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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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