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I remember spending a whole lot of my youth with my nose buried in art and watercolor painting books when I wasn't playing in the woods. I always seemed to learn more from step-by-step pictoral walk-throughs of paintings in progress than from reading descriptions of how to paint a particular subject or technique. Being rather old school, I watched John Gnagy on television, I read American Artist magazine and could not get enough of seeing how other artists were doing what they were doing. I grew up with the haunting dynamic realism of Andrew Wyeth versus the lyrical world-affirming characters,...

If you're just starting to learn watercolor painting, here's a simple landscape painting you can try. It features a beautiful blend of surreal skies. This will certainly jumpstart your love for watercolor painting!

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

Wildlife Art - Watercolors Hoedspruit, South Africa "There is no room for error with watercolour. Once it is on the paper, it is almost impossible to remove—so I work carefully and accurately. I'm not attempting to reproduce reality, so I want to work fairly loosely too. It is important for the viewer to be able to see the mark of the artist, the journey I have taken on the page..." Sue Dickinson studied B A (Fine Arts) at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg from 1981-1983. After running her own graphic design studio and pursuing a career in the...

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