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Arts around Alberni: from visual artists taking note to books in a tote

Alberni Valley News - Jan 27, 2012
Echo Centre will be offering a new class for beginners in watercolour painting, instructing complete beginners and those in need of a refresher. Explore and learn the basic skills and techniques of watercolour painting in a relaxed environment.

Museum of Civilization acquires painting by Arctic explorer

Ottawa Citizen - Jan 4, 2012
OTTAWA — A previously unknown watercolour painting by a noted 19th-century Arctic explorer has found a home in the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Painted by Admiral Sir George Back, the small watercolour recently emerged from the obscurity of a Back ...

Zhang Daqian Painting Sells for $504000 at 888 Auctions

PR.com (press release) - Jan 17, 2012
In a saleroom filled to capacity and eagerly awaiting the action to ensue, bidders in the room, on the telephone, and the internet competed fiercely for Zhang Daqian's watercolour painting. Starting at $5000, the bidding for lot 38 kicked off at a ...

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Watercolour Painting books

Masters of Water-Colour Painting

by: H. M. Cundall
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
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Splash 12 The Best of Watercolor: Celebrating Artistic Vision

by: Rachel Rubin Wolf

The Splash series has earned a reputation as a premier showcase of contemporary watercolor. Year after year, artists and art enthusiasts look forward to its big, beautiful images, innovative approaches and insightful commentary. Continuing the tradition, this 12th edition celebrates artistic vision—delivering a stunning diversity of ideas, inspiration, and breathtaking art ? in short, everything fans of this series have come to expect, including the wonderfully unexpected.
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Watercolour Fruit & Vegetable Portraits

by: Billy Showell

By first explaining basic techniques and color selection, this guide for botanical and amateur artists of all skill levels shows how to capture the individuality of blossoming artichokes, the smooth contours of eggplants, the sumptuous reds of glossy peppers, the cool yellows of bananas, and much more. Using traditional methods that include overlaying washes, dry brush techniques, glazing, and masking—sometimes with an unconventional and amusing twist—the amazing paintings and vibrant palette showcased here clearly explain how to create a terrific selection of shapes and textures, each accompanied by detailed, step-by-step instructions.
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Painting Spectacular Light Effects in Watercolor

by: Paul C. Jackson
Provides artists with seven demos that capture light's effects on glass, metal, water and architecture.
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Watercolour painting: a different approach.

Instead of the usual pale, pastel shades normally associated with water colour, Elizabeth Tyler uses strong colours and bold strokes, painting the background first, in this study of a wilted tulip. See another watercolour painting in progress at: www.mindbites.com More of the artist's paintings and prints at www.elizabethtyler.com and http

 

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Singapore Watercolour Painting Online Demo Ng Woon Lam NWS

www.lifineart.com Singapore Watercolor Painting Online Demo by Ng Woon Lam NWS. National Watercolor, American Watercolor Society selected artist. Singapore Watercolour Society member

 

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Watercolour-painting tree (2)

another way of painting a simple tree.

 

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Part 1, Watercolour demo painting a rusty jug.

Part 1, Lessons rodswatercolors.horizon-host.com Watercolour painting a rusty jug in 3 parts. Lessons rodswatercolors.horizon-host.com

 

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A closer look at watercolour painting techniques. By Elizabeth Tyler

SEE THE WHOLE VIDEO with explanatory subtitles here: www.mindbites.com Here the artist shows how she continuously makes changes and corrections while working on one of her large watercolour paintings. The video includes: The use of different brushes, pens, pencils, ruler pens, colour shapers and sponges etc. Using masking fluid. Keeping control while using wet into wet techniques. Different ways of correcting. Softening transitions. Painting drops of water. See more paintings at www.elizabethtyler.com Or follow her blog at http