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Welcome to the FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter #154, Holbein Blues
I am not sure how many people know that I am the president of the Lakes Region Watercolor Guild, but It has been about a year into taking on the position and I
have to tell you how wonderful it has been. This is one amazing watercolor club and the people who actually run the club do it so masterfully. Everyone on the board works so hard and makes me look like I know what I am doing. I need to thank every one of them for making my job there so easy. This last week, however, I got some news about one of our board members Angie Boe who is in the hospital. This wonderful lady is our programs director and does so much for our club, I don't have
information on her condition, but I hope that you will join me in wishing a fellow watercolorist and a great LRWG club member well and keep her in your thoughts and prayers.
Do you live near Le Mars, Iowa and would you like to take a 3-day workshop from yours truly? Sign-up asap as there are still spots available to take my 3-day workshop at the Le Mars Arts Center. Sign-up for three days June 5, 6 and 7th, 2018, for only $275.00 a person. Click HERE for info to sign-up This weeks newsletter shows you in a video all of Holbein's Blue Watercolors. Yes to Class at the Civic Center Libertyville, Thursday, May 3rd, 1pm to 3:30 Yes to
Class at the Antioch Fine Arts Foundation, Thursday, May 3rd, 6:30pm to 9pm Yes to Class at the BeckerArt Gallery in McHenry, Saturday, May 5th 9am to 11:30am I love Holbein paints and brushes... why is that you may ask? I am going to tell you... their watercolors rejuvenate even after sitting for long periods of time. Spray them with a little water and you get loads of pigment in your brush, even if you let the paint dry. Why is this you ask... because they don't use Ox Gall in their
paint. Another reason I love their watercolors is that they are so intense and loaded with such vibrant pigment colors.
I have tested many of their colors and the blues stand out as great as all the other colors I have already tested.
Check out the video below to see how vibrant these blues are. I now have a new favorite blue which is Manganese Blue.
Here's to painting the
blues David
The Veterans Day Exhibition is coming together and I want to thank all of you that have contributed photos. If you haven't heard of what I am doing here is the call out I put on Facebook last week. CALL OUT----This coming November 11th, Veterans Day I am looking to put an exhibit together to Honor all those Veterans in every branch of the
Armed Forces. I need some help, the image that I painted below is from a photo my dad had of him and his army buddies. He has this photo but not many others. I am looking for images of men and women in the armed forces. I am not looking for portraits of individuals, I am looking more for group shots and shots where groups are in action.
If you are willing to let me use and offer up the rights to use the photo to paint from I can offer you a signed print of the finished piece and I will
use a title you come up with for the painting to honor those in the painting.
If you would like to offer me up some images you can email them to me at BeckerArt@gmail.com. I need to mention that If you do offer up some images and I don't use them please don't be offended and think that they are not of a quality or don't have a meaning to me. I may also have to change the photos to make the images more paintable in which case I would contact you if I do use your photos and show you my sketches
to make sure that I do the photos justice and give honor to the images.
I am looking for the rights to use your image for one painting and one print. The print will go to you. Thank you in advance! |
My BeckerArt Workshops and Demos in 2018
DEMO, Dillman's Festival of Artists, Lac du Flambeau, WI. May 27th For Information Click Here
Le Mars Arts Council Workshop, Le Mars, IA. June 5th -7th, For Information Click Here
Dillman's Spring Workshop, Wisconsin, June 10-15th, For
information Click Here
Vermont Art Event Classes. Burlington VT, July 23rd -27th, Information to come
Dillman's Fall Workshop, Wisconsin, September 9-14th, For information Click Here
Artisan Materials Expo Classes, Santa Fe, September 27th-30th, For Information Click Here
Perquimans Arts League, Hertford NC, October 15th and 16th, For Information Click Here
Jacksonville Watercolor Society Workshop, Jacksonville FL, October 24, 25, 26 For Information Click Here
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Soon Y Warren is a watercolorist that was also teaching at Kanuga this year and I was telling some of my students about how intricate her work is. I only know one other artist that I have met that paints as intricate as Soon and that would be Lynn D Pratt. Both of these artists do some super fine intricate work and both are winning awards. Congrats to both!
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Lynn D Pratt just won an award at AWS for this lovely painting. 6 BeckerArt Brushes!
Thanks to all of you that have sent me your great reviews on my brushes,
I am so happy you all like them!
I now have 2 sets of BeckerArt Brushes... they are the original set which includes the 1 1/4" flat, the #16 round and the #4 rigger. My NEW brush set includes the 1/2" flat, the 1/4" flat and the #8 round Click Here to Purchase BeckerArt Brushes |
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For any other info please email me at david@davidrbecker.com
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