Use the impasto technique with watercolor? Add a couple of drops of enzyme from an ox’s gall bladder to reduce surface tension of water, allowing for easier distribution of washes? From lifting preparations to permanent masking fluids, Winsor & Newton’s Education Advisor, Christine Hanlon demonstrated ways to turn watercolor painting into a painting medium more versatile than ever before imagined. She even demonstrated a simple paintbrush washing technique that none of us had ever seen. EBAG’s June meeting informed, entertained, and inspired. Our monthly art contest fell by the wayside due to the length and intensity of the demo, but we thank the artists who brought in work to share regardless. Did you see FRO’s ceramic of a van Gogh?
Join us in July to listen to DVC’s art gallery curator Arthur Scott King talk about the ins and outs of the gallery business.
Photo by Egmont van Dyck
