Category: Watercolor and Gouache
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Dongfeng Li
Dongfeng Li is a Chinese born artist now living and working in the U.S. Though he also works in oil, his primary medium is watercolor. With applications both sensitive and brusque, he captures the spirit of places and people, his palette varying with the subject. There is a video on YouTube by the California Watercolor…
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Eye Candy for Today: Andrew Wyeth drybrush watercolor
Noah’s Ark Study, Andrew Wyeth, drybrush watercolor on paper. Original is in the collection of the Wyeth Foundadion for American Art, I don’t know the size. Image is referenced from a page on the site of the local PBS affiliate, WHYY. The full size image is here. Starting in 2023, the Brandywine Museum of Art…
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Frédéric Pillot
Though not well known here in the U.S. (and undeservedly so), Frédéric Pillot is well known in France as a creator of comics, illustrations and beloved children’s books. Pillot pushes the stylized exaggeration of his characters and environments out to the limits, and then wraps his scenes in lovingly rendered detail, atmosphere and lighting effects.…
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Abe Toshiyuki
Abe Toshiyuki is a Japanese watercolor artist whose work often focuses on intimate close in views of nature, as well as more traditional longer views. He uses precise sharp edges in contrast to softer focus areas to wonderful effect, allowing his subjects to posses solidity as well as qualities of the ephemeral. I particularly enjoy…
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Eye Candy for Today: early paleo illustration by Henry De la Beche
Duria Antiquior by Henry De la Beche, watercolor. Link is to Wikimedia Commons page from which you can access a larger image. Very often, scientists have had a secondary role as illustrators, enabling them to visualize the subjects of their investigations. In this watercolor, early 19th century geologist Henry De la Beche paints his interpretations…