Jane Davenport

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Jane “Danger” Davenport is an internationally recognized artist and prize-winning author. She is based at ’The Nest’ overlooking Byron Bay, Australia, and has koalas in her garden.

Girls’ faces feature strongly in Davenport's whimsical Mixed-Media artwork, often with somewhat wistful or melancholy expressions and surrounded by interacting colour and nature.

Davenport started her creative career as a fashion illustrator and the evidence of her Parisian training lingers in her elongated figures. Davenport's work has been featured in a diverse array of media including major motion pictures.

As a gifted teacher, she is dedicated to making the world a better place, one drawing at a time. Through her online Art Schools, publications and Escape Artis
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Fridauary Prompts

Fridauary began as a feeling.

February felt a little tender this year — the kind of month that doesn’t need more pressure, more productivity, or another full creative marathon. What it did need was colour. Courage. A reminder that making art, even in troubled or uncertain times, is one of the ways we endure.

So instead of 31 daily prompts, I created 10 Frida-inspired creative prompts — small invitat

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“There are absolutely no rules in art”
Jane Davenport, Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces: A Mixed-Media Portrait Workshop
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