Category: Watercolor and Gouache
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Bing image search vs. Google, Yahoo & Tin Eye
As you might imagine, in the course of writing Lines and Colors I do a fair bit of searching out art images on the web — whenever possible searching for the largest examples of images of artwork that I can find. One of the ways I do this is to use the “image search” features…
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Alex Warnick
Alex Warnick is an artist who specializes in watercolor paintings of birds. Her website portfolio is divided into sections for Painting and Illustration, though her technique seems basically consistent. She combines a naturalistic approach to the birds themselves, setting them off with bits of flora that act as design elements. In addition to her portfolio,…
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Eya Candy for Today: Stillman’s Love’s Messenger
Love’s Messenger, Marie Spartali Stillman, watercolor, tempera and gold paint on paper, 32 x 26 inches (116 x 100 cm). I’ve stood in front of this beautiful painting in the Delaware Art Museum more times than I can count, marveling not only at the beautiful composition and subtle color, but at the remarkable painting technique…
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Eye Candy for Today Mrs Smith watercolor of plums and caterpillars
Branch with a cluster of ripe plums and caterpillars, Mrs. Smith; watercolor, roughly 10 x 10 inches (25 x 25 cm). Link is to the image page on Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. The image is credited to “Mrs. Smith”, based on a pencil signature at the lower right…
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Carl Larsson
Carl Larsson was a Swedish illustrator and gallery artist active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Though he also worked in oil and painted large frescos, Larsson was primarily known for his watercolors. With a deft hand and a light touch, he depicted family and home in particular. In many cases, he used…
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Eye Candy for Today: Hellen Allingham landscape
The Basket Woman, Hellen Allingham; watercolor; roughly 14 x 21 inches ( 37 x 55 cm); link is to past auction on Sotheby’s; large image here. Victorian era English watercolor artist Helen Allingham was noted for her depictions rural life; in particular her paintings of traditional thatched roof cottages, which she idealized a bit by…