I am excited to announce that my DVD, The You Factor: Powerful, Personal Design in Opaque Watercolor, filmed for Creative Catalyst Productions, is currently available! To see a sneak preview and a 4-part interview I did with CCP, click HERE
Donna Zagotta, award-winning watermedia artist, writes about how to improve your art by painting in series.
As I’ve noted in earlier posts, a series contains a certain number of pieces that are united in theme, subject, materials or medium. A theme reflects an artist’s interest – for example Monet’s series of Haystack paintings, where the subject of haystacks was simply a jumping off place to paint his real passion, which was light. John Singer Sargent’s [...]
Besides my four official series, I also have “series within series” paintings. These are series that deal with more specific elements of the major theme. For example, I have at least two (that I can think of at the moment) on-going series that connect to my Interior Series. One is my Chair Series, and I’ve [...]
I have four “official” series currently in process; a Figure Series, a City Series, an Interior Series, and a fledgling Landscape Series that at this time contains only 3 paintings. These four series represent subjects I’ve been exploring over that past ten or so years. The painting above is part of my City Series, titled Big Yellow Taxi.
Happy Painting!
As I mentioned in my last post, one of my Big Audacious Art Goals is having a recognizable painting style, and that’s one of the reasons I’m committing to a new series this year. Working within a series is a great way to discover or evolve your personal painting style, one step at a time.
I’ve tentatively [...]
I am a watermedia painter and I teach painting workshops all around the country. As anyone who knows me or has taken one of my workshops can attest to, I love talking about art, thinking about art, reading about art, learning about art, looking at art, and practicing art - so, grab a cup of coffee and join me in the studio to see what else is percolating!
