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Five New Gift Tags

Elegant, Stunning, and Unique, these new gift tags are sure to please both the gift giver and the recipient. Each design is presented in three sizes and ready to print on card stock, sticker paper, or any quality paper from your local office supply. They are perfect for dressing up your gifts or gift bags.

All tags are available for purchase and immediate download in the shop. Begin collecting your Gift Tags today so you will have a selection to choose from for your next gift.

Email Marketing 2010 Award of Excellence

Jeanne Downing Decorative Art Designs has just been awarded the Vertical Response 500 Award for Email Marketing Excellence for the 2nd Quarter of 2010! The award criteria is four or more emails sent to between 100 - 500 opt-in customers over a period of three months, and with an open rate of more than 20% and a click through rate of more than 4%. Of the top 500 award recipients, we were ranked 38th! Considering more than 500,000 people use Vertical Response, this says a lot about the loyalty of our customers. Thank you to all of you for your consistent interest and support.

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Rosecote Gift Tags

Begin collecting these elegant gift tags with the first two designs. Each design is available in three sizes and is perfect for birthdays, showers, weddings, thank you, and anniversary gift giving. View the slideshow, and then download the Rosecote Gift Tags, compliments of Rosecote. Take advantage of this limited time offer soon.

Stock Photos

Check out the Stock Photography Gallery to view some of the photos that are available for purchase here at Rosecote. This new artist resource is filled with dozens of flower photos. With more categories and photos being added, you are sure to find something to inspire you or that catches your fancy. Take a moment to browse the collection.

Announcing a New E-Packet

Here is the 2nd design in the Brocade and Lace Series. Wrap It With Roses demonstrates how easy it is to take the techniques and skills you developed from the red rose study on The Elegant Rose - Be Mine DVD and apply them to this elegant, appealing design. Satisfy your desire for instant gratification and download this packet now from the shop.

The Wrap It With Roses Artist Panel is available too. Find out more about this exciting surface!

 

 

Just Released

The Elegant Rose - Be Mine DVD is now available in the shop. With over 80 minutes of instruction dedicated to painting a red rose on a red background, it is a wonderful compliment to The Elegant Rose - Reprised. Continue your quest to paint beautiful stroke roses and add a red one to your repertoire!

Find out more about the exciting surface Be Mine is painted upon.

You Asked for It, You Got It!

The Elegant Rose - Reprised is now available in a DVD! Get your copy in the shop today.

This DVD is not a remake of The Elegant Rose video (which is no longer available) that was taped in 1994. I was limited to just one hour in that video, and it was more project oriented.

With this new DVD format I am able to spend more time going through the structure of the rose. I am telling you how I think, what I am thinking about as I develop the rose, why I choose the colors I do, and I spend more time with the camera on my palette. This dvd has over two hours of instruction, up close. It is like "being there". An added bonus is that I am able to share all the little details that finish off the rose. I was not able to do that on the first video nor is there often time to do that in one day seminar. There is a lot more instruction on this DVD and it is presented just the way I teach the rose at seminars.

Announcing The Elegant Rose - Reprised Online Class

The Elegant Rose - Reprised is now available for study in the Online Classroom. Over 2 and 1/2 hours of video demonstrating how to paint a stroke rose step-by-step, with written instructions, photos and color swatches. Watch Jeanne as she demonstrates how she develops a rose and thinks through each step, selecting colors, and petal placement. It is the next best thing to "being there". Purchase the lesson for $24.95 and access the classroom 24/7 for 30 days.

Box Panels - New Painting Surfaces

We are excited about the new painting surfaces that are being introduced for the first time here at Rosecote. Box Panels are hardboard (masonite) surfaces mounted on a poplar wood cradle. This surface can be prepped with Traditional Oils, Waterbase Oils, Alkyds, Acrylics. It will accept all commercial and handmade gesso grounds. The panels are 1 5/8 inches deep and come in assorted sizes. They are perfect for still life and florals, and when you are done, there is no need to frame your painting. We have some innovative ideas on how these panels will be put to use here at Rosecote. Stay tuned! See the sizes available in the Shop

Rosecote Online Classroom

The online classroom is open! You don't have to be enrolled to take advantage of the free tips and tutorials that are available to you 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Currently you can view tutorials on Brush Mixing with Oils. Watch for more video tutorials to be added soon. Visit the classroom today!

A Book Dedicated to Painting Stroke Roses

What would Rosecote be without a Rose Book?


Hear about the Projects in the Book.

Imagine a book complete with 16 full color pages of deocrative painting projects and step-by-step instructions for painting roses in reds, yellows, whites and pinks! Rose Expressions is loaded with rose tips, techniques, instructions, and how-to for painting the variety of rose designs included in this book. Romance attends each page! Rose Expressions is also available in Japanese! Click here to see these beautiful projects, and order your copy today.

Announcing

    ePackets

For the first time at Rosecote, two of the most ordered packets are now available for electronic download! That's right, you can now purchase Romancing the Rose, and Summer Roses and Strawberry Tea Cake Server in the shop and download them immediately. The E-Packets contain all of the material included in the original packets plus color swatches of the Liquitex and Lefranc & Bougeios Oil Paints. Look for more E-Packets to be added soon!

Update: Two more E-Packets have been added. They are Verdigris Rose and French Floral Bouquet. Check out these packets in the Shop today!

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Winsor Newton has discontinued Purple Madder Alizarin. You may substitute Rembrandt Burnt Carmine which is available in the Shop.

Due to the demise of Liquitex oils, my favourite colors, Light Magenta and Medium Magenta are no longer available. The following may be substituted in those designs that call for:

Light Magenta -- Carmine Lake+ W + speck Cad Red Light (Lefranc & Bourgeois Oils) or
Magenta + Naples Yellow Light + Cadmium Red Light (Winsor Newton Oils)

Lefranc & Bourgeois has introduced an oil color called Lefranc Pink. I have been using this tube paint, and have been quite happy with the results. You may purchase this tube color in the Shop.

Medium Magenta -- Carmine Lake + Stable Violet + W (Lefrance & Bourgeois Oils)
Magenta + speck Cadmium Red Light (Winsor Newton Oils)

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Sincerely,
Jeanne

 

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