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!
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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: Dan Cautrell, Woodcut Print Artist
While pursuing a traditional path in his fine art education, Dan Cautrell did a full stop, then a hard turn, when he discovered a class in printmaking. Sometimes experiences just…
Spotlight: Alyson McCrink, Contemporary Fine Artist
With a strong sense of place, Alyson McCrink's paintings evoke the rich landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. Alyson's use of texture draw viewers into her paintings with their almost 3-D…
Spotlight: Annabel Keatley, Painter and Papermaker
With the possibilities she sees before her, it is no surprise that Annabel Keatley creates a cohesive body of work using diverse media. Depending on her inspiration, she realizes her…
Spotlight: Valerie Ostenak, Artist and Designer
What do metalsmithing and painting have in common? Valerie Ostenak, an artist who releases the physical into her metal work and the emotional into her painting. Inspired by the natural…
Spotlight: Lesley Riley, Mixed Media Artist
With an artist inside waiting for release, Lesley Riley's imagination collects and combines words and images. Then she sets them free. From fiber to collage to painting to cyanotype to…
Spotlight: Lucy Levenson, Folk Art Designer
Her brave use of color when combining fabric, stitch and paint sets Lucy Levenson apart from the crowd. With intricate details, her fanciful work invites an up close and personal…
Spotlight: Larry Calkins, Mixed Media Artist
Finding inspiration in the world around him, Larry Calkins creates art that provokes laughter and emotion. In his hand-built studio/home, and sometimes outside it, he works with paint, fiber, metal,…
Spotlight: Caitlin Dundon, Calligrapher
A lover of color, pattern, depth, layers and words, Caitlin Dundon creates mixed media art that is as much about the process as the product. The result is work that…