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How to Make Money with Your Art

How to Make Money with Your Art

Over the years, I’ve managed to make design work a good chunk of my income. If you’re wondering how to become a designer, I will endeavour to teac...
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...
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...
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...