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Announcing American Watercolor!
Streamline Publishing, the parent company of Plein Air and Fine Art Connoisseur magazines recently announced the launch of AmericanWatercolor.net, an exciting new online community for those who love and appreciate watercolor.
Intuitive Draftsman, Innovative Watercolorist: John Marin
The work of John Marin (1870-1953), gets a revelatory new look in an exhibition originating at the Arkansas Arts Center, affording a unique opportunity to see finished watercolors, etchings, and oil paintings reunited with the sketches on which they were based, for the first time outside the artist’s studio.
Watercolor, U.S.A.
Nearly $20,000 in cash and museum purchase awards are available this year for the 56th exhibition of Watercolor USA — a national, annual juried exhibition recognizing aqueous media painting. When does it open and where?
Watercolor Works in Laguna Beach
The Laguna Plein Air Painters Association (LPAPA) is overjoyed to have just opened a stellar exhibition dedicated to transparent watercolors. It’s in collaboration with the Joe Hanks Van Cleave Foundation for the Arts and CURATE Fine Art, and you won’t want to miss this!
Can Watercolors Be Varnished?
It’s a peculiar practice to varnish your plein air watercolors, since most are matted and glassed when framed. However, artist Mike Simpson has some thoughts on the process that might give you cause to pause.
How Watercolor Can Make You Lose Friends
Watercolor paintings can be exciting, abstract, tight, mysterious, pretty — and divisive among some folks. Just ask Daniel Marshall.
PleinAir Podcast: Episode 42 – Antonio Masi and Watercolor’s Advantage
In this episode of the PleinAir Podcast, Publisher Eric Rhoads sits down with American Watercolor Society President Antonio Masi. As one could expect, Rhoads and Masi delve into all things watercolor, discussing the medium's advantages over oil and how the artist makes his colors "personal".
When a Watercolorist Has a Background in Stained Glass
Hilary Slater is attracting attention with her inked outlines of watercolor, an effect that echoes another medium she has worked in for years.
Watercolor Weather and the Sea
Listen to another plein air war story, this one from the English coast, courtesy of Lynne Chapman.
Converting an Old Watercolor . . . and Winning
Deborah Tilby offers proof that there are many ways to win awards. Last month, she won First Place in the August-September contest of the...
What a Watercolorist Who Wants to Paint Underwater Does
Bonnie Richardson knew she couldn’t paint with watercolors underwater when she was snorkeling or scuba diving, but she dearly wanted to. Oils were not...
Watercolor on Toned Paper
Many watercolorists love the medium because the white of the paper helps illuminate the colors in the pigment. But if you are working outside,...
April 16: Western Watercolors
A commemorative exhibition featuring some of the world’s finest watercolor painters arrives in the desert this spring. The Western Federation of Watercolor Societies presents its...
Bewitching Watercolors by Kevin Weckbach
The fluid and expressive medium of watercolor finds worthy expression in the hands of Kevin Weckbach, who will soon unveil a display of his...
EXHIBITION: “Mood Makers: Watercolor and Oil Plein Air Painters,” at the Dancing Crane Gallery
A gallery in Bradenton, Florida, is focusing on plein air work from the Gulf Coast and New England in a new show on view...
California Watercolor Association Unveils Exhibition and Award-Winning Works
Among the finest shows of watercolor in the country, the California Watercolor Association National Exhibition displays the best from 70 premier painters.
The 44th National Exhibition of...
PACE Faculty: Watercolorist Stewart White
We'll occasionally showcase new and notable instructors at the Plein Air Convention & Expo, starting with a person who was a ceaseless advocate for...
John Singer Sargent Watercolors
How did John Singer Sargent's watercolors differ from his oil paintings? Why did he paint them? What is so special about the two large...
50 Years: The San Antonio Watercolor Gang
The San Antonio Watercolor Gang is still traveling, painting on location, and exhibiting together after 50 years. The group was formed when Finis Collins,...
Sargent Watercolors in Brooklyn, Boston, Houston
The Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts are combining some of their vast holdings for a...