Watercolor Artist

Packed with page after gorgeous page of illustrations demonstrating tried-and-true techniques, inspirational ideas and the most up-to-date information about must-have painting tools and materials, watercolorists find everything they need in WATERCOLOR ARTIST to help them create stunning art...from start to finish.

Editor’s Note

Missouri Watercolor Society

New+Notable

Watercolor: An American Medium • Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va. February 21-June 23, 2019

Glorious Passages of Mingled Earth and Heaven • J.M.W. Turner painted the atmospheric Chatel Argent and the Val d’Aosta From Above Villenueve while on a trip through the Italian Alps.

No More Mid-tone Crisis! • For more powerful and dramatic paintings, start with a notan study and India ink.

Try this at home

Going Gray • Harness the power, or embrace the subtlety, of this versatile hue by mixing your own versions using primary colors.

Shades of Gray

demo Gray Matters

Burning Question • What will you do that’s new or different in the coming year to advance an art goal?

THE YEAR’S BEST PAINTINGS • WATERCOLOR SOCIETIES FROM AROUND NORTH AMERICA COME TOGETHER TO PRESENT THE BEST PAINTINGS OF 2018.

Painting Under the Tuscan Sun • NO SURPRISE, THERE’S PLENTY TO LEARN AND PLENTY TO ENJOY DURING A WEEK OF PAINTING IN THE ITALIAN COUNTRYSIDE.

Tips & Takeaways • We asked attendees to share some of the most helpful insights they learned from this week of instruction and inspiration.

GRAZIE!

Ancient & MODERN • ROME-BASED ARTIST WENDY ARTIN RELIES ON HER EXPERT EYE, FEATHERWEIGHT TOUCH AND A TRUST IN WATERCOLOR TO INFUSE HER SUBJECT MATTER WITH LIFE AND LUMINOSITY.

Toolkit

On Edge(s)

Meet the Artist

Seeing in Shades of Gray • START YOUR WATERCOLOR WITH A GRISAILLE UNDERPAINTING TO ENSURE THE WORK IS GROUNDED WITH A POWERFUL VALUE STRUCTURE.

Great Feats of Grisaille

Meet the Artist

WHERE LIFE AND ART INTERSECT • WHERE SOME PEOPLE SEE TRAFFIC OR THE MUNDANE, JOHN BAYALIS SEES A CLEAR PATH TO A PAINTING.

Toolkit

Meet the Artist

Rainy Intersection • John Bayalis works the entire surface in a traditional light-to-dark approach using his favorite blues—ultramarine and manganese—and violet, along with sepia and phthalo green.

A Portrait By Any Other Name • JAMES TOOGOOD MAKES SUBJECTS OF THREE CITIES AND ONE TINY ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ATLANTIC FOR HIS LANDSCAPE “PORTRAITS.”

Meet the Artist

It’s Sunset Somewhere • We shed a little light on the history of the nocturne—and how best to achieve your own night paintings.

Strike a Pose