The Book

On October 1st I have two new books being released! “Whimsical and Wild’ is an Art Journal/ super fancy colouring book and ‘Imagine Out Loud’ is a creative prompt writing [...]

Imagine Out Loud: A Journal of Creative Discovery Let me share news of this really coooooool little book from my Editor : “With Jane Davenport’s stunning art, and her motivational quotes [...]

More book news!  Tam Laporte from Willowing Arts has written her 2nd book! It’s called ‘Ever After and in it you are  guided to create Fairy Tale-Inspired Mixed-Media Art Projects to [...]

It’s a little hard to fully explain the feeling of holding a book in your hands that you created. The book exists in your mind, and on computer screens and printouts for so long as [...]

To celebrate ‘Whimsical Girls’ just going into the world (the latest is Michaels stores), we have a great giveaway! We want to see what you are creating in your copy of [...]

Join me on an adventure to launch my new book at Kinokinuya Sydney! I used Aquapastels, Power pastels, mermaid brushes, and my Acrylic paint. All Jane D Mixed Media all day long! I now have these [...]

Fabulous Figures is a #1 best seller and has sold out on Amazon! This makes me smile because it isn’t even up to the official publishing date yet. I really put my heart into my books, and [...]

Beautiful Faces is going ‘Live’ as a workshop on June 12th. That simply means that a big group of us all join together and go through the workshop like it’s the first time! [...]

I got an email this morning from Cloth Paper Scissors and Interweave ( you probably got it too!).  It listed “What Was Most Popular This Past Year”. I was tickled Opera Rose ( my [...]

I just was notified that my book arrives into Amazon again on March 9th. You can get it by clicking the image:  It’s been ‘Temporarily Out of Stock’ on Amazon for weeks and [...]

Wow! that was a wonderful experience of sharing and caring! Thank you to everyone who sent kind messages of encouragement and support and entered the Scholarship. Tinsel and Gesso form our [...]

The ‘Beautiful Faces’ Classroom opens in 12 days! The book has been on a wild ride of success since it’s launch and it has held #1 spots in all its categories. It is in [...]

Sorry to bang on about my book, but, well this is my blog I guess. My book is into it’s third print run… so I must have done something right! I cannot wait to show everyone all the [...]

So, my book has sold out on Amazon. That’s right. SOLD OUT. ( or as Kim Kardashian would say”I broke Amazon” –  lol!) It all happened pretty quickly. The books have only [...]

Is this really happening? My book is #1 in Painting on Amazon. #1 in Mixed Media. #1 in Human Figure Drawing. It won’t last forever, so I am relishing and cherishing these rankings as they [...]

Oh my oh my oh my!!!! My first Amazon review has appeared! It was a good one and helpful to other readers. After years of seeing the bizarre, sometimes cruel and odd reviews left on some of my [...]

I knocked myself out over this divine little number! Look at her – isn’t she  – can I say it — breathtaking? And we are receiving our advance copies this week. My hands [...]