How to Mix Darks
This is an excellent article about mixing and using darks in watercolor, a subject we've recently discussed on Tuesday morning. I highly recommend it.
How to Mix Darks in Watercolour
by Art Tutor - Thank you, Pam
May 19
Cult of the Machine
Connections between the past and the present will be explored throughout this large-scale survey, which will feature more than 100 masterworks of American Precisionism by such modernists as Charles Sheeler, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Charles Demuth.
Mar 24 - Aug 12
Cult of the Machine at the de Young
Open Studio at Kay Russell's Studio
Thank you, Heather
Arcenio Martin Campos
"It is at this moment that the thousands of loose body parts floating around inside my head are beginning to come together – not just as the completed figures I have been drawing for years – but as individual lives that are trying to complete themselves and come into existence."
Martin Campos - Website
YouTube: Martin Campos, Painting the Human Trace
Mar 24 - Aug 12
Cult of the Machine at the de Young
Open Studio at Kay Russell's Studio
Arcenio Martin Campos
"It is at this moment that the thousands of loose body parts floating around inside my head are beginning to come together – not just as the completed figures I have been drawing for years – but as individual lives that are trying to complete themselves and come into existence."
Martin Campos - Website
YouTube: Martin Campos, Painting the Human Trace
May 12
Standard Color Wheel Theory
Here's a plain-English introduction to colour schemes for artists and anyone struggling with colour mixing, by tutor John Cox. The monochromatic, analogous, complementary, split complementary, triadic and tetradic (or double complementary) colour scheme.
An Artist's Guide to Colour Schemes
Thank you, ArtTutor
Green
Greens come in cool and warm hues that are often named after places and things in the natural world. From forest green to pine to mint, teal and chartreuse, greens can push into brown and blue territories, have pastel moments and can be so rich and verdant that they look almost radioactive.
Fertility, Freshness, Harmony and Greed
Thank you, Artist Network
Here's a plain-English introduction to colour schemes for artists and anyone struggling with colour mixing, by tutor John Cox. The monochromatic, analogous, complementary, split complementary, triadic and tetradic (or double complementary) colour scheme.
An Artist's Guide to Colour Schemes
Thank you, ArtTutor
Green
Fertility, Freshness, Harmony and Greed
Thank you, Artist Network
May 05
Make Every Brushstroke Powerful
Have you ever approached a watercolor painting as if each stroke would be your last? Practitioners of calligraphy approach their art something like this, and the results are fresh and spontaneous, not overworked.
Landscape Painting, Meet Calligraphy
“I will live by my watercolors.”
Perhaps America’s greatest maritime painter, Winslow Homer became one of the masters of the watercolor medium as well. Mostly self-taught, Homer is known for the visceral force of the waves in his oil paintings, but his watercolors are an antidote to any visual heaviness and weight. As his early paintings reveal, watercolor is where he shined as an artist with a graceful, innovative hand.
Winslow Homer
Color Theory
We are beginning to work with Color next week so I thought it would be interesting to check out how we see color. A joy or a geek like me, probabaly a yawn for a lot of you. He speaks of Blue-Red-Yellow, Cyan-Magenta-Yellow and Red-Blue-Green palettes and how the interact. He is working with acrylics, but the science is the same.
How To Use Color Theory
Learn How To Paint & Draw With Mural Joe!
Watercolor Paper
Excerpts:
. . . "Arches watercolor paper is the brand most readily available in sheets, rolls, pads, and watercolor blocks. Arches paper is mouldmade in France only during certain times of the year because the water from the river used to wash the paper becomes muddy during the winter. This accounts for the slight variations in whiteness from batch to batch as the water begins to change."
. . . "The 300 lb. rough in the Artistico series is said to be produced on an especially slow-running papermaking machine, which allows the water to drain slowly. This process creates a paper with characteristics close to those of a handmade paper. '
True Art Information > Art materials
Have you ever approached a watercolor painting as if each stroke would be your last? Practitioners of calligraphy approach their art something like this, and the results are fresh and spontaneous, not overworked.
Landscape Painting, Meet Calligraphy
“I will live by my watercolors.”
Winslow Homer
Color Theory
How To Use Color Theory
Learn How To Paint & Draw With Mural Joe!
Watercolor Paper
Excerpts:
. . . "Arches watercolor paper is the brand most readily available in sheets, rolls, pads, and watercolor blocks. Arches paper is mouldmade in France only during certain times of the year because the water from the river used to wash the paper becomes muddy during the winter. This accounts for the slight variations in whiteness from batch to batch as the water begins to change."
