BeckerArt FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter March 5th Soft Edges

Published: Tue, 03/05/24

Hello

Welcome to the FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter #457

In this week's newsletter, I go over what is probably the most important lesson to learn if you are looking to become skilled in the medium of watercolor techniques. That skill is learning to work wet-into-wet to create soft controlled edges. See the video lesson below.

I get asked now and then about my workshops and what references or photos will the class be painting in certain workshops. I pick subject matter that falls in line with what I am teaching. Every exercise(painting) we do in my workshop has a purpose in trying to teach the student a particular element that I think is important to that assignment. I don't randomly pick easy pretty pictures just to make a student happy to take home a pretty painting. I teach a lesson in each assigned painting exercise so that when you leave my workshop you can take away a lesson learned so you can then do a pretty painting on your own in your studio.
I'm all about teaching you watercolor from beginning to end and if you get a nice exercise out of it when you leave that is great but I feel that it is more important that you leave with skills and knowledge that you didn't have before you took my workshop.

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, March 7th, 1pm to 3:30pm

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

Yes to Class at the Main Street Gallery Lake Zurich on March 6th 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.

Creating Soft Controlled Edges in Watercolor

Watch video below to learn about how to paint soft edges and control them in watercolor.

BeckerArt DIY Create Soft Edges in Watercolor

Product of the Week

Available Here canvas panels that you can paint with absorbent ground and do watercolors on.

Artist of the Week

Luybov Titova

Check out how many soft edges this artist uses in her work. Great stuff!

The BeckerArt Paint-a-long Live Demo
Thursday March 7th at 6:30pm CST

Click video link below.

BeckerArt Owl with Soft Edges Paint-a-long

This week we will try to paint soft edges in parts of the Owl.

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