Watercolours With Life: USA and Canada Tour 2018

Thursday, 2 November 2017

USA and Canada Tour 2018

My blog has fallen quiet as I am currently on tour in USA and Canada. I started this trip teaching at the Oregon Society of Artists in Portland, who hosted three sold out workshops. From there I headed to Daniel Smith in Seattle where I taught four sold out courses and I am now teaching three fully booked workshops in Vancouver at Art Escapes. In each location I have been invited to return. My Daniel Smith workshops in Seattle which were already scheduled for 2018 had just four places available as of last week which is wonderful news.

It's been an incredible trip and I've loved every second sharing my passion for working with watercolour. There have been many occasions where I have felt both humbled and privileged to be able to travel and meet such amazing people and hear many inspirational stories about life being improved by art.

I return home to UK in December after a well deserved holiday and a hugely busy year. Then I'll be back in my blog more regularly with a lot to share and catch up on.

For now , I have to prepare for filming my new DVDs in 2018 and complete my new book which will also be out next year.

Thank you so much to everyone who has attended my courses and made me feel so warmly welcome in each location. A new adventure lies ahead of us with every brush stoke we make. My motto? Make every brush stroke count!

Happy painting.

Jean

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The Artist Magazine : Book Review

Jean Haines' Atmospheric Watercolours

"The book is nothing less than a paean to the wet in wet technique. If that's your thing, prepare to be amazed. Jean Haines credits Jean Louis Morelle, and in many ways this book is the sequel to Morelle's remarkable, but very technical work, showing the wealth of creative possibilities the technique offers. A lot of the images are barely recognisable and yet you instinctively know what they are. I wish I knew how, because this is impressionism taken to its logical conclusion and reminiscent of some of the later work by JMW Turner. You will have to take it from me that "First signs of a face appearing magically from a first wash of watercolour" is pure alchemy. This is an extraordinary book."

"Amazing Ways With Watercolour:" Fastest Selling DVD!

"Amazing Ways With Watercolour" from Town House Films is the fastest selling DVD with the company to date! Record breaking pre-orders for this much awaited film saw requests for copies flooding in from all over the world. A wonderful introduction into working with watercolour minus the use of a preliminary sketch this DVD removes the fear, stress or pressure from worry about how to use watercolour. Instead the focus is on having fun, enjoying vibrant colour combinations and allowing the medium to create the subjects with just a little help from the artist. A really exciting new DVD to own. Whilst the DVD sold out in the first few months since its' release due to popularity it is now in stock and available directly from Town House Films.

http://www.townhousefilms.co.uk

How To Paint Colour and Light in Watercolour

"How to Paint Colour and Light in Watercolour" Jeans first book was launched at the Mall Galleries in 2010 at the SWA Society for Women Artists Annual Exhibition. Many copies have been sold world wide. It is available on Amazon.com, Search Press, SAA Society for All Artists and Ken Bromley.

"This book is a wonderful introduction into Jeans' way of working and gives an insight into her way of thinking and approach to a large variety of subjects. All painted minus the use of a preliminary sketch."