Greg Conley

Connecticut, USA "Pinwheels" © Birgit O'Connorwww.birgitoconnor.com California, USA "White Dress" © Jeannie Mcguirewww.jeanniemcguire.com Pennsylvania, USA "Central Park" © Arthur Kvarnstromwww.arthurkvarnstrom.com New York, USA "Scottish Village" © Grant Fullerwww.grantfuller.ca British Columbia, Canada "Still Life Impressions of Japan" © Kaaren Oreck, NWSwww.kaarenoreck.com Wisconsin, USA

John Singer Sargent, an American portrait painter "John Singer Sargent is considered worldwide one of the finest, inspired and most important American expatriate painters of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He was a master of the bravura brushstroke in oil and an exquisite draftsman whose drawings and watercolors were completed with simplicity and fluid splendor. The portraiture of Whistler and Sargent were in great demand by members of high society worldwide during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and together with Boldini, the threesome formed a triumvirate that was internationally influential and respected. Among Sargent’s most famous devotees...

Perkinsville, Vermont, USA Award-winning, nationally exhibited Vermont artist Robert J. O'Brien has been painting in watercolor for over thirty years. Since moving to New England in 1977, he has focused his brushes on capturing the dynamic light splashing through the landscapes and architecture of the northeast United States. Robert was born in 1954 in Rochester, New York. His creative endeavors in watercolor led him to seek the tutelage of the likes of Tony Couch, James Whatford, and the late Marshall Joyce, A.W.S. Using his mastery of fluid and dry brush techniques as a starting point, Robert strives to capture the...

Thinking about adding a bit of fun to your watercolor paintings? Experiment with these unique-looking watercolor textures to add that extra bit of sparkle to your next masterpiece! You'd be surprised at what you can create with common household products.

Washington, D.C. "Swimming cove - Greece" © Thomas W. Schallerwww.thomasschaller.com California, USA "The Flavor of Utah" © Sterling Edwardswww.sterlingedwards.com North Carolina, USA "Pop's Corner" © M.E. 'Mike' Bailey, NWSwww.mebaileyart.com California, USA "Street Scene" © Milind Mulickwww.milindmulick.com Maharashtra, India "Siesta" © Andy Evansenwww.andyevansen.com Minnesota, USA

A weird composition, but a fun painting to build using liquid frisket technique. I used some interesting all over glazing techniques and a lot of detailed and textured brushwork. Materials used: Brushes 1 1/2" (381mm) Flat Winsor & Newton Series 965 1" Flat Grumbacher Red Sable w/beveled handle #6 Grumbacher Watercolor Classic Red Sable #5 Marx Scripto Red Sable Rigger #6 Liquitex Synthetic Basic Round 690 (For Frisket use) Grafix Incredible Nib Frisket Grafix Incredible White Mask Liquid Frisket Paints Sap Green Hooker's Green Dark Cerulean Blue Cobalt Blue Dioxazine Purple Alizarin Crimson Permanent Rose Raw Sienna Buhttps://amzn.to/3kzlkQmrnt Umber Lamp...

Haitian/French/American John James Audubon's name has become synonymous with environmental conservation and natural history. Although he was not a trained naturalist, Audubon's love of birds drove his art. He chose as his task to document all the birds and animals in America but did not discover any new species. The engravings of his watercolors of wildlife were "a landmark in nineteenth-century natural history" (H. W. Janson.) "Snowy Owl" is depicted. — Watercolor Masters: John James Audubon © 2010 Greg Conley Additional Links: audubon.org Audubon Society Audubon at Butler Institute of American Art

American "'My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impressions of nature.' Few artists have painted so honest and revealing a portrait of America as did Edward Hopper. His timeless images of the wayside night cafe, the empty movie theatre, and the Victorian house by the railroad track all live in memory as the ultimate rendering of those subjects. Born in Nyack, New York, along the Hudson River, Hopper began to study art in the local schools before seeking instruction in commercial art in New York City in l899. From l900 to...