In the 1834 article “Les Aquarelles” published in the French journal L’Artiste, the author demonstrates his country’s disdain for the medium by asking archly: “Did Raphael and Michelangelo paint ...

Local artist and educator Elise Beattie has been selected to showcase her art at the Northwest Watercolor Society’s Signature Member Exhibition in Seattle. This art society highlights diverse talent ...

The opening reception will be held on Oct. 4 from 5 to 8 p.m. in SDWS’s Gallery, located in Liberty Station’s Arts and Culture District. The show will feature carefully curated works in a variety of ...

When I first started creating art, before I ever sold a painting, I found a lot of joy in watercoloring, a medium that can be as beautiful as it is simple. Watercolors are so fluid: Even if you’re not ...

‘Painting for me is very much like a puzzle,” Deb Horner said, describing her artistic process. “I love figuring out what colors work best, what brushes work best, what stage of the water works best.” ...

Abraham Walkowitz, watercolor of Isadora Duncan in a dance pose (1906-27) (all images courtesy the New York Public Library) Almost all of Walkowitz’s illustrations were left as raw sketches, although ...

In the hands of the right artist, water and pigment mix together and with a slight dip of a paintbrush, make images come to life. For the New Mexico Watercolor Society, watercolors aren’t just the key ...

Think “art museum,” and big-city institutions like Washington’s National Gallery, the Art Institute of Chicago and New York’s Metropolitan first spring to mind. But the current “Watercolors Unboxed” ...