Archive for 2007
THE COMMON THREAD
December 18, 2007
Over these many years of filming, I have been trying to distill what it is that makes one person an ARTIST and the next a PAINTER. (Notice I don’t say ‘just’ a painter) I think I can say, without reservation, that one ingredient in the mix is objective, self-critiquing. All of the people [...]
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Q&A with Barbara Nechis December 6, 2007
I would like to report back on what Barbara Nechis had to say when I asked her the two questions sent in by readers. The first was to list her materials: Barbara uses #140 Arches watercolor paper, not stretched. She generally uses Winsor & Newton paints that have been refreshed the night before. She has [...]
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BARBARA NECHIS DVD and BOOK at CCP
Barbara Nechis,produced a workshop video, Watercolor with Barbara Nechis, with Artists’ Video Productions a number of years ago and re-released it on DVD this year. We are pleased to make this DVD available to you at CCP for $29.95.
We are also stocking her book, Watercolor From the Heart, Techniques for Painting the Essence of [...]
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Hugh Greer DVD
SPOTLIGHT ON HUGH GREER’s seasonal shifts!
The color of light greatly impacts the mood of a landscape, and that is no where more apparent than in acrylic artist Hugh Greer’s, Create Mood and Atmosphere with Color and Value. Hugh executes two paintings of the same scene adjusting (you got it) color and value! The results are [...]
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Jan Kunz’s Watercolor Basics is Back
Jan Kunz book, Watercolor Basics: Color by Jan Kunz is on our shelves again. It was out of print and is back. This is an excellent introductory book for beginning watercolorists. It would make a great gift for an aspiring artist.
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