Watercolor Artist - USA (2019-12)

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Columns

3 EDITOR’S NOTE

Abstract art is like

music to the ears.

4 HAPPENINGS

Rae Dunn documents the

everyday, and Antonio Masi

pays homage to Lady Liberty.

BY MCKENZIE GRAHAM

8 ANATOMY OF

A PAINTING

William Blake expresses

his visionary genius.

BY JERRY N. WEISS

10 CREATIVITY

WORKSHOP

View objects in fresh new

ways to sketch and paint

them better.

BY STEPHANIE BOWER

58 BRIGHT IDEAS

A juror weighs the pros and

cons of competitions.

BY FRANK EBER

62 WATERCOLOR

ESSENTIALS

Try these seven options

for establishing focal point.

BY TIM SATERNOW

72 OPEN BOOK

Sketch a favorite place

in a new light.

BY JOHN HARRISON

ON THE COVER

The Key to Meaningful Expression

in an Abstract 24

Paint Outside (Even in Winter) 16

Find Your Focus 62

A Juror’s Guide to Making

Show-Worthy Art 58

Shovelling (detail; watercolor and pencil

on paper, 12x9) by Shari Blaukopf

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