The first new digital watercolour for my new website and blog

This is going to be the first new painting for my new website and blog. It will also be available at ArtWanted and RedBubble (you can get it framed and printed larger than I can print it too!)

Working on my new Digital Painting Site – old one down

In case you are looking for my website  at  —- JoanAHamilton.com (my ArtSites.ca website) … It is in the process of being moved to my new website which will be combined with my Art Blog on a FolioTwist site. The URL is http://www.joanahamilton.com/ I will let you know when it’s ready in a few days. I [...]

A very different style for me…Abstract!

Birds of a Feather Copyright Joan A Hamilton 2008 I painted this last spring I believe and found it again when I was experimenting with brushes and textures tonight. I liked it back then and I still do. Maybe someone else will too.  It looks like baby birds in a nest sort of. I love [...]

Dusting and cleaning the bathroom just don’t give you the same mental kick!

  This post has been retitled and moved to http://www.joanahamilton.com/blog/why-do-you-feel-the-need-to-create/   Please see it there and thanks for stopping by.                        

Is Copying Art to Learn Not Profit Acceptable?

What do you think of the practice of copying other artist’s work as a learning exercise? Please share your thoughts on this.

Digital Watercolour of a Golden Pear

  This was painted on a blank canvas. It is not a photo manipulation, nor is it created using special effects or filters. It was painted stroke by stroke using Corel Painter 9.5′s digital watercolour, blender, chalk and pastel Brushes. I do use Contrast and Add Surface Texture from the Effects menu to adjust the [...]

Improvement in my digital painting techniques!

  This painting was done last January at the same time my husband had a heart attack. He obviously survived it and had a stent done. I called this piece “You Light Up My Life,” because I really wanted to tell him that at the time. It was a really scary experience as ‘life experiences’ [...]

Sending a note card in the mail is a social grace that can’t be replaced by email.

  I painted this especially for my mother-in-law Pauline, who says she’s not a ‘flower person,’ (because I started out painting only flowers). She loves rocks and water and told me she was ‘honoured’ to have a card designed expecially for her. Wasn’t that a lovely thing to say! There is something special about receiving a hand [...]

‘Looking on the Bright Side’ a Digital Watercolour Still Life

This was painted using the digital watercolour brushes in Corel Painter 9.5. I have been experimenting and working on techniques to mix the paint together more and to get some of the watercolour effects I like so much in it. I’ll post something I did two years ago and you can decide if my technique [...]

About Me

  Joan A.  Hamilton,  born in 1955 in North Bay Ontario.  Most artists describe their love of painting and drawing as having originated in their childhood. I am no exception. I vividly remember being seated on the long bench at our kitchen table with a large box of crayons and a piece of paper drawing Christmas pictures [...]