BeckerArt FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter Feb 27th Absorbent Ground

Published: Tue, 02/27/24

Hello

Welcome to the FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter #456

Thanks to all of you who sent well wishes for my 90-year-old mom who had a knee replaced. She is doing super great and is all excited about being able to walk again with no pain.

I am super excited about teaching all of you about watercolor and gouache, how they are the same, and also how they are different. In the next couple of weeks, I will be talking about the differences and similarities.

I've been pushing using absorbent ground primer for doing watercolors on panels without paper... this week I show you how to make your own gesso absorbent primer ground.

I heard from the Main Street Art Center in Lake Zurich, where I now teach on Wednesday, they have a couple more spaces available for their Don Andrews workshop in April... this is a workshop you don't want to miss! CLICK HERE for Don Andrews Workshop info

Watch an ad that I made for my workshops at Dillman's

The watercolor painting above was done on my Sunday Demo with David

The Sunday demo is usually at 9am cst on my YouTube Channel SUBSCRIBE PLEASE.

Weekly Classes

Yes to Class at The Civic Center in Libertyville, Thurs, Feb 29th, 1pm to 3:30pm

Yes to Class, at The Studio in McHenry, Sat, March 2nd, 9am to 11:30am

Yes to Class at the Main Street Gallery Lake Zurich on Feb. 28th

NEW Watercolor CLASS in Lake Zurich Wednesday mornings 9:30pm to Noon

contact Mainstreet Art Center to get info on this class.

Workshops 2024

Kanuga Watermedia Workshop, Montreat, W/C & Gouache, NC March 24-29

Southern Wisconsin Watercolor Society, W/C, Reedsburg WI May 1-2

Northeast Wisconsin Watercolor Society, W/C, Green Bay WI May 7-8
Dillmans, Lac du Flambeau, W/C & Gouache, WI June 10-13

Bagley Area Arts Collaborataive, Bagley, MN June 18-20

Email me at [email protected] for any info you may need about my classes or workshops.

Absorbent Ground vs Gesso & Marble Dust

Watch video below to learn all about Absorbent Ground and how to make your own gesso absorbent ground from gesso and marble dust.

BeckerArt Absorbent Ground vs Gesso and Marble Dust

Product of the Week

Available Here Marble dust that I mix with my gesso to make an absorbent ground.

Artist of the Week

Lucy Newton

Here is an artist that I found on the web for my live students that are doing paintings for the Volo Bog exhibition. This is what I was talking about... blurring your backgrounds for a great watercolor look.

The BeckerArt Paint-a-long Live Demo
Thursday February 29th at 6:30pm CST

Click video link below.

BeckerArt A Good Book to Read still life Paint-a-long

This week we will try to paint a more high key painting.

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