. . . "The 300 lb. rough in the Artistico series is said to be produced on an especially slow-running papermaking machine, which allows the water to drain slowly. This process creates a paper with characteristics close to those of a handmade paper. '
True Art Information > Art materials
Apr 21
Watercolor Wonders
To celebrate the vibrancy of watercolor and its impact in the art world, we went to seven American and British museums and asked curators to select a single significant watercolor from their collections.
7 Wonders of the Watercolor World
Thank you, Artist Network
How to Paint a Cloudy Sky
Now of course, you can just paint a plain old blue sky, lightened off towards the horizon. And that's fine for many pictures, as you don't want a busy sky to take away from the rest of the landscape.
How to Paint a Simple Cloudy Sky in Watercolour
Thank you, Art Tutor
Apr 14
Watercolor Community of SF Show at the Goat!
Join us for our reception at Goat Hill Pizza on Portrero Hill, a friendly and delicious venue.
Andrea LoPinto
Avelina Leanos
Gail Block
Heather Solway
Jane Dubuque
Jesse Schlenker
Joan Helgeson
John Webster
Juan Williams
Kay Russell
Marlene Kramer
Mary Ciofalo
Peg Robinson
Roslyn Banish
Shirley Edwards
Susan Fandel
Plein Air Art - Blick Contest
Create an original work inspired by the outdoors. Click the “Submit an Entry” button on this page between April 9 and April 22, 2018, upload a photo of your piece, and complete the submission form. Open to US residents, ages 18 and older. Limit one entry per artist.
How to enter
Thank you, Dick Blick
Shine On, Sunflower Yellow
The sunflower’s golden hues have inspired artists for centuries. The flowers themselves have been favored subjects for several painters, most famously van Gogh, but rich yellows appear in all manner of images and objects.
Sunflower state of mind
Thank you, Artist Network
Calla Lily in Watercolor, Step by Step
by Claudia Díaz Hernández
When I am watering the garden and see a flower that inspires me, I grab my phone and take many photos of it. I love spring time, when you can see from one day to another how flowers appear and change over time. I keep tons of photos to choose from when it comes time to single one out to paint.
Painting a Calla Lily
Thank you, Daniel Smith
Join us for our reception at Goat Hill Pizza on Portrero Hill, a friendly and delicious venue.
Avelina Leanos
Gail Block
Heather Solway
Jane Dubuque
Jesse Schlenker
Joan Helgeson
John Webster
Juan Williams
Kay Russell
Marlene Kramer
Mary Ciofalo
Peg Robinson
Roslyn Banish
Shirley Edwards
Susan Fandel
Plein Air Art - Blick Contest
Create an original work inspired by the outdoors. Click the “Submit an Entry” button on this page between April 9 and April 22, 2018, upload a photo of your piece, and complete the submission form. Open to US residents, ages 18 and older. Limit one entry per artist.
How to enter
Thank you, Dick Blick
Shine On, Sunflower Yellow
The sunflower’s golden hues have inspired artists for centuries. The flowers themselves have been favored subjects for several painters, most famously van Gogh, but rich yellows appear in all manner of images and objects.
Sunflower state of mind
Thank you, Artist Network
Calla Lily in Watercolor, Step by Step
When I am watering the garden and see a flower that inspires me, I grab my phone and take many photos of it. I love spring time, when you can see from one day to another how flowers appear and change over time. I keep tons of photos to choose from when it comes time to single one out to paint.
Painting a Calla Lily
Thank you, Daniel Smith
Apr 07
Double the Pleasure, Double the Fun
Watercolor Artist
The idea of beauty in the mundane is not a new concept, but it drives me to help enlighten those that haven’t considered the pleasure to be found in an old door with its flaking, faded paint. Angus McEwan
Daniel Smith Database
On the right side of the Angus McEwan article, you will see a selection of pull-down menus. This gives you access to the Daniel Smith Database. You can select the exact DS paint that will serve your purpose. It is a geek's dream! > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
Masterclasses for Artists from W & N.
Uses of Gum Arabic
Wet on Wet Watercolour
Watercolor Artist
The idea of beauty in the mundane is not a new concept, but it drives me to help enlighten those that haven’t considered the pleasure to be found in an old door with its flaking, faded paint. Angus McEwan
Daniel Smith Database
On the right side of the Angus McEwan article, you will see a selection of pull-down menus. This gives you access to the Daniel Smith Database. You can select the exact DS paint that will serve your purpose. It is a geek's dream! > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
Masterclasses for Artists from W & N.
Uses of Gum Arabic
Wet on Wet Watercolour
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