag one of them before they go to the spring shows, I invite you to check out my Instagram feed or my Facebook Business Page, where I am posting them as I do them -there is even a video of me creating one of them!

Learn From Me

I am happy to announce that I will be having a new Levelling up group beginning on March 8. My previous group is still going strong -as a matter of fact, I suggested we did the 28 day challenge together, just for accountability!

Learn about Levelling Up HERE!

I hope you enjoyed this email and I will talk to you again in a couple of weeks. Please hit the 'mail' icon in the bottom of this newsletter to write to me about anything! You are important to me, and I want our relationship to be a two way communication. Blessings Sharon

My work can always be seen at these galleries:

Leighton Art Centre, outside Calgary Lineham House Gallery, Okotoks ArtMatch, online gallery Art In Canada online gallery As well you can find me on social media using the links below 👇 Please feel free to share this newsletter with anyone you know who loves original art or is interested in learning to be an artist themselves!!

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