See how three top watercolor artists take on the night.
Click here to see this email on the web |  | Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 | | Watercolor After Dark | By Kelly Kane | Share this article:     | While the rest of the world sleeps, nocturne painters venture out to capture the unique atmosphere and quality of light found when the sun goes down. Although a host of challenges await, from fatigue to seeing values and shapes accurately, the paintings featured here prove that rewards abound for those not afraid of the dark.
|  | "Giralda Tower Sunset" (watercolor, 12 x 9 in.) by Richard Sneary
|  | "Under the Curtain of Night" (watercolor, 11 x 14 in.) by Poppy Balser
| "Painting nocturnes in watercolor can be challenging," says Dan Mondloch. "With few light values, most of the paper is covered with mids and darks. It can be hard to see your pencil lines, which are especially important in a scene with architecture. Working at night also requires negative painting around those light areas, which can be a fun challenge, but can also slow down the pace. It's important to keep a wet edge and have a mental map of where the most important lights are in the composition. I'm no stranger to using gouache, but it can be particularly helpful for nocturnes, especially toward the end for bright accents of light and color."
| — advertisement — |  |  | "Pacific Coast Highway" (watercolor and gouache, 11 x 15 in.) by Dan Mondloch
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Paint along with Richard Sneary, Stan Miller, Linda Baker, and Thomas Schaller at Watercolor Live, January 26-28, 2023! | — advertisement — |  | A Special Win | By Kelly Kane | Earlier this month Buffalo Kaplinski won Best in Show at the 25th Plein Air Artists of Colorado (Mary Williams Fine Art) event with his watercolor painting "Sandstone Ranch."
|  | "Sandstone Ranch" (watercolor) by Buffalo Kaplinski
| "I painted this piece at Sandstone Ranch, south of Castle Rock, as part of a plein air event for the Douglas Land Conservancy, "Beauty of the Open Land," says Kaplinski. "Our state has more scenic spots than we can count! My biographer, Harmon Graves, spent a whole day with me to see how I work – I asked him for some tips on color but he declined, saying he only gives legal advice."
On winning the top prize, he said: "I just about fainted. What is so special is that my mom's birthday was earlier in the week and she's responsible for getting me art lessons at an early age – 9 years old (Yikes – that was 70 years ago)." | Buffalo Kaplinski is on the faculty of the 2023 Plein Air Convention & Expo. Join us there! | — advertisement — |  | | |
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