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Watercolor

AMERICAN

ARTIST

CONTENTS

4 Editors Note

6 Contributors

8 Noteworthy

20 Artist to Artist: Dale Meyers Cooper

With a career spanning nearly 50 years and work

in the permanent collections of such institutions

as the Legion of Honor, in San Francisco, and

the Smithsonian Institution, this artist, who is a

president emeritus of the American Watercolor

Society, believes experimentation and finding

mentors are crucial to ones creative growth.

30 Using Traditional Methods to Tell

Forgotten Stories

BY NAOMI EKPERIGIN

Seattle-based artist Zhi Lins paintings combine

traditional Western realism and Chinese art his-tory in a moving call for political change.

40 Rendering Motion With a Decisive Hand

BY AUSTIN R. WILLIAMS

Doug Lew may be best known for paintings

that depict rapid motion, but the energetic

effect of these watercolorsas well as the

success of his many other subjectsrelies on

sound composition and getting the most out of

every brushstroke.

50 Respond to Your Painting in aVariety of Media

BY NAOMI EKPERIGIN

After working as a muralist, Alan Wylie taught him-

self to paint in watercolor, oil, and acrylic. Regard-

less of the media or size of his artwork, the artist is

aided by his willingness to work with a painting and

let go of ideas that are not turning out well.

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Seaside Stroll(detail)

by Alan Wylie, 1993,watercolor, 15 x 21.Private collection.

58 Capturing the Vastness of

Open Spaces

BY AUSTIN R. WILLIAMS

Minnesota artist Nanci Yermakoff

uses patience, skill, and an intimate

familiarity with the landscape to paint

great expanses of space.

66 Curious George: A Remarkable

Story Behind the Beloved

Watercolor IllustrationsBY JOHN A. PARKS

A recent exhibition revealed how a

cherished American childrens book

came into being as Europe collapsed.

76 Find the Best Paper for Your

Watermedia Technique

BY KARYN MEYER-BERTHEL

With a multitude of options that range

in texture, size, absorbency, and price,

choosing the best paper for painting

with watermedia can be a daunting task.Here, top watermedia painters and pa-

per manufacturers provide insight that

can help artists of all levels make more

educated choices and find the surface

that will best suit their practice.

82 Capturing Stillness, Stroke

by Stroke

BY NAOMI EKPERIGIN

New York artist Thomas Aquinas Daly

translates his love of the outdoors

into his watercolor landscapes, whichemanate stillness and calm that can only

be found in the land itself.

90 Utilizing the Power of Complements

BY MARK G. MITCHELL

Although the work of an illustrator

differs from that of a fine artist, the same

principles of design and color apply,

including the efficacy of complementary

color relationships.

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