Watercolor, Fall 2008

Features

• Artist to Artist: Jean Grastorf- Pouring her watercolor washes, this artist employs a unique approach a unique approach that has advanced her skills of balancing control and spontaneity. Today, she frequently serves as a juror and instructor, offering others the encouragement they need to become serious artists.
• Know Your Paints (Linda S. Price)- For Colorado artist Jean Cole, a thorough knowledge of the properties and behavior of pigments is crucial to success.
• Creating Depth and Luminosity (Lynne Moss Perricelli)- Ali Cavanaugh discovered a clay-covered panel that accepts watermedia and helps her create richly nuanced figure paintings.
• Great British Watercolors (John A. Parks)- A recent exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art reveals how watercolor first emerged as a medium in its own right.
• Becoming One With the Subject (Mark G. Mitchell)- Making watercolor his primary medium, Earl Lewis creates evocative paintings that capture the attention and imagination of viewers.
• Improving With Practice (Lori Woodward Simons)- Concentrating on one subject over a period of time can reap surprising benefits.
• A Bold Approach (Naomi Ekperigin)- When Chris Krupinski made the transition from oil to watercolor painting, she refused to sacrifice her love of detail and bold, rich color.
• A Mindful Art (Lynne Moss Perricelli)- Elaine Daily-Birnbaum accesses her creativity by turning off the analytical side of her mind and responding to what she sees on the paper.
• Seize the Moment, Keep it Simple (James A. Metcalfe)- Working almost exclusively onsite, James Michael pares down his landscape compositions to only the most vital information, looking to the light to determine the mood.