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Watercolor Spring 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Exhibitions
Mr. Whatman's Mill: Papermaking and the Art of Watercolor in Eighteenth-Century Britain.

Advice From Experts by Beth Patterson
Artists: Donna Zagotta and Mike Bailey
Artists Donna Zagotta and Mike Bailey explain how diligence and a thorough exploration of a theme can result in a successful, cohesive, and personal body of work.

Recommended Books

Looking No Farther Than Home by Christopher Willard
Artist: Tiit Raid
Tiit Raid's vivid panoramas explore the balance and harmony of the natural, observable world?just beyond the artist's doorstep.

English Water Colour by Meredith E. Lewis
Artists: Susan Avery, Rebecca Hind, Rosemary Wise, Clova Stuart-Hamilton, Laurence Burrell
Although the origin of watercolor painting lies in greater Europe, there is much about the art that is distinctly English?and for more than a century it flourished in Britain in a way that has yet to be repeated.

Samuel Palmer: Vision and Landscape by John A. Parks
Artist: Samuel Palmer
Marking the 200th anniversary of the artist's birth, a major new retrospective explores the startlingly modern oeuvre of one of the great English Romantic painters.

English Flowers by Meredith E. Lewis
Artist: Mariella Baldwin
At West Dean College, budding botanical artists learn how to lay washes, explore color, and put their new skills into practice.

Jerry Stitt: A Nautical Brush by Zachary R. Heineman
Artist: Jerry Stitt
Jerry Stitt, of Sausalito, California, combines broad-stroke underpinnings with strategic detail and his love of the sea.

Lively Brushwork, Purposeful Color by Meredith E. Lewis
Artist: Tom Francesconi
Tom Francesconi uses a direct and energized painting approach to create vibrant watercolors that make statements about color and value relationships.

The Train: A Work in Series by Jos. A. Smith
Artist: Jos. A. Smith
An antique photograph of a train inspired me to create a series of imaginative train paintings in sepia, works that reinforce the creative value of working in series.

Painting Moments by Laila Weir
Artist: Kara Castro
Kara Castro, winner of last year's National Gold Medal Award from the California Watercolor Association, uses watercolor to capture moments that elude the camera lens.

Watercolor Competition Winners
Last summer's Watercolor magazine competition elicited
a tremendous response from artists worldwide. Here we present examples of work from the finalists, including paintings by winning artist Andy Evansen.

Turns of Phrase, Strokes of Paint by Pablo Wolfe
Artist: Derek Walcott
Nobel laureate Derek Walcott?a distinguished poet, playwright, and painter?explores the intersection of literature and art.