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American "William Sommer was the key person in bringing European modernism to Northeast Ohio. He was born in Detroit, Michigan and in his youth apprenticed for seven years to a lithographer. He briefly studied at an art academy in Germany and then worked as a lithographer in New York before moving to Cleveland, where he was awarded a major contract with the Otis Lithography Company. In 1911, Sommer co-founded a group in Cleveland called the Kokoon Club, and held exhibitions and lectures and organized an annual masked ball that became the focus of Cleveland's bohemian life. In 1913, he and...

Bands of Color This exercise is designed to hone your wash-laying skills in the form of single strokes of color laid down side by side in whatever pattern your first stroke takes. The object is to concentrate on the white line you are forming between each stroke. Try not to touch any previous strokes, keeping the white lines of unpainted paper unbroken. Mix several puddles of different colors on your watercolor palette. I used a round #10 red sable for most of this exercise. A round #4 red sable was used to add smaller variations in the gaps. A larger...

Every watercolor painter must learn this watercolor technique to paint gradients and fades.

There are thousands of talented artists who deserve to be highlighted on Beebly’s blog. We are doing our best to find them all… for now take a look at this selection of artists who produced these interesting paintings in 2022.

Discover the differences between Payne's Gray and Davy's Gray in watercolor painting. Learn how to use each color to create beautiful works of art and experiment with different techniques.

It's the Easter season, and you know what that means: Easter decorations! Join us as we paint watercolor Easter eggs in this easy step-by-step watercolor tutorial.