What's New? ...

Susan, along with four other talented artists, have developed an art education website and resource center called The Art Apprentice Online.  Please visit this website for free indepth art studies including color theory, art principles, art history and much more.  Be sure to bookmark this website as this is not a one time visit.  You will want to come back more and more once you see how much this online art campus has to offer. So grab yourself a cup of coffee and go have a visit. 
AAO Classroom  In this new age of internet technology and online classes, it is easier to obtain art education now than ever before.  The AAO has designed art education courses that are within reach of everyone who has access to a computer. On the AAO Campus our focus on interactive learning gives the student artist easy access to affordable and comprehensive art education.

•       Fundamental courses for novice artists.
•       Courses in all genres: floral, landscapes, seascapes, theory, drawing, still life, whimsy, folk art, birds and wildlife, animals, art history and many more

AAO Interactive
 complimentary expansion and extension of our online classrooms where all students of art are invited to interact and discuss art related materials. This forum is an email 'group' format where your artistic growth and imagination will be engaged. This content can be delivered right to your email inbox. We believe effective and daily learning fosters inspiration and in turn motivates artists to paint. Join now.

•      Complimentary Just Paint It weekly program
•       Elements of art weekly discussions
•       Principles of design weekly discussions
•       Networking

The Hummingbird The Art Apprentice Online monthly newsletter

•        Complimentary video demonstrations
•        Short articles
•        Whats new on AAO campus
•        New products for artists

 

Introducing Epackets...

NO waiting. Download your Epacket as a PDF and save it to your hard drive. Available now in the shopping cart

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This packet is available at ArtApprenticeOnline for $9.95. Purchase here... Select image for a larger view.

This re-released design has been newly converted to Traditions paints.  The design features two beautiful winter landscapes enhanced with traditional Christmas roses, berries and holly.

The design is easily adaptable to many surfaces used during the winter season.

 

Printing Tips...

The E-packet comes complete with several photographs, line drawings, and step by step instructions for the artist to paint along with.

You are saving postage and time as epackets can be delivered almost instantly. Wonderful if you are overseas or have to worry about customs. However, the end result will only be as good as the attention you put into printing it out.  While regular, inexpensive copy paper is good enough for emails, recipes and other text content, good images require a little bit more. 

Purchase a good quality premium or Bright White paper for the brand of printer you have. [e.g. HP- HP Premium paper, Canon - Canon Paper] Matching the paper to your printer brand usually produces better results. It doesn't have to be photo paper. Make sure you have enough ink in your cartridge before you start.  Learn how to print only the pages you want. Don't just automatically hit print. Take a moment to look through each page on a print preview and decide if you need them all, then make your selection.

Printed pages are not usually waterproof so a little extra care is required here also. Use plastic sheet protectors. If your monitor is in your studio you may not need to print it out at all. Copyright applies to epackets as much as printed works, so please respect the artist and don't be tempted to share your epacket.

New! Painting Stroke Roses Instructional DVD

It is just fantastic!

I have never been able to attend a seminar or a convention, and so I had to rely on books and magazines to try and understand how to paint those marvellous stroke  roses. Well, watching Susan paint roses in every detail was a real eye opener!! My roses are finally beginning to look like...well, roses, instead of like diseased cabbages.

I always assumed that such roses were "born" from perfectly placed strokes done with perfectly double-loaded brushes, almost in "one fell swoop". Watching Susan, I realized that of course she makes beautiful strokes , but.....she goes back over each, adjusts the colour, adds a highlight, strenghtens a shadow, even glazes over the whole already painted rose with one colour and does the strokes again!! WOW!!!!  It's a really fantastic learning experience and I'm glad I got it.

Elena A.

Available now in the shopping cart