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Small Wonders at Gallery 1 Sylva

by pathfinder | Nov 26, 2019 | Uncategorized

Watercolor on Claybord allows watercolor to celebrate all of its chroma. Gallery 1 Sylva presents Small Wonders – the small and carefully crafted works of the arts community it represents at 604 West Main Street Sylva. Paintings, photographs, wooden...

2020 Workshop in Seneca at BRAC March 4th and 5th – Contact Blue Ridge Art Center blueridgeartcenter@gmail.com

by pathfinder | Oct 2, 2019 | Uncategorized

The last few workshops I have participated in as instructor/facilitator/coach here locally in Sylva and Franklin were so much fun. I am always exhausted after two intense days of trying to pour everything I know about traditional watercolor techniques out onto the...

The Limited Palette in all its glory

by pathfinder | Sep 15, 2019 | Art, art, Art, Watercolor, Watercolor Art, watercolor

My printer has three color cartridges and a black cartridge. With a blue, red and yellow and black my printer can approximate every color I choose to print. The printer depends on programming. I depend on practice. With Cobalt blue, Alizarin Crimson and Aureolin...

Workshops – water, paper, paint.

by pathfinder | Sep 13, 2019 | Art, art, watercolor

Wet on Wet Watercolor I teach wet on wet watercolor a method I have worked in for over 30 years. That means I take 140lb. cold press paper and wet it front and back with a natural sponge until it is wet to the core. I don’t stretch it – pin it down or...

When did I start making art?

by pathfinder | Sep 6, 2019 | Uncategorized

I don’t remember when I starting drawing. I don’t remember a time when I did not draw. My Uncle Donald had a printing company and saved all the ends and bits of paper making them into tablets so that I from an early age had a ready supply of paper. My...