Watercolor Artist – October 2019

36 Watercolor artist | OCTOBER 2019 5 WAYS TO STRENGTHEN A COMPOSITION CHARLES REID DEMONSTRATES PRACTICAL STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 37 Andrew Wyeth was a master of sim- plifi cation. I looked at a book of his paintings of Maine and realized ...

38 Watercolor artist | OCTOBER 2019 CREATE A VALUE SKETCH Capture the “Big Idea” in a Value Sketch I made this value sketch fo ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 39 AVOID OVERWORKING I never make preliminary drawings in pencil since the object placement isn’t as import ...

40 Watercolor artist | OCTOBER 2019 LIMIT VALUE CHANGES Minimize the number of times you change values in a painting. If you s ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 41 Meet the Artist CharlesReid(1937–2019)passed awayinJune2019.Theaward- winningartistspecializedin watercolo ...

42 Watercolor artist | OCTOBER 2019 PAINTING THE Poetry of Nature FOR NORTH ASIAN ARTISTS HSIN-I KUO OF TAIWAN AND JINSONG ZHANG ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 43 P ainting is one of the oldest, continuous artistic traditions in Asia and, consequently, it’s also a form ...

44 Watercolor artist | OCTOBER 2019 ON INSPIRATION Kuo: I strongly believe that inspiration is revealed quietly when the mind is ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 45 JinSong Zhang ZhangwasborninHefei,thecapitaloftheAnhui Province,inChina.ZhangholdsaB.A.intextileand appare ...

46 Watercolor artist | OCTOBER 2019 ON EXPRESSION Kuo: We all have our own ways of communicating. Painting is an art, and is jus ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 47 Zhang:I prefertheimpression of boldcolorsalthoughthese must obvi- ouslymatchwellwiththeauthenticity ofthef ...

48 Watercolor artist | OCTOBER 2019 ONSHARINGART ANDTECHNIQUE Kuo:Therearenoshortagesof opportunitiestoexhibitinTaiwan andabroad ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 49 truthofbeautyandgoodness. I embracehumanity. Zhang:Westernartis inspiredby natureandhumanitywhileEasternar ...

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ArtistsNetwork.com 51 SHARON PITTS PAINTS THE NATURAL WORLD IN A STYLE THAT MAKES THE MOST OF THE VARIETY OF COLOR AND SHAPE IN ...

52 Watercolor artist | OCTOBER 2019 WORKING FOR ART After encouragement from other art teachers throughout her schooling, Pitts ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 53 the nature vignette back to her studio. Once there, she wrestled with propping it up so she could paint it ...

54 Watercolor artist | OCTOBER 2019 LEFT Vortex Nest, II (watercolor on paper, 36x36) BELOW Golden Leaves (watercolor on paper, ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 55 says. When the trees were dry, she painted the back- ground in vertical slivers from the top down. “I star ...