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My 2023 Spring Signature Event starts now 🌱

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Celebrate the start of Spring with new artwork for your home! All prints and art products are 15%  off through Thursday – use code SPRING23  at checkout. 🌱 Shop the Sale »   Thank you for supporting my work! ~Jennifer Love

Marigold Demo_March 2023

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Watercolor demonstration. Marigold

Watercolor Demo - July 2022

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Watercolor demo for Crescent Senior Living in Sandy, UT 

Sketching Demo - July 2022

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 Sketching Carnations and Lillies (sharpie marker on paper) Click the video below the pic to watch the demo (super fast version!)

Welcome Summer!

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Summertime!  I'm one of those moms who actually loves summer break. I love letting my kids sleep in rather than trying to drag them out of bed every morning (when I am also tired and completely empathize with their lack of motivation!). I love that we can stay up later doing family movies, game nights, and going to the local amusement park together. I also love summer mornings. I start most mornings and end most evenings with a check on my garden. I'm trying some new crops this year (carrots and potatoes). Last year, I grew watermelon and cantaloupe for the first time. I got two big watermelons off my vines, and seven or eight cantaloupes. They were all DELICIOUS! We also love to grow pumpkins every year for decorating and Jack-O-Lanterns in the Fall.  We are in our second year of a severe drought, and this year our irrigation water restrictions are even more strict. Only one day per week to water the entire yard, and for only 40 minutes. Ergh! I've got my DIY rain barrels

Inflation SUCKS Sale - now through 5/20/22!

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So what do you do when inflation, grocery and gas prices are high? You run a sale, so at least something costs less! Announcing my “Inflation SUCKS” sale! Use code RELIEF25 at checkout for 25% off my art storewide. Ends 5/20. Prints, originals, cards, mugs, and more! I hope you find something perfect for you! Here’s the link: https://www.jenniferloveartwork.com/

Woven Watercolor workshop through OSHER - June 23, June 30, July 7 (online)

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Registration is open for my summer workshop "Woven Watercolor" with OSHER Lifelong Learning at the University of Utah. (For adults 50+).    Click here to register Maybe I'll see some of you in class this summer (online)! Woven Watercolor Workshop with Jennifer Love (2022) Thursdays, June 23, June 30, July 7 5:00pm-6:30pm (MDT) - This will be a live streaming class COURSE DESCRIPTION Discover a fun way to breathe new life into your watercolors! For beginners, intermediate, or advanced painters, woven watercolors are a way to add texture and dimension to your paintings. This course will teach you a few basic watercolor techniques such as wet-in-wet and dry brush, along with various ways to create texture on your paper. There will be a quick instructional on how to set up your paint palette and supplies for most efficient use. You will then learn to plan and execute a woven watercolor painting from concept to finished product. Send me an email if you have any questions abou

Want to know how to properly hang artwork in your home?

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Xanadu Gallery has published a great guide to hanging artwork in your home or office! How to Hang a Painting | A Free Guide From Xanadu Gallery "Fallen 4" | watercolor | ©Jennifer Love Click here to read the Red Dot blog post. Click here to download the PDF. Guide to hanging artwork information published here by permission from Xanadu.

My Favorite Basics

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Updated from a previous post... I was once asked about the brand of paint I use and whether I prefer cold water or hot water to paint.  Both were interesting questions and I didn't have an immediate answer for that customer - though I should have!  After that, I have made an effort to become more aware of the supplies I use to create my artwork, and why I prefer some brands over others. This has been a good exercise for me as well as arming me with the sure knowledge of the answers to those questions should they arise again sometime in the future! "A Patchwork Fall" - watercolor ©Jennifer Love I once ran out of Ultramarine Blue paint in my palette and had to replace it with a tube from a brand I don't normally use. While the color match was similar, the properties of the paint differed quite a bit in use. It helped me realize why I seek out my preferred brand of paint. :) As to the cold vs. hot water, I generally use cold tap water. Over ti

Right Brain? Left Brain? ... Let's Rid Ourselves of the Labels and the Preconceived Notions!

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Background image source: Death to Stock Photos Are you a Right Brain or a Left Brain...a "numbers person" or a "creative sort"? Why should we have to choose? Why do we need to define ourselves as an "analytical thinker" or a "creative thinker"? Why can't a person be both? Has anyone heard of Leonardo DaVinci - one of the most important historical figures to contribute to both science and to art? Anyone remember a theoretical physicist named Albert Einstein - who also happened to be a violinist and a pianist? Image sources: Public domain. Copyright belongs to photographers/designers/image owners Image sources: Public domain. Copyright belongs to photographers/designers/image owners I happen to work in a very analytical profession. Most of my days are spent analyzing data and trying to interpret that data into useful reports to help inform the business decisions of our organization.

