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Columns

4 EDITOR’S NOTE

We celebrate watercolor

around the world.

6 HAPPENINGS

An artist offers an

ode to snail mail.

BY MCKENZIE GRAHAM

8 BURNING QUESTION

What’s your all-time favorite

landscape painting?

10 ANATOMY OF

A PAINTING

A Spanish artist breaks

Middle Eastern stereotypes.

BY JERRY N. WEISS

12 CREATIVITY

WORKSHOP

Build faux frames for

a defi nitive statement.

BY RYAN FOX

56 WATERCOLOR

ESSENTIALS

A simple tool can be an aid

to more effective painting.

BY MARY ELLE

62 BRIGHT IDEAS

Two intrepid artists reveal

their must-have materials.

BY COURTNEY JORDAN

72 OPEN BOOK

When working with a new

subject, focus on shapes.

BY BARRY VAN DUSEN

ON THE COVER

5 Favorite Landscapes

of All Time 8

Peak Performance: 11th Annual

Watermedia Showcase 16

Revive Your Paper! 48

To Mask or Not to Mask 56

Sunrise Across the Loch, Plockton (detail;

acrylic and mixed media on paper, 16¼ x11½ )

by Christopher Forsey

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