To get some ideas on how to start a watercolor painting, we looked at art history. What strategies have watercolor artists used in the past?
Some artists started with a drawing, and stuck to this drawing as an outline. Other artists started with color and brushstrokes.
We broke this down into two main strategies: the drawing approach and the painterly approach. Look through these images and see if you can identify the approach!
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| Milton Avery (1885 - 1965) |
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| Milton Avery (1885 - 1965) |
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| Arthur Dove (1880 - 1946) |
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| Arthur Dove |
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| Charles Burchfield (1893 - 1967) |
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| John Ruskin (1819 - 1900) |
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| John Ruskin (1819 - 1900) |
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| Paul Cezanne (1839 - 1906) |
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| Emil Nolde (1867 - 1956) |
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| Maurice Prendergast (1858 - 1924) |
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| Maurice Prendergast (1858 - 1924) |
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| John Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925) |
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| John Singer Sargent (1856 - 1925) |
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| Egon Schiele |
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| Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 -1986) |
