April 2018
Intermediate to advanced
128 pages
3h 46m
English
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. ...