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No matter how much we long to hold onto Summer as long as we can, without fail Fall arrives with its crisp sunny days and the colors change around us. It becomes unavoidable to not want to paint this season so our colors - much like our clothes - change yet again. And so our subject matter changes along with it... we begin to use more of our warmer tones and integrate a variety of analogous colors into our work. Pumpkins appear, colorful leaves, longer shadows.   So join me in venturing into this next season with my upcoming on line LIVE classes! [...]

Welcome to Fearless watercolors! I am so glad you are taking this journey to explore watercolors in a unique way to explore the beauty of this medium and understand how to get great results. This should be considered just a beginning as it takes an understanding of some basics and practice. Here is a place you can find some of those basics to watercolors - I’ve created a few fast videos for you to watch and try: https://www.janguarinofineart.com/video#filter=.video-collection-306 Here too is a list of supplies - the better quality of your supplies, the better your results will be. Often students think since they are just starting [...]

  This painting of mine is called Waiting for the Scoop - which is fitting, because I’m going to give you the inside scoop on how you can join my live online Zoom classes and sign up for my e-newsletter!   Before the pandemic, I held in-person classes all over Long Island. Things have definitely changed since then, but I’m adapting quite well to the virtual learning model and even learning a thing or two myself along the way!   I’m currently teaching classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Each with a different focus - from exploring new skills to learning how to fix the “mistakes” you [...]

Like everyone - I'm a bit starved for company, painting and for me - teaching. It has become a very large part of not just what I do, but who I am.   I ran my first on-line "test" this past Thursday using Zoom. I was beyond impressed with how many folks figured out the technology and showed up. Were there snags? You bet there were, but I am committed to running them until it is smooth and a great experience for everyone.   So if you want to try, just sign up for my newsletter and you will receive the dates and times along [...]

As Spring begins to emerge in the Northeast, I reflect on this past winter - it was an unusual one. Only one snow - which stuck to trees and grass but not the roads. Instead of piles of snow and incredibly cold days, it was mostly just grey and wet - NOT our usual winter. Good thing I went all around town that first snow in December to grab photos to use a reference to paint from. [...]