Lines and Colors art blog

Category: Watercolor and Gouache

  • Maxwell Doig

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    The most frequent subjects of UK artist maxwell Doig are isolated figures on wonderfully textural backgrounds. The figures seem isolated both in the compositional sense and in the feeling of emotional detachment; they are often absorbed in their own interests. Though obviously posed, frequently in repeated positions, they seem oblivious to both the artist and…

  • Brian Robinson

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    After a successful career as a graphic designer, during which he painted when possible on the side, UK artist Brian Robinson transitioned into full time gallery art. His crisply realized watercolor landscapes and townscapes glow with vibrant but naturalistic color, which derives its “punch” largely from Robinson’s knowing placement of adjacent colors, rather than from…

  • Carl G. Evers

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    Carl Evers was a 20th century German/American artist, noted in particular for his marine paintings. He is generally considered one of the foremost American marine painters of the century. His evocation of the action of water, particularly roiled by storms and high waves, is just wonderful. Evers was also an accomplished illustrator; his work appeared…

  • Cara Brown

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    Cara Brown’s luminous watercolors of flowers, fruit, grapevines and other subjects are awash in sunlight, and resonate with vibrant, but never overdone color. Many of her compositions are closeups of blossoms or fruit still on the plant; in essence they are treated like in-situ still life subjects. She often uses soft edges in her backgrounds…

  • Eye Candy for Today: Johannes Bosboom church interior

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    Southern aisle of the Great Church at The Hague, Johannes Bosboom In the Rijksmuseum; downloadable image also on Wikimedia Commons. The credits say “pencil, chalk and brush”, but it certainly looks like some watercolor to me. This is one of those drawing/painting combinations that is simultaneously loose and precise. There is also a beautifully subtle…

  • Alina Chau (update)

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    Alina Chau is a painter, illustrator and animation artist whose whimsical images are rendered in lively applications of watercolor. Her work includes elements of children’s book illustration, concept design, naturalistic painting, stylized design elements and the influence of traditional Chinese ink painting. I particularly enjoy the way she incorporates design elements, textures and patterns into…