Archive for 2007
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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KELLY’S ANIMATED " 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS"
This falls into the “What CCP Employees Do In Their Spare Time” category. Kelly, one of our editors has just put a new animated video on YouTube. You have to see it to believe it! If you like her video you may also enjoy our new Craft Arts webpage.
(Kelly is currently on vacation, but I’m [...]
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STAY on track during the holiday!
For many of us, our holiday schedule makes any really attention to art nearly impossible. Here is a tip that not only helps you grow as an artist but also might help you clean out some old paintings in your studio before your guests arrive!
If you have accumulated a few unfinished paintings, now is [...]
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ACHIEVE RICH DARKS
guest contributor Ann Pember
A few small things can help us push deeper values in our work. A rich dark can only be produced by pigment that is capable of producing a deep dark. Some, such as cobalt blue, even straight out of the tube, produce only a mid tone. Test the colors you work with [...]
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CONGRATULATIONS to Sue Archer
The painting filmed for Sue Archer’s DVD workshop, “Pineapple Top” won two awards. It won First Place in Watercolor at the Festival of the Masters at Disney and Award of Distinction at Daytona. And all this under the pressure of filming at CCP! Way to go Sue!
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