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Portfolio: Expressive Painting
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Portfolio: Expressive Painting

by Joseph Stoddard
April 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
128 pages
3h 46m
English
Walter Foster
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Inspiration

Every day matters—we each only have few, so try to make each one count.

Watercolor painting is like jazz. A great painting has the structure of good composition and a solid value pattern, but within that structure are exciting improvisational notes and color passages.

Balance art with life; don’t neglect time with friends or family.

Never let reality stand in the way of a good painting.

Your style will find you.

There is a built-in irony of the happy painter. It sometimes looks as if things are going smoothly as he or she sits in a grassy field playing with art materials, when in reality, it is a challenge and a struggle to wrestle each painting into submission.

Watercolor is a challenging medium. The difficulties are worth the rewards. ...

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ISBN: 9781633224674