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mary todd beam guide to mediums Watercolor Demonstration
Jumpstart Your Creativity!
How do you keep your work fresh? Artist Mary Todd Beam looks to the more experimental grounds, glazes and additives—gesso, gel medium, tar gel, absorbent ground, acrylic glazing liquid, acrylic flow release and iridescent paints—to fuel her creative process. Take a closer look at these seven popular mediums and discover what they can do for your work in our latest $1.99 download. Hint: There's more where that came from. Check out our full catalogue of $1.99 downloads in our online shop.

watercolor artist, october 2010 issue In the Latest Issue of watercolor artist magazine ARTICLE PREVIEWS
Pushing subject matter, materials and even realism beyond the limits, the contributors to the October issue of Watercolor Artist demonstrate the numerous possibilities of the medium. Click here for your copy.  • Marjorie Glick
 • Charles Sluga
 • Guide to Specialty Brushes

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In a recent issue of Watercolor Artist, we enlisted the services of artist Paul Jackson to put Canson’s new Arches and Montval art boards to the test. To find out how they held up against their paper counterparts, click here to download your free copy of the results.

watercolor painting, donna zagotta Inspiration for watercolor artists
In the October issue of Watercolor Artist, acclaimed watercolorist, Donna Zagotta, shares her best tips for breathing new life into realistic figure paintings. Follow along as she demonstrates her unique process step by step with our free demo download. Click here for your copy.

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Showcase your watermedia talents by entering your work in Watercolor Artist's Watermedia Showcase. Award winners will appear in a future issue of the magazine and receive cash prizes. Click here for more details.


Keeping Your Art Fresh: Ideas & Inspiration
Join artist Nancy Reyner as she shares insights on ideas, motivations, and ways to keep your art inventive and personal. Reyner shares tips and advice from 64 contemporary artists interviewed for her new book Acrylic Innovation, along with here own struggles, inventions and processes to keep that passion alive.
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