CEDAR RAPIDS - While cleaning out her mother's home after she died in 2013, Tara Moorman opened an old trunk to find a collection of family photos dating to the late 1800s. Moorman, a watercolor ...
The mastery of materials is fundamental to the artistic process and the career goal of any artist in their chosen medium. Every method requires a different skill set and can evoke different reactions ...
Before photography was around to detail the natural world, there were watercolor paintings. A recently launched database has digitized 80,000 (and counting) works painted during the medium’s heyday, ...
A frog climbs a lichen-encrusted tree trunk, a miniature athlete looking ahead. A cap shades an older man’s eyes as the sun strikes his face. Fruit and silver serving pieces overflow on a lace covered ...
Watercolor painting is tricky business. The medium is unpredictable and hard to control. Mistakes aren’t easily corrected. Which is why an exhibit such as “Watercolor Ohio 2022” is impressive. The ...