My Happy Place

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It's Spring here in Utah. One of my favorite seasons of the year. I love the color and blossoms that are coming out. There are little chutes of green poking through the ground...and the tulips are starting to color. Hopefully the deer will leave them alone this year! After a rainy week (thankfully - as we need the water!), we had a little sunshine this afternoon and I spent a few hours out working in my garden. The garlic I planted last October is growing. Today, I planted carrots and potatoes, laid out my plans for where to plant crops, and put together a few more raised beds. Some parts of the yard and garden are full of sticker weeds...ergh! I'm trying to make my yard and garden organic, so I'll have to figure out how to take care of that without weed killer. Always a challenge to deal with!! My garden and my art studio are my happy places. I love the growing season. Gardening is an exercise in patience...in seeing sometihing awesome come out of hope and hard work. It

Mother's Day Special

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Hi there! With Mother’s Day just around the corner, I thought I’d put together a very special offer for you in case there’s a mom in your life who would appreciate something truly unconventional next month. (Or even if you want or need a little something special for yourself!) Use the code MOM2022 at checkout on my website to unlock 30% off your entire order! My new website has my original paintings available for purchase as well as print on demand greeting cards, prints, magnets, mugs, tote bags and more! I'm loading new images up frequently. https://www.jenniferloveartwork.com/ This is my biggest discount of the year and will only be available through May 7th, but o rder by April 17th to ensure delivery by Mother's Day! "Flower Patch" ©Jennifer Love Woven watercolor painting.

New Website Launch & Giveaway

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Great news! I've been working hard to expand my art business and have just launched a brand new art gallery website. I'm celebrating with a giveaway and a special launch promotion.  www.jenniferloveartwork.com  is the new home for my artwork. There, you'll find my available originals, as well as prints on a variety of media types from paper to canvas and metal, greeting cards, and more. New work will be added frequently! My new website also has a special feature you should know about: The Wall Preview Tool  allows you to visualize my art in a sample room. You can select the room type and even choose your paint color to get a better feel for how large a given piece is and how it will look on your wall.  Click here  to try it out.  I'm so excited to take this next step with my art business, thanks to the support of my followers and collectors like you. So here's my way of saying "thanks" for keeping up with my art: To celebrate, I'm giving away a signed 

Art & Soup 2022

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  It is my great honor to be invited to participate as an artist in the 2022 Community Nursing Services Art & Soup celebration, which is being held in person again this year after two years of pandemic hiatus. This incredible fundraiser benefits the CNS Charitable Care Program which provides home health care and hospice to thousands of uninsured and underinsured, low-income individuals across the state of Utah.  Click here  to learn more. 35% of all art sales during this event are donated to the Charitable Care program. It has been (and continues to be) a challenging time in the world. This fundraiser is one way to help make a direct impact for good in my little corner of the world.  If you live in the Salt Lake area, I hope you'll come to Art & Soup. Mention that you received my email newsletter and I will extend a 20% discount to any purchase you make at my artist booth during this event.  March 16 - 17, 2022 11a - 2p (lunch session) 5p - 9p (dinner session) Salt Palace C

Lovely Lines

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Once upon a time, I used to take ballet lessons (for about 10 years).  I quit when I was 14 and realized that my body type (and my love of food and Dr. Pepper) wasn't conducive to being a ballerina. But, I still love watching performances, love the the dance and the beautiful and graceful lines of the dancers, who create art with their body movement. I stumbled across this video on YouTube and thought it was worth sharing.  :)  Hope you enjoy! Click the picture above or Click here to watch

Tenacity

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Do you know how to ride a bike? Did you ever have to pick yourself up, dust off your bruised and bloodied knees and try again? I still have gravel in my knees from many a crash in my youth. But, it is also a badge of honor! Proof that the effort I made to learn and improve paid off! And, now that I have the skill, I will never forget, no matter how long it’s been since I got on a bike. Learning to ride a bike is a good metaphor for our art pursuits. Being an artist requires tenacity. It requires dusting ourselves off and trying again. It sometimes even requires my blood, sweat, and tears (literally)! But, over the years, I have learned not to take rejection too personally (although it still stings), and I have persevered - and this is something all artists must do!  In 2003, when I joined the Utah Watercolor Society (UWS), I was anxious to “get going” with my art. I had no idea how competitive the art world was! I made slides of all my best pieces of artwork. I set up a studio