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Mood Boards and Why They are Important

Mood Boards and Why They are Important

I have always relied on mood boards when starting into a design phase for a product or pattern. Mood boards are a great reference point for startin...
Deloresart School of Art Opening Soon

Deloresart School of Art Opening Soon

Hey there, As you may or may not know, I have been working on a School of Art for several months. I have always loved to teach (I spent 30 years te...
Looking for an Art Licensing agent? My story… - deloresartcanada

Looking for an Art Licensing agent? My story…

I am often asked whether an artist should look for and work with an art licensing agent, and the follow-up question is usually “how do I find one?”...
Is it truly possible to “earn while you sleep”? - deloresartcanada

Is it truly possible to “earn while you sleep”?

In the class Easy Print-on-Demand for Artists, I wanted to be sure to tell you why I think it’s something you need to see. I know you have all hear...
Inspiring Artists Rex Ray and the Marimekko group - deloresartcanada

Inspiring Artists Rex Ray and the Marimekko group

Amazing, abstract and handcrafted, with a retrofuturistic feel, Rex Ray’s work is always identifiable, whether as fine art seen on museum or galler...
The Adventure Continues (the Surface Pattern Design quest, that is!) - deloresartcanada

The Adventure Continues (the Surface Pattern Design quest, that is!)

Today I’m back on the jag of my love of pattern design. I discovered this very special niche inside the art and design world while teaching in my h...
Carry Your Tools - How to Take Natural Media on the Road - deloresartcanada

Carry Your Tools - How to Take Natural Media on the Road

Traveling provides a great source of inspiration for art, and some of my best art is captured when I immerse myself in a new environment. Even if I...
Camping and Patterns - deloresartcanada

Camping and Patterns

This last weekend I was possessed to use my water-colours in creating patterns so I could practice making good patterns that I could repeat and use in my surface pattern design for art licensing. 
What Is Intuitive Painting? - deloresartcanada

What Is Intuitive Painting?

Have you ever started a painting without a plan? Have you ever just put paintbrush to canvas without "knowing" what you were trying to paint? Well, this is called intuitive painting.
Happy Accidents - deloresartcanada

Happy Accidents

"Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything." These were the wise words of Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), ...
Why art journal? - deloresartcanada

Why art journal?

Hi again! I wanted to talk a little about one of my most enjoyable activities: art journalling. I journal for two reasons: one is for the pure joy ...
Pattern Crazy! - deloresartcanada

Pattern Crazy!

I LOVE creating patterns. Nature is probably the biggest inspiration for my pattern designs. My travels have taken me all over Canada and the US i...