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Audubon's Birds of America National Museum of Scotland, until 8 May In 2014, an exhibition of watercolours by the renowned avian artist, John James Audubon, opened in New York. The [...]

Watercolorists often remark on the lack of respect their medium receives. Indeed, watercolor is rarely taught at an advanced level in undergraduate and postgraduate fine-art programs, resulting in fewer educational [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When Frederick Brosen heard that the Coney Island amusement park Astroland had been sold to developers, he decided to do something about it. This native New Yorker had […]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Beginning in the 19th century, homes began to have greater significance to their owners, becoming a source of pride and a symbol of status. With this increasing importance, […]

I encourage my students to paint the same subject several times so they learn to anticipate what it takes to properly handle the medium,' says Philadelphia artist Richard Estell. 'Many [...]

During the varnishing days for an exhibition at the British Institution in 1835, J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851), a squat, unprepossessing, difficult man, stood before his canvas at dawn with [...]

By the middle of the 19th century, as the United States emerged from an agrarian economy to become a mighty industrial power, it began to foster a climate in which [...]

From heroic figures and optimistic landscapes, to dialogues with modernity and popular culture, "West to Wesselmann," a major retrospective from the Princeton University Art Museum's acclaimed collection of works on […]

February 11 through April 10 Columbia Museum of Art Columbia, South Carolina Featuring 66 exquisite drawings and watercolors from the permanent collections of the National Museums & Galleries of Wales, […]

Energy, innovation, diversity, optimism, ambition, and determination--almost any of the traits that make up the American character also characterize the works exhibited in "Marks of Distinction: Two Hundred Years of […]

Showcasing 80 of the 1,094 botanical portraits completed by California artist A.R. Valentien (1862-1925) between 1908 and 1918, "Plant Portraits: The California Legacy of A.R. Valentien" will be on display […]

MEMBERS OF THE FORT MYERS BEACH ART ASSOCIATION (FMBAA), in Florida, were growing fired of the annual themed exhibitions, because they always seemed to require interpretations of hackneyed subjects. The […]

Most watercolorists use the same materials and techniques preferred by their teachers, which often results in artists choosing to layer transparent colors on cold-pressed paper with sable-hair brushes. Unless artists […]

The American medium--that is what noted scholars have called watercolor. Its evolution parallels that of American art, from literal realism to personal expression. First used by artist-explorers who came to […]

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles is mounting two major exhibitions this month that bring together important watercolors that have either never been seen in public before or […]

The way people identify themselves reveals something about both their self-image and the group of people with whom they most closely associate. Ask strangers how to find them in a […]

THE YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART, in New Haven, Connecticut, is a valuable resource for those who love watercolor painting because it exhibits and publishes work by the great English […]

Although not apparent at the time, Kenneth Holder's Lewis & Clark Trail Project began on Christmas morning, 1995, when he unwrapped a copy of Stephen Ambrose's Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, […]

It was good work, and they were pleased to get it given the hard times. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, nearly 1,000 out-of-work American artists found employment making [...]

United by a shared passion for watercolor and an interest in artists from other parts of the world, the Southwestern Watercolor Society (SWS) and the Associazione Italiana Acquerellisiti (ALA) collaborated […]

When Miyoko Mizuno and her husband, Shujiro, moved to the United States, the Japanese painter could never have foreseen how immersion in the American watercolor scene would set her heart […]

Two current exhibitions prove that, although Charles Burchfield's watercolors are set in specific places, these works know no boundariesDoes the metropolis hold a monopoly on the history of American art? […]

In the development of Cubism, Georges Braque said that he and Picasso were like 'two mountain climbers roped together.' Braque should have cut the cord when he had the chance. [...]

Watercolour Tate Britain, until 21 August Another vast exhibition at Tate Britain, but one which will no doubt prove popular with the public. Watercolour is a national pastime, and the [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Although British watercolorist David Cox (1783-1859) has never shared the same degree of fame as his celebrated contemporaries John Constable and J.M.W. Turner, Cox masterfully captured the British […]

American artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) is best known for sumptuous and fluid oil and watercolor portraits whose subjects include Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. He first showed in [...]

Perusing an auction catalog, the chief historian at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia spotted a familiar shape: General George Washington's field tent. The original is part of [...]