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  • How To Paint: a bit of colour

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    Sunday! Sunday! If you can, and are so inclined, it?áis a great day to relax with a dash of painting. Last week we saw?áHow To Paint a little light. This week we will?áadd?áa bit of?ácolour to?áit. Each Sunday, artist Natasha Henderson?áwill guide you through some simple ÔÇ£How ToÔÇØ tips for painting. Having been (honestly) inspired…

  • How To Paint: a little light

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    Artists who paint are often?áfascinated with light. Light allows us to see; light forms the subject matter that?áis painted. When we paint, we are painting light both as it hits objects, and as it filters through atmosphere. However… sometimes we might like to paint actual light sources.?áHere is a?áshort example?áon how to paint a “Christmas…

  • How To Paint: a small stand of trees in silhouette

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    Everyone likes trees. They are pretty and?áuseful things. So why not paint up a little stand of trees to call your own? Each Sunday, artist Natasha Henderson will guide you through some simple “How To” tips for painting. Having been (honestly) inspired at a young age by the oft-spoofed televised artist Bob Ross, Natasha would…

  • from a book: Random, Absurd Poetry (Big Cheese)

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  • last week, we honoured some Canadian Women Artists

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    Last week, I worked with two sets of students to paint the portraits of eight Canadian Women Artists. The artists I chose for this project were?árelatively current artists, and most are?áliving still. If they weren’t living and contemporary, I had good reason to select them?á(strong influence on other artists, international artistic influence, and?áinfluence in the…

  • Professional-ism in the Arts: walk hard

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    It’s a rocky road, trying to get your art out there. Personally, I’ve submitted?áhundreds of packets to several?átypes of galleries over the years. A few?áI’ve found success with, and the rest said “no” or “not at this time”. One must be persistent?áin their practice. Persistent?áand?áfocused… while?árecognising there are?ácertain bounds that define professionalism and politeness. I…

  • Custom Workshops: have creativity, will travel

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    The brains behind Fleurbain, Tammy Schmidt CHT and Natasha Henderson BFA,?áare pleased to announce an exciting new service: Customised Workshops. Combine these two women’s talents?áfor an inventive and?áinnovative experience that is tailored to meet your needs. For groups, clubs,?ácorporate teams, or?ájust a?ágathering of friends, Tammy and Natasha will craft?áa unique?áworkshop with the greatest of expertise…

  • Women Artists… we should all know more about this

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    When you look at the History of Art, you might wonder why there aren’t as many women in the books as there are men. Why is it that the grand, romantic notion of the solo artist, imparting brilliance and genius upon the sorry masses, is?áalways associated with a male figure??áWho says that this is really…

  • Featured Artist: share your art

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    Fleurbain is proud to announce that we will feature a different artist in our online space every month.?áOur first artist is?áone of the women behind Fleurbain, Natasha Henderson. Artists who are interested in being featured are welcome to email: -?áthree to five jpegs of their work (no larger than 1200 pixels on their longest side,…

  • Snow Painting Experiments… see us at Nuit Blanche this Saturday!

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    Lately, our neighbourhood has been decorated with something like Earth Art crossed with graffiti?ácrossed with scenes from?áan herbalist’s laboratory. We have been practicing and experimenting with “Snow Painting”: using herbs and vegetables as dyes to apply to snow and ice. ?áAs part of an artistic process (similar to dyeing?áfibres, mixing paints from scratch, or crafting…

  • Nuit Blanche. We’ll be there!

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    Exciting times are ahead; this February 26th from about 5pm to 9pm (thorough details will come later…) we (Tammy Schmidt, Clinical Herbal Therapist and Natasha Henderson, artist) will be participating in Nuit Blanche?áas part of the Montreal High-Lights Festival! Our objective: to paint in an unusual way, using nature within the city. We will be…

  • A Teaching Benefit

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    One?áof the benefits of teaching to fully engaged students?áis the challenges that they?ápresent to?áyou. I am teaching a weekly course on felt-making; the first class for this new group was last week. All of the students were keen to learn, to do, to make. Outside of the enthusiasm that they brought to the class, they…