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On The Net: Artist Showcase
See fine watercolor paintings from artists
living in the USA and around the world.
(All images © copyright of individual artists)
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Spring 2012
In our springtime edition of the On The Net Artist Showcase we feature a wide selection of fine watercolor painters working in the USA and Canada. We're proud to showcase the work of Jeannie McGuire, Kaaren Oreck, Arthur Kvarnstrom, Elizabeth Malczynski Littman, Birgit O'Connor, and Grant Fuller.
Click on their links in the Artist Showcase and visit their websites. Check out the techniques and subject matter each artist uses to create their personal vision, and smile!
About the Artist Showcase
We showcase a new group of watercolorists with each new issue. Most of our artists are picked from links that are submitted by the artists themselves or by one of their fans. The showcases include professional artists and up-and-coming artists who make great art. If you have updated your website send your link in for consideration and your painting may end up in a future Artist Showcase. Please note that we seek permission from each artist before we publish and there may be repeat offenders because they keep painting really nice stuff.
Famous Artists: Masters of the Medium
Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910) painted the American people and their landscapes. Starting his career as a Civil War field artist for Harper's Weekly magazine, he later worked as an illustrator for Harper's, as well as other publications, until about 1875.
His genre paintings of the 1860s and 1870s reflected everyday life of rural America in a pastoral yet formal manner, quite different from his Impressionist contemporaries in Europe.
"You will see, in the future I will live by my watercolors"
(Winslow Homer)
"Pumpkin Harvest," a watercolor from 1878, reflects the simpler time of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer (1876) and resonates things to come in Homer's career with it's free use of color and technique.
Winslow Homer's greatest successes were to come after the age of 50 when his mature and bold watercolor style was fully developed. The formal pastoral scenes of the past had evolved into a bold and clear vision of man and the natural world.
An 1890 New York gallery show of his Adirondack watercolors was a quick sellout. Winslow Homer created over 700 watercolors in his lifetime.
New Step-by-Step from Allan Kirk!
Those of you who enjoyed Allan Kirk's past step-by-step watercolour lessons will enjoy his newest installment, a colorful and classic Mediterranean beach scene. Let Allan show you how to orchestrate the jumble of bright umbrellas and beach goers into a beautiful painting!
Richard Robinson's Mastering Color DVD
New Zealand artist Richard Robinson paints primarily in oils and acrylics. His skillful brushstrokes have impressed a large audience world wide. Pressure from his video viewers and students drove him to research and create this informative and entertaining DVD about color. Learn to see in color! Read the new review!
Sketchbook Squirrel © Greg Conley
Squirrely about watercolor painting?
There is more to art than watercolor painting. Observe the world around you and draw what you see. Keep a sketchbook close at hand and use it frequently. Familiarize yourself with Drawing Materials, Drawing Lines and Values, Perspective, learn some Composition Secrets, or consider The Golden Spiral, and Design Principles and Elements as you sketch and paint. We've provided the framework for starting and continuing your artistic life. Take your time and study the reference chapters in the Learning Center, a mini online art school. Learn the basics of color theory or find out how to sharpen a pencil with a knife. Then ask questions and go find some alternate answers online, in books, in museums, and in yourself. We don't know it all, but we know where to start. Tag, you're it!
Drawing Materials
The new Drawing Materials section has 12 chapters containing in-depth tests and anaylsis of all the popular drawing and sketching materials. Learn about charcoal and graphite pencils, see comparisons of chalks, pastels, and crayons. Learn how to sharpen a pencil by hand (and at your own risk -.ed) and a whole lot more.
Design Tip Sheets!
Learn about the Principles, Elements, and the Meta Principles of Design. Every visual artist should learn and consider design when composing art.
New Art Links! from our 04-18-2012 update:
Judy Huang (Watercolor/Ink – GA,USA)
Cristina Jaco (Figurative Watercolor - Brazil) (PG13)
Lisa MacDonald (Acrylic - Canada)
Marsha Chandler GWS, WSA (Watercolor - GA,USA)
Randall David Tipton (Oil/Watermedia - OR,USA)
Leslie Watkins (Art Workshops - CT,USA)
Alan Capps (Watercolor - NC,USA)
Paul Brand (Watercolor - ME,USA)
Elyse Campus Cohen (Watercolor/More - CA,USA)
il Chiostro (Art Workshops - Italy)
Ana Picolini (.com.br) (Watercolor/Pastel - Brazil)
Learn how to paint pictures (Online Art Lessons - Spain)
Paradise Artist Retreat (Workshops/Seminars - NM,USA)
Springmaid Beach Resort (Watercolor Workshops - SC)
The Art Career Project (Online Career Directory)
Hall Groat Art School (Oil Painting Videos)
Taylor Photo (Fine Printing & Photography - NJ,USA)
Joseph Reyes (Drawing - Canada/Seoul)
Melodie Provenzano (Drawing - NY,USA)
Jane Paul Angelhart (Watercolor Portraits - CO,USA)
Classicfurniture4u.com (Glass Furniture - UK)
Printablestorecoupon.org (Online Coupons - MI,USA)
Outdoorpainter.com (Plein Air Magazine)
Nancy Couick (Watercolor Workshops - NC,USA)
Bayview Watercolour Society (Ontario,Canada)
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society
Wisconsin Watercolor Society
Madison Watercolor Society (WI,USA)
Palm Beach Watercolor Society (Workshops - FL, USA)
You are art (.co.uk) (Canvas Printing - UK)
Your Canvas Printer (Canvas Printing - UT,USA)
Mustard (.co.in) (Womens Clothing - India)
Kayaking.org (Online Kayaking Resources - CA,USA)
Florida Rental ads (Rental Listings - FL,USA)
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