Hi Everyone!
Great news! Doris ( my dear friend and also webmaster who has created this wonderful website) has completed my new art instruction DVD pages. I am blown away by the information and images Doris has included. The 'icing on the cake' is the sneak preview videos showing a little of what you can expect on each DVD.

Please visit this Watercolor DVD page and from there you can visit each individual DVD page where you will find images and information for each Watercolor DVD.

I recently purchased a new DVD myself. It was then that I realized how important it is to show artists what they will actually be getting when they buy my DVDs.

When we buy an art instruction DVD we are really making a 'blind' purchase. So Doris has spent a great deal of time ensuring everyone can see as much as possible of each my DVDs to give you confidence and assurance that not only are my DVDs professional quality - but also that my teaching and watercolor art lessons deliver everything you want to know and so much more (no matter what skill level you have reached). My aim is to open a whole new world of possibilities for you to help you reach your full potential with your watercolor painting.

We also have a special offer to celebrate the new DVD pages:

Buy all three sets together and receive free shipping anywhere in the world!

Click on the image to visit the brand new DVD pages.

Have fun everyone!

Coming soon...

Watch this space for my next new painting! My next blog post will feature a new oil painting that will be one of the main pieces of work in my 2011 exhibition!

Susan

"Liberty"
Watercolor on Arches 300 gsm Hot Pressed paper
19" x 11" (480 mm x 280 mm)
© Susan Harrison-Tustain

Please click to visit the Exhibiton page and see more
sneak previews of Susan's latest work

I thought you may like to see another sneak preview of one of my latest paintings that will feature in my 2011 "Recollections exhibition":

I love to paint wildlife. Particularly bird studies.

Let me introduce "Liberty'.

A watercolor painting of a white pigeon in the beautiful Provencal village of Peillon. I love the notion that she is free to nest where she chooses. She has chosen this ancient building with the most breathtaking view of the Mediterranean from her balcony.

The broken window is the entrance to her sanctuary. The old glass and crumbling stonework allow me to play with light and reflection and these challenge me to paint textures and surfaces that are almost tactile. I want to give the viewer a sense of becoming a part of the earthiness of this place that is slowly giving-way to nature.

As with all of my paintings, if we choose we can enter the world inside the frame. We can look up to the broken window and watch the white pigeon emerge onto the balcony and imagine the feeling of liberation as she soars through the Mediterranean blue sky. Can you hear the flutter of feathers, the brush of wind as she swoops back onto her ancient perch? Feel the warm air, the sun and breathe in the aroma of wild Thyme and dry grasses. How easy it is to walk passed - these things unnoticed - and nothing would change. But take a moment to ponder what is there for us to discover, absorb - leave untouched. These cameos of life touch me with their unassuming and yet compelling tie to things passed, present and future. I leave full of wonderment and inspiration, great respect and gratitude to have looked up and felt this connection to nature.

As I painted this piece, each day I could sense these things and now the painting is completed, I love to watch as those who visit me, stand in front of this piece and become lost in this serene and peaceful place of liberation.

Laura Alexander Rose
Watercolor Rose painting
© Susan Harrison-Tustain

I have a lovely story to share with you all. Some time ago Kevin Milne, the TVNZ presenter of a 'make a wish' television program, contacted me with avery touching story:

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Watercolor Painting of Daffodils
© Susan Harrison-Tustain

Fine Art Giclee from an original painting of an Italian marble sculpture and an offset lithograph from an original painting of pansies, leaves and ladybugs.

Two of my Limited Edition Fine Art prints are almost sold out

This is an opportunity to purchase the last in a very popular giclee print edition and an offset print edition

Learn how to create prints and reproductions from your art.

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While I was just searching through my files I found theses roses which I painted years ago. Just thought you would like to see them.

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Susan Harrison-Tustain exhibition of new oil and watercolor paintings in 2011

‘Recollection’

28^th 29^th & 30^th October 2011

More information on my Events Page on the Fine Art Site

I know many of you like to plan your overseas holidays in advance and are waiting to hear the dates of my next major exhibition of oil and watercolor paintings in 2011.

"Faraway"
Medium: Oil on Belgian Linen
Size: 22"x16" inch
(560 mm x 410 mm)

I am really pleased to make this announcement as I create my new pieces for my collection of paintings. The works are challenging and exciting! I like to think they will engage viewers to interpret and apply their own history to them. I love to see my patrons become absorbed in the world inside the frame. For me the real truth and meaning of art is measured in the long silences it creates.

I will share one of my new oil paintings here with you now.

You are the first  to see this new painting from my ‘Recollection’ exhibition.

What do you want to see in a watercolor instruction DVD?

Before I started my new watercolor instruction DVD I wanted to hear what artists would like to learn about watercolors. So I asked YOU what you would like to learn.

You told me where you experience problems when you paint in watercolor. Many artists suggested they would like to see how to paint white on white – a white subject such as a white rose. Others mentioned they would like to see how to paint gold or silver and others were interested in painting reflections. How to create the feeling of Old Master’s still life paintings was very popular. How to paint backgrounds is a common question, just as how to paint leaves is often ask for too.

So after some thought I decided to create a still life subject that incorporates all of these things for you: A beautiful rose, a white porcelain bowl with a lovely gold edge, a rich wooden table top with reflections of the rose, leaves and bowl in the varnished wooden table top and of course a lovely rich dark background. You can also see how to paint dew drops!
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Newsbreak Announcement!

Additional workshop may be possible in 2010!

As you know my workshops are far too rare these days!  But I may have some good news:

Many of you have been told my Oct/Nov 2010 New Zealand workshops are fully subscribed. They always fill very quickly. I wish I had a clone as there are always many who unfortunately miss out on securing a place. But... the great news is that I am contemplating running a third workshop if we can get the message out to those who were so disappointed to miss out previously. This is an opportunity to gather a small group of friends or come along yourself – my workshops are always so much fun. But do be in touch asap. If we have enough to make this third workshop viable – I will happily make it happen for you. Sadly a fourth workshop is not possible.

It will be some time before I conduct more workshops so it seems a great opportunity to run another one for those on the waiting list and others who told me of their disappointment in missing a place. I may as well schedule a third - while everything is already in motion!

Click here for details on the workshops – remembering the dates of the proposed new workshop are at the base of this message and not mentioned on this clickable link you see below:

http://www.susanart.com/workshops-2010.pdf

Click here for student reviews from my previous workshops:

http://www.susanart.com/forum/index.php?topic=87.0

I am able to secure the venue for the following workshops session beginning with the Thursday evening get together on 11^th November 2010. The workshop teaching 12^th – 14^th November.

It would be lovely to have you aboard!

Susan

Welcome! This Site is a 'Work in Progress'.

As it is under construction there may be links that are not working perfectly at this time. There is a huge amount of information and fun things of interest for artists and collectors alike.

Do enjoy your visit and come back again. Information, new articles and images will be constantly added for your interest. You may like to subscribe to my blog and forum - join in a SusanArt Forum Challenge or just pull up a chair and enjoy browsing the huge array of subjects and paintings you will discover on my new website.

This website is designed with you in mind. You will find it has two themes:

One for the artist and one for the collector of fine art. There are many cross- overs that will interest you all so do take a look at both sites.

On my Collectors and Fine Art site you will find my new gallery. Full of paintings that speak of our natural world, humanity and emotion - each is a narrative - and has a story to reveal.

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