Richie Vios shares the secret to making watercolor — and gravity — work for you.
Click here to see this email on the web |  | Thursday, December 1st, 2022 | | Where the Magic Happens | By Kelly Kane | Share this article:     | "Understanding timing and using gravity to one's advantage are the most underrated skills in watercolor," says Richie N. Vios.
|  | "Gravity plays a vital role in watercolor especially when applying a wash. As watercolorists, we are dealing with a very delicate wet paper. Proper 'slopping' helps facilitate natural flows of water through gravity. This helps our paints to run naturally without disturbing the paper fiber. If you avoid unnecessary brushstrokes, you'll get a pristine, clean color that floats on the top of the paper like a thin colored film. Light can then pass through, hit the paper, and bounce back. This is how you get the sense of illuminated color in watercolor.
|  | — advertisement — |  | "Timing is everything in watercolor. You have to know when to keep going or when to stop and let an area dry before making your next move. With watercolor, color and value can be unpredictable. When your paper is still wet, they will keep evolving.
|  | "You need to accept the fact that watercolor has a mind of its own. It's up to you to act at the right time to get the best result. Learning that timing takes a bit of trial and error. But go in with confidence."
Born and raised in Cebu City, Philippines, Richie N. Vios hails from an artistic family where his father, brothers, and sister also paint. Today he lives in Texas and teaches nationally. |
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— advertisement — |  | Ambassador of the Week: Randy Sprout | By Kelly Kane | Randy Sprout began his art career in 1964 at the University of Iowa, earning his BA in printmaking. Before entering graduate school, he served as a 1st Lieutenant on the DMZ in Korea. In 1969, he moved to California, where he graduated with an MA and MFA in painting from UCLA. Working for LA County Museum of Art, he restored priceless artworks. He has taught printmaking and painting at USC, UCLA, UCLA Extension, and Pierce College. He co-authored the book "Innovative Printmaking" (1977, Crown Publishers, New York), and in 2004 gave a sold-out lecture at the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles with a re-creation of a Synchrome Kineidoscope performance, a machine he helped work on with Stanton MacDonald-Wright in early 1970.
|  | "Wildflowers Fern Del Creek" (watercolor on 140-lb. Fabriano hot-pressed paper, 9 x 12 in.)
| Sprout created this piece as a demo in Griffith Park. "I found some small leaves and painted them with a dark blue and used them as stamps directly on the paper," he says.
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