J a n H a r t
a Watercolor Artist, Teacher and published Author on color with Watercolor Workshops, Intensives and Simple Living Tours in Costa Rica
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ATTENTIoN, please!
on Dec. 18, 2011, I lost ALL emails and email addresses I'd recorded for the past 14 months! Help! If you corresponded with me during this time, please email me here and give me your email so I can rebuild!
I especially need to hear from:
Debbie H. and Carol J.,
Jan's Blog Jan's Front Row Seats http://jansfrontrowseats.blogspot.com/Jan & Frank's business Simply Living in Costa Rica
Email Jan jan@janhart.com
Jan's Address 1 km oeste de la escuela de San Rafael Norte, San Rafael Norte, San Isidro del General, Perez Zeledon, San Jose, Costa Rica
Jan's Mailing Address
PO Box 595-8000, San Jose, Perez Zeledon, San Isidro 11901, Costa Rica, Central Americafrom US (011-506-2772-4998)
cell phone 8916-0134
All over Costa Rica you can see this common relationship - a Brahman cow standing very close to a single cattle egret. This symbiotic relationship benefits both. The egret removes ticks from the cow; the slowly moving cow stirs up grasshoppers and other insects for the egret. phone number 2772-4998
Jan's E-book,
What Do You Mean I Can't Move to Costa Rica?
Some reader responses to the Costa Rica book...
Jan,
You are a wonderful writer, as well as painter. And so honest!! I am so looking forward to moving down there and have been reading a chapter or two of your book every day...
Marcelle Morrison-Bogorad
What Do You Mean I Can't Move to Costa Rica?
A single woman artist follows her heart and re-designs the last 1/3 of her life...
28 chapters detailing Jan's decision and her first year in Costa Rica - 2009 - after several life crises that put home and health in dire jeopardy.
Available online in pdf format for $20.00.
Email Jan here to be sure she has your correct email address to receive the book.
Some reader responses to the Exceptional Color book...
Hi Jan,
I just have to tell you, I just received your new book and I am beginning to work with it. It is unlike anything else that I know of in the marketplace. It reminded me all over again why I was so excited about working with you. We are intently interested in the inherent chemical properties of each pigment and the way that chemical reaction leaves a visual trace. Way to go – the book is just gorgeous. I am having so much fun trying out some of your color ideas.
Cheryl Renee Long fine artist, Seattle, Washington
"I have just finished reading Exceptional Color from cover to cover, word for word.
What a wealth of information! This book is a treasure trove of helpful information and tips for the experienced watercolor artist as well as for the beginner. The illustrations of palette choices, complementary colors, different sets of primary colors, color schemes, diagrams, and examples of paintings of various subject matter help supplement your explanations in the text."
Eugenia Horstman -Flagstaff, Arizona
The book arrived today and I was stunned. It is so beautiful and so well done. I am starting to read it all tonight. You are to be congratulated. I know how very, very much work has gone into this project and you can tell it."
Lucette White, Bass Rocks, Massachusetts
Dec. 17, 2007
Hi Jan,
I LOVE your book! I have read it, underlined most of it, and are in the processing of reading it again. As a fairly new watercolorist, I yearned to understand color pigments and their behavior. I have bought over a dozen books and have found yours to be the absolute best! Thanks to your insightful and incredibly informative writing I now understand color and the art of watercoloring on a much deeper and more gratifying level.
Thanks again for writing a great resource!
Enjoy,
Missy Crowther
Jan's watercolor book,
The Watercolor Artist's Guide to Exceptional Color
The Book! Take a look below, read what others say
The book is now available through Amazon.com, Northlight Books and Michael's Arts & Crafts. It has been nominated for a book award
Best Practical Art Book of 2008.
Painting Auction/Sale. There are still available some paintings from the book.
"Dear Jan,
Your book is A B S O L U T E L Y beautiful. I think the subject: Exceptional color is just fabulous. You are right that anyone can use it. I love how you have the colors divided into different ways of looking at color. Your paintings are just beautiful. I commend the book company on the really exceptional color on the pages. You must be very proud of this book. I am so pleased to have it. I will take it to my quilting group in December and show it off."
Royce Jeane Downie, Laguna Niguel, California
"Dear Jan, I have just received your book and I am speechless. I need some sort of teeny tiny font to show you how completely in awe of you I am! I knew when we were in Espanola that we were being taught enormous amounts of really new, really important info - but looking at the book makes it even more clear. There is SO MUCH on every page!!!"
Shelby Conley, Washington D.C