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Q: I relocated from the States to the Caribbean and have found that all the watercolor paper--Fabriano, Arches, Winsor & Newton--is too absorbent to float the watercolor paint. Is there something I can buy to resize the paper or save it somehow so that it is once again workable? How would I apply the sizing? How many coats? I have about 100 sheets of very good paper.
Like many artists accustomed to working with opaque paints, Jamie Wyeth prefers to use combinations of water-soluble materials rather than just transparent watercolor. He finds that layers of gouache, ink, graphite, acrylic, and watercolor allow him to develop images in much the same way he does with oil on canvas.
Twenty-five works from landscape painter Diane Burko will be featured in this exhibition at the James A. Michener Art Museum, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, through October 15, 2006.
Use a polarizing filter to help reduce most of the specular reflection (the glaring white spots on photos) when you photograph paintings with a glossy varnish.
To eliminate waste of acrylic paint and interruption of your painting to lay out more paint, put your mixed colors into plastic ice cube trays. Add a few drops of water to each compartment after a day's painting and store the tray in a plastic bag.
The work of still-life and figure painter Raymond Han will be the focus of this exhibit at Forum Gallery, in New York City, through October 21, 2006.
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Watercolor Highlights - Spring 2008
