Greg Conley

On the Net "When I was three years old and growing up in Hong Kong, one day I came across my teenage neighbour practicing Chinese brush painting. From that moment, I felt inspired me to paint. Being from a working class family, without any encouragement from my parents, I started to learn to paint on my own. In 1973 our family moved to Canada and then I was able to receive the formal art training I was looking for. After graduation, I realized that art school hadn't prepared me for how difficult it was going to be to become an...

American Born in Boston is 1836, Winslow Homer is one of the most notable figures in Civil War era American art. Working as an apprentice to a local lithographer at age 19, and being entirely self-taught, Homer's drawings were in high demand in leading periodicals of the day. After the war Homer then devoted his talents to recording man in the natural beauty of the great outdoors. His Maine seascapes, woodland scenes in the Adirondacks and watercolors of the Bahamas, brought him much acclaim as an accomplished naturalist artist. He died at Prout's Neck, Maine, September 29, 1910. — Watercolor...

California, USA "Duck House" © Guy Troughtonwww.guytroughton.com Australia "Fall Reflections" © Roy Tibbitswww.goldfinchstudio.ca Canada "Bazaar del Mundo" © Carol Cottone Kolthoffwww.cottoneart.com California, USA "Landscape" © Gerhard Hillmayrwww.hillmayr.com Germany "Bringelly Farm" © Joe Cartrightwww.paintingwithwatercolors.com Australia

What are the professional watercolorists preferences for tools and colors? The following lists include color, paper and brush preferences of accomplished, professional artists, past and present. For some artists, it doesn't take much in the way of materials to make great art. CHARLES BURCHFIELD (1893-1967) Paper: Early work - mounted light weight HP Strathmore; Mid career - HP, CP or Rough, usually CP Whatman or Arnold; Late career - mould-made rag papers, gelatine sized. Brushes/Palette: 1 pointed red sable, 3 straight black sable (camel hair) brights, 4 diagonally trimmed brights, 2 pig bristle brights cut short (for scrubbing). Palette used...

American Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Henry G. Keller had an accomplished forty-year career as a teacher at the Cleveland School of Art. His summer workshops in Berlin Heights, Ohio were popular with his students who had included Charles Burchfield, Paul Travis, and Frank Wilcox. Although he became the first artist in Ohio to achieve distinction as a watercolorist, few remaining examples of his work have been located. Keller was know for experimentation in techniques of mixed media painting including watercolor, tempera, and goauche. The influences of decorative Japanese design motifs, Henri Matisse, and Paul Cézanne are apparent in...

Livermore California Some of you have met On The Net artist Carolyn Lord through her interest in the Millard Sheets palette. A "plein air" painter by training, she often utilizes her outdoor paintings as creative fodder for her beautiful larger works. When Carolyn Lord was 26, her work was profiled on the "Watercolor Page" in American Artist Magazine, followed by articles in U.S. Art, Watercolor, and Watercolor Magic magazines. She is an extensive traveler and has studied with such noted artists as Millard Sheets, Rex Brandt, George Post, Milford Zornes and Robert E. Wood. She is an Artist Member of...

American Tony Couch holds a BA degree in Art from the University of Tampa, with followup work at Pratt Institute in New York while he was an artist for Associated Press. He freelanced for years and studied with noted artist, Edgar A Whitney, ANA. Tony is a noted author with many titles available. His book, "WATERCOLOR: You Can Do It!" first published in 1987 is now in its Fifth printing, and is the textbook in several college art departments. Tony's watercolor instruction articles have appeared in most major artist magazines. His 10 "how to" videos are a favorite check-out item...