Spotlight: Joe Friddle, Watercolor Artist
Joe Friddle began his career in marine biology. He found his artist's path via the teaching road. Starting with pencil portraits, Joe transitioned to watercolor when he encountered Texas artist...
Painting & Drawing
Drawing and painting ideas are as unique as each artist. Colorful drawings include watercolor drawings, abstract compositions – anything you can imagine! Sketch painting can guide artists to their finished oil or watercolor paintings. Let our drawing and painting artists inspire you to sharpen your pencils and dip your brushes – make some art!
Watercolor Inspiration
Spotlight: Holly Smith, Watercolor Artist
With her Captain, cocker spaniel Murphy, watercolor artist Holly Smith lives and paints aboard her sailboat, Helian. Combining watercolor and color pencils, Holly makes efficient use of limited space to...
Spotlight: Sarah Simon, Watercolor Artist
Sarah Simon started on a typical, expected, safe career path, but always knew she had an artist inside. When she had to think about a career change and an injury...
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Spotlight: Laura Fox-Wallis, Silk Artist
Silk artist Laura Fox-Wallis' work is all about flow: the flow of color, the flow of texture and the flow of creative elements. Laura translates her knowledge of the properties…
Spotlight: Mako, Water Color Artist
Discovering the joy of the journey liberated Mako to become a better water color artist, gaining enough confidence to not only share her art with the world, but to guide…
Spotlight: Alli Koch, Visual Artist
Why let a pre-determined size of paper or canvas limit your creativity? If you think big, then you work big. Alli Koch's drawings might be in one of her books…
Spotlight: Dayna Collins, Mixed Media Artist
Just as there are layers in life, there are layers in Dayna Collins' art, making some elements obvious and others the almost-hidden gem worth digging for.
Spotlight: Rosalind Wyatt, Textile Artist
Intrigued by the power of words and their graphic expression, artist Rosalind Wyatt combines them with textiles and stitch. The resulting work is both textural and textual, inviting a closer…
Spotlight: Holly Smith, Watercolor Artist
With her Captain, cocker spaniel Murphy, watercolor artist Holly Smith lives and paints aboard her sailboat, Helian. Combining watercolor and color pencils, Holly makes efficient use of limited space to…
Spotlight: Sarah Simon, Watercolor Artist
Sarah Simon started on a typical, expected, safe career path, but always knew she had an artist inside. When she had to think about a career change and an injury…
Spotlight: Patricia Mosca, Artist and Writer
Painting intuitively, Patricia Mosca, of Rochester, New York, lets color speak to her and guide the layers she builds with whatever tools manipulate the paint to her satisfaction. An adventurer…