Notes For Watercolor

[Sandra Strait Participant @sandra-strait]

That is exactly what keeps me going with watercolor, even if I get frustrated.

[Anonymous]

Wonderful words from a favorite painter.

[Nay Aung Participant @nay]

What is WATERCOLOR ? 🙂

Simple washes of transparent,water soluble fluid painted on 100 percent rag paper_the closest symbol in the virtual arts to the glory of light.Its beauty has not been overshadowed by recent discoveries of esoteric mediums;nor have 80 years of esthetic “isms” superseded it.

(From the book “Watercolor Energies”)

[Sandra Strait Participant @sandra-strait]

That’s a great quote!

[Sandra Strait Participant @sandra-strait]

Watercolor is truly different from other mediums.  Sometimes I feel sorry for the artist who tells me they stay away from watercolor because it is too tricky.  They don’t know what they are missing out on.

[Nay Aung Participant @nay]

Yes Sandra 🙂 I wish they turn back some day for this wonderful medium.I also knew some professional artists who thought that watercolor is for beginners and oil is the great medium for professionals.LOL.

[Pamela Smith Participant @pamela-smith]

My favorite quote:  “The scariest part is just before you begin” Stephen King

to that I add “then just have fun”.

[Nay Aung Participant @nay]

Thanks for your quote Pamela!!!Hope we all passed the scariest part in watercolor and have fun 🙂

[Nay Aung Participant @nay]

“Nothing can come out of the artist that is not in the artist.All painting is autobiographical and is therefore by product of your personality,emotional capacity,sensitivity,discernment and esthetic power.Personal education and artistic growth are linked together.It is tall order and a life long job.”

( From the book “Watercolor energies” )

[Nay Aung Participant @nay]

“Don’t paint objects.Paint light!Paint mood!”

Herman Pekel

(My vision in watercolor)

[Sharon Nolfi Participant @sharonnolfi]

Yes! Great quote. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Georgia O’Keeffe
“I hate flowers. I paint them because they’re cheaper than models and they don’t move.”

[Wonner Naus Participant @wonner]

“All of my ideas are on the tip of the brush because there isn’t room there for anything else.” — Brian Rutenberg

“The purpose of art is the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.” — Glenn Gould

“Don’t play what you see, play what you don’t see.” — Miles Davis

“Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.” — Chuck Close

“I don’t paint things. I paint the difference between things.” — Henri Matisse

[Nay Aung Participant @nay]

Thanks for quote Rod@rod-fletcher!!!I also don’t love flowers but I love to paint them 😉😉😉

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[Nay Aung Participant @nay]

Thanks for the lovely quotes Wonner!!!@wonner

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