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Artist/Teacher Santa Cruz, California An all around artist and popular teacher, M.E. "Mike" Bailey's skillful mastery of form and color is evident in his award-winning work. Mike is the incoming president of the National Watercolor Society. "My art is about happiness!" That is to say, it is about his own happiness, says Bailey. "I started painting at age 46, which is sort of late for someone who was hungry to paint all of his life, wouldn’t you say? " He explained that even though his college degree is not in art, he is primarily self taught. Driven and deeply passionate...

American Eliot O'Hara, namesake of the O'Hara watercolor box, was an influential American artist and teacher who greatly popularized watercolor painting in America. In the early 1930s O'Hara started publishing a series of instructional books that gave art students and art teachers a solid curriculum of study in the field of watercolor painting. Mr. O'Hara's books include Making Watercolor Behave (1932), Making the Brush Behave (1935), Watercolor Fares Forth (1938), Art Teachers Primer (1939), Watercolor At Large (1946), Watercolor With O'Hara (1966), and Portraits in the Making (1948). In the late 40s and early 50s O'Hara was commissioned to produce...

Josi Etter is an international artist and angler who combines her love of nature, fish, water and art to create unique original artwork. Ms. Etter has studied, trained, fished and lived in Germany, Africa, the Phillippines and the U.S. Josi's work has been displayed in numerous galleries including The International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House, Kuenstlerhaus (Germany), The Museum of Modern Art (New York), Museum of Fine Art (Boston), and the Chicago Art Institute. She is currently painting for Trout Unlimited magazine. Visit SketchAndRelease.com for a look into Josi Etter's unique angle on making watercolor painting work...

In creating the watercolor "The Path Chosen", I used the following basic techniques: Flat wash, graded wash, glazed wash, dry brush, wet-in-wet, various wet and dry lift techniques, scrafitto, and Grafix® Incredible White Mask liquid frisket. First off, take some time to explore (and bookmark!) this and other watercolor and artist's sites to understand the tools, history, theory, and variety of styles and techniques of other artists. Once you have the basic idea of what's involved in being a watercolorist, you're ready to give it a go. You don't have to know how to draw really well to start to make...

Materials Used: Brushes 1 1/2" (381mm) Flat Winsor & Newton Series 965 1" Grumbacher Aquarelle Flat Red Sable #12 Winsor & Newton Series 7 Red Sable #10 Winsor & Newton Series 820 Red Sable #6 Grumbacher Watercolor Classic Red Sable #4 Round Red Sable Paints Sap Green Hooker's Green Dark Phthalocyanine Blue Cobalt Blue Dioxazine Purple Alizarin Crimson Permanent Rose Raw Sienna Burnt Umber Paper Spiral Pad (11" x 14") by Canson: 140lb cold press watercolor paper Miscellaneous #2 Pencil Kneaded Eraser Palette - Your choice. Mine is an old Robert E. Wood model. Water container (x2) with clean water...

On the Net: Artist Showcase France "Ranch at the end of the road - Pt. Reyes"© Scott Anthony, NWSwww.santhony.com California, USA "Vivere" © Pasqualino Fracassowww.pasomad.com Italy "Jardin au bord du Loing"© Caroline Despres-Garnierwww.artabus.com/despres/ France "Untitled" © Jim Robertsonwww.jimrobertsonart.com California, USA "Icelands" © Jill Rosoffwww.rosoffartworks.com California, USA

Winston-Salem, North Carolina Sterling Edwards is a North Carolina (USA) watercolor artist who has received international recognition for his luminous watercolor paintings. Combining rich values, bold composition, and transparent paint, Sterling has established himself as an excellent watercolor artist, workshop instructor, and juror. His unique philosophy about art and artists, combined with years of experience, has earned Sterling Edwards the respect of his peers, students, and collectors of his work. In 1985, he began studying watercolors and was captivated by the versatility and luminosity of the medium. Sterling spent several years learning from watercolor master Zoltan Szabo, as well as...

India "His figurative works are based on pure drawing. Regularly sketching with pencil, charcoal, crayon and sometimes watercolour has become a customary part of his life. He pays special attention on the effect of shade and light. He paints figures from memory and from live models. Especially the use of watercolour in figure which is the challenging job for every artist, he can easily handle. His works reflects his extraordinary love for the subject." 25 year old Freelance Artist Rahul Salve has explored a wide variety of media including oil, acrylics, watercolor, and pastel since his 2003 graduation from Dr....