Pastel Pointers | The Limits of Photography for Painters
As I was cleaning out the studio the other day, I ran across a page from an article Iโd saved from a February 2006 issue of Time Magazine. The article, โTwilight of the Bad Boy,โ was about artist David...
View ArticleArt Tip File: Change Your Perspective
โI paint with my paper at about a 60-degree angle so that I get a variety of effects as the pigments run down the paper. I always start with the horizon because it sets the values, scale and color...
View ArticleNew Art Videos | Pastel Masters Demonstrate Their Skillls
Three definite highlights of last springโs International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) Convention were the live painting demonstrations with three of todayโs pastel legends: Albert Handell,...
View ArticleGallery | Frank Eberโs Plein Air Watercolors
Frank Eber faces his subjects head on, where ever they may be โ on dark city streets, in Europeโs dusty corners or breezy California ports. His lively plein air watercolors demonstrate that high risk...
View ArticleGallery | Fealing Linโs Watercolor Landscapes
Painting with bold brush strokes and drippy washes, Fealing Lin keeps her paintings fresh and lively. Her process involves layering big brushstrokes, transparent glazes and interesting shapes to...
View ArticleGallery | Bruce Handfordโs Fluid Watercolors
Featured on the cover of theย June 2012 issue of Watercolor Artist, Bruce Handford works fast and loose to imbue his landscapes with a sense of energy and spontaneity. Relying heavily on instinct,...
View ArticleChuck McLachlanโs Dedication to Art Education
At 78 years of age, fine artist Chuck McLachlan continues to teach workshops in assisted living homes to encourage others. โPainting stimulates the brain. I like to help the residents, to help keep...
View ArticleVincentโs Gardens by Ralph Skea
In his new book Vincentโs Gardens, author Ralph Skea surveys the gardens that were most revered by Van Goghโfrom the parsonage gardens in the Netherlands to the romance of Parisian city parks; from the...
View ArticleArt History: A Watercolor Artist You Should Know Of
Contemporary watermedia artist Stephen Quiller tells the story of The Glasgow Boys, particularly E.A. Walton and Joseph Crawhall, 19th-century painters who were influenced by the little-known,...
View ArticleExplore the American Landscape in Watercolor with Our New Issue!
American landscape painters have long focused on a luminosity that intimates the spirit of this ever-evolving land. In the August 2012 issue of Watercolor Artist, four watercolorists assert the...
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