Hi! my name is Dena Tollefson. My mission is to spread happiness through art. I'm here to help you bring joy to your painting and help you grow your art skills while having fun. At age 47 I left a successful corporate career as an electrical engineer to embrace life as a a full time professional artist.
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My original paintings are sold by fine art galleries across the US. Prints and other merch are of my artwork are officially licensed through major retailers like Bed Bath & Beyond and Target.
I developed Daubism, a highly textured painting style and create colorful paintings in acrylic and occasionally watercolor and oil. I will help you develop your art career with helpful advice on art marketing and art commissions. I host fun art challenges open to all artists where you can meet like minded You-tubers and grow your channel.
I removed social media from my routine to dedicate more time to improving my art, as I believe the primary focus should be on creating art, not self-promotion.
I Gotta to tell you this,i was street drawing on a boiling hot summers afternoon in GLASTONBURY HIGH STREET, SOMERSET, I was thirsty and no money ,i was working on my 3ft' ,'3ft GANESHA, in oily pastels, they was melting in the sun,and was going down great,GANESHA is a hindu elephant god,Spiritual in the colourful way i drew it,i started early about 9-30 that morning, it was lateish afternoon, I was melting in the pavement, staring at the floor as i coloured my art in,Dehydrated and stinging eyes from sweat. A Pair of dirty sun tanned feet,(A lot of people don't where shoes in Glastonbury) A smell of patchouli and wildman sweat,blew around me ,I looked up followed the sweet smell,My eyes where sore and i squinted as i was seating on the pavement floor,A mop of dirty blond hair curled,And naturally wild,hid a strong jawline, I was trying to get to my feet as my legs had gone dead,I was numb from being on the pavement,He held out his hand to give me a balance to stand.Somthing was telling me this was different. IT WAS DIFFERENT---ROBERT PLANT --LEAD SINGER,--FROM LED ZEPPELIN WAS LOOKING ME STRAIGHT IN THE EYES!! Red sore ,split lips,from sun burn.i couldn't feel my legs,must of looked great!!? --ROBERT PLANT-- Loved the ganesha. I wanted him to have it,as a gift but he wouldn't hear of it !! Gave me £20 for the Ganesha piece ..my claim to fame!!!!
Im a street artist, I used to be before children came along,I did 6ft by 3ft biblical times figures, with sugar paper and chalks,charcoal. Be cause of the UK weather i had to draw on sugar paper taped to the floors in the street busy tiwn centre's. I had met so many different people and had the best time ever!!.BUT..also bad negative people who were jyst stupid.crazy times. Also people wanted to buy the finished product when done.I gave them away mostly
Hi. Thank you for the information. Do you use acrylic paint in your designs or watercolor and gouache? I have heard acrylic is too shiny to use. Thank you.
Hi Pamela! Some of my paintings which are licensed are acrylic, some are oil. The shine caught on the edges of the impasto strokes of my work is part of the look, so in my case shine is okay. I would think gouache would be the best choice if you are looking to go for a completely matte effect. Take care and have a super rest of your day
@@DenaTollefson hello. I have a question about submitting designs to crazy shirts. It says 11 x 17. So, do i need to do the art on an 11x 17 canvas? That size is hard to find. Or do i change the size within formatting on the picture of it? I may need to make my own 11x 17 surface.
