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Watercolor Toronto, Canada Herry Arifin's calligraphic brushwork instills a vigor and dash to everday urban scenes, still lifes, and landscapes that is hard to rival, effortlessly flowing between abstraction with realism. He's out there On The Net. —GC From "Why I Paint" "Painting is, for me, a way of communicating, of expressing to others my feelings about the world around us. When I retired early, in 2002, I found that I had suddenly lost many of the opportunities for communicating that had come with my work. Painting has filled that need since then, and I think it could do so...

While I was looking up the details to do the feature on Kelly Eddington I came across this article. I found the images fascinating and I am not surprised that each of these artists is an award-winning figure painter. They were all recognized in this Splash 22 Watercolor Painting Competition. Too bad the article does not say how they placed, only that these pieces were recognized in the Portraits and Figures category.

On the Net Watercolor - France Artist Statement: "Time is made of pearls, each a world apart, each a complete life you may call a moment. It's not real, not unreal, it's made of reality and perception. Some moments have a deep resonance with your soul. Watercolor is, for me, the most harmonious way to convey those vibes, through a smile, a color, a shine, a freshness, a just-a-little-something-I-can't-tale, a very special light echoing in me." Joel Tenzin

Watercolors Transylvania, ROMANIA We are proud to introduce Romanian artist Vasile Popescu, the newest member of our Artist Galleries. A dedicated watercolorist, Vasile carried his vocation through a very busy career of chief police officer. Now, he is a full time watercolorist and enjoys it 100%. Vasile is continually taking new challenges while seasoning his artwork with ground breaking watercolor techniques and pushing the frontiers of his personal achievements to limits where only a few other artists can go. "I am very passionate about watercolor. I devote most of my time to painting and, while resting the brush, I always...

Taste a bit of the summer fun in this watercolor beach scene of Del Mar, California! Follow along in this colorful step-by-step tutorial by instructor William "Bill" Dunn.

Maryland, USA "Japanese Garden" © Judy Huangwww.judypaint.com Georgia, USA "Lower Town, Staithes" © Tim Wilmotwizard-systems.typepad.com/tim_wilmots_paintings Bristol, UK "Sentinels" © Amanda Spencerwww.amandaspencer.co.uk Kent, UK "Back Roads" © Tom Joneswww.tomjonesartist.com Florida, USA "White Sails, Blue Water" © Christy Edwardswww.christyedwards.com New York, USA

Istanbul, Turkey "Barns at Santanoni" © Ken Wheelerwww.kenwheelerstudio.com New York, USA "Watercolor Landscape" © R. Grzeszczakowskiwww.grzeszczakowski.art.pl Poland "Ms. Romanoff" © Rick Clubbwww.rickclubb.com Illinois, USA "Salt Flats" © Nina Allen Freemanwww.ninaallenfreeman.net Florida, USA "Plum Blossoms" © Karen Wrightwww.fine-art.com/msrite1 California, USA

French Paul Cézanne was born on January 19, 1839, in Aix-en-Provence, France. While in school, he had become an intimate friend of fellow artist Emile Zola. After a failed return to law school he spent the next twenty years dividing his time between the Midi and Paris. He briefly attended the Atelier Suisse with Camille Pissarro. Cézanne also had long friendships with painters Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Cézanne's watercolor technique relied on subtle overlapping washes incorporating the white of the paper as in integral element in the piece. His method of work was to apply his colors pure with...