Category: Watercolor and Gouache
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Henry Ryland
Henry Ryland was a British painter and illustrator active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who shows the influence of Victorian painters like Albert Moore and Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Though he sometimes painted in oil, he was known for his elegant figurative watercolors. These were rendered — like many watercolors of the time —…
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Eye Candy for Today: Samuel Palmer ink and watercolor drawing
Oak Tree and Beech, Lullingstone Park, Samuel Palmer Pen and brown ink, with gouache an watercolor on toned paper, roughly 12 x 18 inches (30 x 47 cm); in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, NY. Use the “Zoom Image” or “Download Image” links on their page to view larger. I love the…
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Liz Shippam
To my eye, there appears to be a tendency in contemporary botanical art to be so respectful of scientific accuracy that contrasts of color and value are often sacrificed, leading to reserved, delicate watercolor renderings that are less impactful as artworks on their own. The bold watercolors of English botanical artist Liz Shippam provide a…
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Jérémy Soheylian
Though he sometimes works monochromatically, when I first came across the ink and watercolor architectural drawings and urban sketches of French artist Jérémy Soheylian the majority of his work at first registered to my eye as full color. It then dawned on me that they were actually remarkably effective use of simple warm and cool…
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Eye Candy for Today: William Wyld watercolor
St. Mark’s Square, Venice, with Loggetta; William Wyld Watercolor and ink, roughly 10 x 7 inches (25 x 18 cm); in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use the Download or Enlarge links under the image on their page. I love this beautiful ink and watercolor rendering, not just for its wonderful combination…
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Bror Anders Wikstrom
With the exception of the more straightforward watercolor (images above, bottom), the rest of these wild and wonderfully realized watercolor illustrations are designs for New Orleans carnival parade floats from the early part of the 20th century by Swedish/American artist Bror Anders Wikstrom. Wikstrom originally went to sea as a young man, but his career…