The document discusses prominent watercolor artists and their contributions to the art form, highlighting figures such as J.M.W. Turner, James McNeill Whistler, Winslow Homer, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Jamie Wyeth. It emphasizes the challenges of mastering watercolor while noting each artist's unique style and influence on the medium. Additionally, it encourages experimentation with watercolors, celebrating the medium's ability to capture time, place, and emotion.

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2. • Watercolor is one of the most simple forms of fine art
when it comes to supplies, but one of the most
difficult forms to master.

3. • Watercolor painters are most known for their abilities to see detail in
the ordinary and for their understanding of how color works
individually and in collaboration with one another.

4. • If you ever want to experiment with
watercolors yourself, here is a list of
painters that you should emulate
that have been widely recognized
as masters of the art form…

5. • First is J.M.W. Turner, who
discovered watercolor as a
medium for plein air
painting in the late 1700s.

6. • Turner painted mostly expressive
paintings of the European countryside
and ocean, which “anticipated the
Impressionist movement by over 50
years and turned landscape painting
into a vital discipline where it had
previously been the domain of
amateur naturalists and
hobbyists,” (Heaston, Discover the
Great Watercolor Artists).

7. • Another well-known British
watercolor expert is James
McNeill Whistler, recognized
for his use of short brush
stroked and small dabs of
color - the antithesis of his
oil paintings, many of which
you probably know.
• Whistler could always be
found sketching images of
everyday life wherever he
was, and used those
sketches as the basis for his
beautiful paintings.

8. • Winslow Homer is one of
the most important
watercolor artists in the
19th century.

9. • He was “a largely self-taught
painter who embraced
watercolor so thoroughly for
his many landscapes,
seascapes and scenes of
everyday life in 19th century
America,” (Heaston, Discover
the Great Watercolor Artists).
• Many contemporary artists
interested in watercolor often
look at Homer’s works for
inspiration.

10. • Another great artist, especially known for her creativity and attentiveness with
watercolors, is Georgia O’Keeffe.
• After moving to a the rural environment of New Mexico, O’Keeffe often used vibrant
colors and light in her paintings as a reflection of the atmosphere she was
surrounded by.

11. • Last on this list is Jamie
Wyeth, an American
painter who often used
drypoint watercolors in
her work.
• Drypoint watercolors
means that very little
water is used throughout
the painting process.

12. • Wyeth’s parents were both widely recognized painters in
America, and many of his paintings reflect scenes of New
England that you can be witness to today.

13. • It is clear that throughout the years watercolor has be used to
create beautiful works that display a time, place, and emotion
of a painter - something that we can still commemorate as we
discover new artists and our own unique appreciation for
watercolors.