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

Peggy Macnamara

New + Notable

Help From History • A NEW ONLINE COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS HELPS MODERN RESEARCHERS IN SCIENCE, ANTHROPOLOGY AND MORE.

Visual Abundance: Realism in Watercolor • University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, Miss. Through August 3, 2019

Finding the Just-Right Brush • In this except from my latest book, Paint Watercolor Flowers , I share everything you need to know when selecting this essential watercolor tool.

Brush Tips

Domestic Comforts • CARL LARSSON placed a bouquet of flowers at the center of his ode to family life.

Striving for Imperfection • THE FLORAL PAINTINGS OF KAY SIRIKUL PATTACHOTE EMPHASIZE AND CELEBRATE THE EPHEMERAL QUALITIES OF THEIR SUBJECTS.

Meet the Artist

A Meditation in LIGHT • MARNEY WARD FOCUSES ON THE FEELING A FLOWER EVOKES TO CAPTURE ITS SOUL.

Meet the Artist

Toolkit

Tree Peony • Marney Ward starts with a feeling—in this case, delicacy, tenderness and fragility—on which all creative decisions hinge.

Memories Etched in Sketches • ONE ARTIST FINDS THE PROCESS OF RECORDING HIS DAYS IN SKETCHBOOKS TO BE THERAPEUTIC.

California Dreamin’ • THE OCEAN, VINEYARDS AND HILLS OF CALIFORNIA ARE ON FULL DISPLAY IN LARRY CANNON’S EXPRESSIVE PLEIN AIR PAINTINGS.

The “Value” of a Painting

Meet the Artist

Art at All Costs • ANGELA CHANG’S ROAD TO ARTFUL LIVING MAY HAVE BEEN BUMPY, BUT NOW THAT SHE’S MADE IT TO HER DESTINATION, SHE’S NOT LOOKING BACK.

Steps to Success

Meet the Artist

Painting the Process • Angela Chang shares her process for completing a composition in her nostalgic-feeling “cut-and-paste” series of paintings.

Burning Question • If you could have any painting hanging in your home to enjoy every day, what would you choose?

Gifts From the Garden • A trip to a public horticultural venue may offer everything you need for a plein air painting excursion.

About Longwood Gardens

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