My ‘Inspired By’ posts began as a way to explore what makes me tick as an artist, what I’m drawn to, what makes my heart sing, what I might want to try out in terms of marks or colour combinations or compositions. They are also a way for me to share the work of artists whose work I love. I don’t advocate copying other artists instead of making our own work, however inspiring they are to us, but I do believe that we can learn from each other on our solitary artist journeys. This website is dedicated to the philosophy that you have a significant and unique offering inside you, waiting to be released. I created a course to help you with this very thing, which you can find over here inside the Happy Artist Studio Membership. May you be inspired to bring forth what’s within you!
Francoise de Felice, I have learned from her website ~ despite my tenuous grasp on the French language ~ is half French, half Italian, and lives in Paris. Her impossibly romantic name and heritage are reflected in her ethereal paintings.
I don’t often feature portrait work in my Love It posts, but I recently signed up to Misty Mawn’s Face to Face class, wanting to learn how to incorporate faces into my work in a not too ‘in your face’ way, so to speak, and Francoise’s beautiful soft images really reflect that for me.
I love the way her paintings fade out at the edges, the soft colours and dreamy atmosphere, and the feel of days gone by.
To make such expressions with seemingly so few marks and colours is fascinating to me. I love the combination of detail and looseness, always something I am drawn to in paintings.
The soft palette also reflects my newly born desire for softness and lightness of touch in my own work. I am soaking up these beautiful paintings while I consider how I want to show such feelings in my own.
Gosh, these are so beautiful. And what a name!
Her paintings are beautiful! Although I personally prefers bright and saturated colours, I also appreciate the softness in her portrait works. Now going over to visit her site. Thank you, Tara.
Stunning pieces. Thank you for finding yet another fabulous artist to share with us. xx
Thanks for sharing.
Erg mooi!
Simply put, the paintings are simple and delicate, yet enigmatic.
Would love to know her painting process but have been unable to find anything on the web. I understand she paints in oil but not sure how she gets the effect. Have you been able to find out anything about her painting process?
I’m afraid I don’t know any more than you! Perhaps ask her directly? If it is oil, it looks like she must use a thinner of some kind to build up those soft layers.
so stunning !just love love love! thank you for sharing
Hello
I would like to learn how to paint in this style,
Francoise de Felice is my favorite.
Can you sign me up please?
Hi Camilla – as mentioned in the first paragraph, I don’t teach people how to paint like me or like anyone else – my courses are about finding your own path as an artist and expressing your unique artist voice. 🙂 If you’d like to learn more about my courses, you can find them over here!
I am interested in the Francoise de Felice style of painting.