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Since we are growing a community of South African Artists on this site, thanks to Liesel...I thought why not jump in boots and all....
I have been teaching art and doing art classes for more than 20 years and have met a wonderful bunch of artists who over the years have become firm friends and some quite accomplished artists.

I offer a beginners Art Workshop that is an intense but fun full day.



This workshop can be attended at my painting cave, or at your venue. I am prepared to travel if you are not too far away .

My workshops do need a minimum of students to run. All these details are available at this link below.

I do workshops in painting techniques, murals, portrait painting, collage, drawing and many more, and I offer classes daily Monday to Saturday for artists that may need advice, support and one on one teaching.

It is really important to me to assist an artist in developing their talent and their own style, so for this reason I never, ever work on your work for you. The instruction is verbal and by demonstration only. 

I carry a supply of art materials that are available to purchase. This includes paints, canvas, brushes etc. I do not sell to retailers but will accommodate teachers in other areas provided that they collect from me and are prepared to make payment on order. My art materials are sold at wholesale with a small mark up to cover expenses only. The reason for this is because I am passionate about Artists getting that small break that is so important to all of us. Art materials are costly and I don't know a single rich artist!!!!

 http://www.jacquisimpson.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=85


 

I proposed to our Big Boss Adrian that we should make a new feature called something like "Members Publications" where we, the members of Easelspace, could present products which have been published and feature our own work. For example, books featuring paintings by us, poetry books (appropriate now that we have created the poem-paintings group), CDs (well, we also have some active musicians on board!),  newspaper articles, interviews...  things like that.

The idea came to my mind as I received a newspaper article from my artist friend Ion Vincent Danu, who was born in Romania but is living in Canada now. He is one of our most active members from two of our themes galleries "Travelscapers" and "Easelfaces", and as such, he deserves to open this new feature. The article is about him, and his activity as a portrait painter.
Sorry, it is in French, but well, I have at least translated for you the title of the article, which is the title of this post.

Welcome, Danu, whatever you do,  it's always SPECIAL!

By Miki