Archive for the 'Artists' Category
From Behind the Camera: Choosing the right pigments
Integral to becoming who you are as a painter is finding the paints that help you achieve the look you want. The search can take years. It might help to know why some of the CCP artists have chosen the pigments they use.
Carla O’Connor is a shape painter. As part of her process, she continually [...]
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CAROLINE JASPER’S COLOR TIP: Value is worth a lot!
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-by Caroline Jasper Value is a significant color characteristic. Contrasts between darks and lights are key to visual impact. Through comparison of such differences our brains perceive objects and determine depth. Lighter things stand out against dark backgrounds. Dark ones show up better against light. Strong darks and lights together read as close; lack of [...]
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Kunz DVD workshops and "Painting Watercolor Portraits that Glow" Book!
Take the worry out of watercolor! Jan Kunz’s structured approach takes the fear out of any subject, including portraits! Introduce a friend to watercolor with Getting Started Right in Watercolor. This workshop includes two entry level exercises and basic information to help beginners avoid some very common problems.
Jan’s Roses in Crystal workshop, is a [...]
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AWS Winning News
The American Watercolor Society has been sending letters to award recipients. Up to now, we have heard that Mark Mehaffey won the AWS SILVER MEDAL OF HONOR award for (a.) ‘Blue Monolith’ and
Donna Zagotta (on our schedule to be filmed in April) won the SAMUEL LEITMAN award for (b.) “This Way”. We know that [...]
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Shared Ponderings on Florals
I am delighted to share an insightful response to my last article from artist Ratindra Das. - Lynn -
I read the little article in the newsletter about flowers with interest. As you know, it is not one subject that I paint too often. However, I couldn’t help writing my feelings about it.
I heard [...]
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