Watercolor: Paintings by Contemporary Artists
Sujean Rim, Leslie Dutcher
Language: English
Pages: 49
ISBN: 2:00182235
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Watercolor is taking the art, fashion, and home décor worlds by storm. The result is an explosion of amazing new work by contemporary artists. This volume surveys the current revival of this loveliest of mediums, in portfolios from more than 20 of today's top watercolor artists from around the globe. From the evocative visual journals of Danny Gregory and Fabrice Moireau, through the fashion-inspired portraits of Samantha Hahn and Virginia Johnson, to the indie art stylings of Jane Mount and Becca Stadtlander, Watercolor stunningly showcases painterly brilliance. With artist profiles, an informative history of the medium, and an inspiring preface by DailyCandy's Sujean Rim, this is the guide to a beautiful revolution.
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Find more of her art and her blog at www.juliadenos.com. DANNY GREGORY was born in London and spent his childhood traveling the world, from Pakistan to Australia to Israel to New York. He majored in politics at Princeton University and has had a successful career in advertising. He began making art in his thirties and has published many best-selling books on drawing and creativity, including Everyday Matters, The Creative License, An Illustrated Life, A Kiss Before You Go, and An Illustrated
website, www.annaemilia.com. DAIRE LYNCH is a Dublin-born artist who currently resides in Cong, County Mayo, in the west of Ireland. He is primarily a self-taught painter. His two main passions are art and music; he is also a sound engineer and a multi-instrumentalist. His work is in private collections throughout the world, including Australia, France, Germany, New Zealand, Scotland, and the United States. More of his art can be seen on his website, www.dairelynch.com. FABRICE MOIREAU is a
inspired her to become an artist. She attended the High School of Art & Design in New York City, where her focus turned to fashion. Affer graduating from Parsons School of Design with a degree in fashion design, Rim began a successful career designing shoes and accessories for Perry Ellis, J.Crew, Ann Taylor, and American Eagle Outfitters. But her interest in art remained, and she found her first commission for her illustrations from Barney’s New York—a small ad for the New York Times. Well-known
water-and-pigment depictions, often of animals. Panel painting was highly prized in ancient Greece and Rome, and tempera-painted examples can be found from as early as the first centuries of the Common Era. Versions of painted manuscripts date to Roman times, but most surviving examples are from the Middle Ages. European monks used tempera—often in combination with silverpoint, gold or silver, and ink—to decorate their illuminated manuscripts. Their pages were detailed with scrollwork, border
of the individual versus the group—or the lone wolf versus the pack. This series of work has been strongly influenced by stories of shape-shifting, wherein people are transformed, voluntarily or not, into animal form.” 1 Totem, 2011 Watercolor 11 × 15 in. (28 × 38 cm) 2 Flotsam, 2011 Watercolor 15 × 11 in. (38 × 28 cm) 3 Day Tripper, 2011 Watercolor 11 × 15 in. (28 × 38 cm) 4 Secrets of Living #3, 2009 Watercolor 22 × 15 in. (56 × 38 cm) 5 Bounty, 2011 Watercolor