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In today’s world, this definition is often forgotten.
Yet this is what distinguishes the artist from the maker of image as a product. The various external constraints related to the profession sometimes create obstacles to this journey by disturbing the flow of true creative energy.
Also, just like the musician, the filmmaker or the dancer, the painter cannot really evolve without mastering certain technical bases. The artistic style should not be the result of a forced research but rather something that develops naturally through the gradual questioning of previously mastered techniques. This process then becomes more creative and takes the personal pictorial language to another level. From there starts the most important quest, the perfect symbiosis between our emotions, our outlook on the world and our ability to express them authentically with less possible filters.
My teaching method reflects this concept where technique is ultimately put at the service of candor and feeling. My teaching approach refers a lot to philosophy of esthetic to help emerging artists to define their unique style.
Nature has been my favorite subject for 25 years and I will never get tired of it. An inexhaustible source of inspiration that spans the ages and transcends all schools of painting.
All these years of observing the landscape and painting it have made me realize so much about its dizzying complexity and developed in me the desire to express more than just its inherent beauty.
Listed below are this Mentor’s specialty skills. Join this group if you want to grow in these areas.
Specialty: ✔ Plein Air
Technical:
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Colour and Composition
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Technique Demos
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Supplies and Tools – what to use, where to save, and where to spend
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Creative Process Development
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Providing Art Critiques
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Teaching How to Self Critique
MARKETING & BRANDING:
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Shows and Exhibits
Marc is an outstanding mentor. He finds creative analogies and metaphors for his explanations and demonstrations. I appreciate that he does a full demonstration of a smaller artwork to explain a specific concept that we explore for that meeting.
Appreciate the candor of Marc and his approach to painting. Also like the different techniques and methods he has us explore.
Marc Grandbois is excellent, and very willing to share.
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Mentorship Session: Meet via video conference for a monthly 2-hour session with your Mentor and small group. You choose the mentor, we provide the group!
Mid-Month Session: Meet via video conference for a 1-hour session with your small group and Navigator to connect, share progress, encouragement, and support.
Weekly Events: Attend LIVE weekly events online, on hot topics like Finding Your Style, Composition & Critiques, plus master DEMOS. Access event recordings!
MyStudio: Access your private online studio space equipped with business tools and Mentorship Session Recordings.
Chat Group: Access your private online chat group to connect with your small group and Navigator (group facilitator) anytime.
Discounts: Enjoy member discounts on LIVE and ON-DEMAND courses, art supplies, and more!
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$ USD90/Monthly Membership
Next session: February 11, 2025
On the 2nd Tuesday of every month 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM MST Tue
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MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST
Residing in Anse-St-Jean in Quebec, Marc Grandbois was introduced to painting at a very young age alongside his mother, herself an artist-painter.Â
He completed his Fine Arts at Concordia University in 1991 and quickly gained a certain notoriety as a watercolor painter between 1992 and 2002. Along with his production, he taught painting and drawing and participated in numerous symposiums around the province.
 Tired of the financial uncertainty often associated with the life of an artist, he put aside his easel and brushes for a good ten years, contenting himself with painting on occasion and accepting a few contracts.Â
In 2010, he left Mauricie for Saguenay. The exceptional beauty of the landscape and the unique environment of the fjord motivate this decision and will be the trigger for a return to his first passion; the painting.Â
The Nordic landscape has always been his primary source of inspiration.Â
His work is characterized by the priority given to the atmosphere, the casual but fair brushwork and the richness of colors.Â
His palette, sometimes subtle, sometimes wild, adjusts according to the moods he wants to create.Â
''I firmly believe that figurative art, especially landscape, remains very current if it transcends the narrative and becomes in a way a basis for experimenting with gestures, color and light''.Â
Signatory member of the IAF, we find the works of Marc Grandbois in several galleries and public / private collections in Canada and abroad.
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