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What is the best type of watercolor paints?

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What is the best type of watercolor paints?
I'm a big fan of Winsor and Newton and buy the best quality paint you can afford, and if your painting in watercolor the best brushes and paper.
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Art Nouveau German watercolor of children dancing in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
the Trieste Austro-Americana ship Martha Washington. He also designed children's coloring books.
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1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Early 20th century German watercolor of children dancing in traditional dress
Located in Woodbury, CT
the Trieste Austro-Americana ship Martha Washington. He also designed children's coloring books.
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1910s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper

German 19th century watercolor of children flying in a plane over a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
the Trieste Austro-Americana ship Martha Washington. He also designed children's coloring books.
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Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

American ships being re-supplied possibly off the coast of Brazil or Barbados
Located in Woodbury, CT
American ships off either the coast of Brazil or Barbados from the 1860's
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1860s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

English tea Clipper ship in full sail at sea with the Sun rising
Located in Woodbury, CT
Very Well painted English Tea Clipper in full sail at sea during Sunrise. Allan was a mid 20th century English marine painter. This is a very fine example of the artists work, wi...
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1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Pencil drawing off of Sandy Hook, NY of a ship on its way to Brazil
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful and historically interesting scene of a steam ship off the coast of Sandy Hook, New
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1860s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

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20th century English pencil sketch study of a young boys head
By Ernest Procter
Located in Woodbury, CT
Ernest Procter Wonderful classical drawing of a young boys head study Ernest Procter ARA was an English designer, illustrator and painter, and husband of the famous British artist ...
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1920s Academic Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil

20th Century , Impressionist landscape with figures at Henley Rowing Regatta
By Ken Moroney
Located in Woodbury, CT
20th Century Oil painting of an Impressionist scene of of a Group of people at Henley Rowing Regatta. Moroney was born on the 14th of February 1949 in South London. Of Anglo Irish ...
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1980s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

American Impressionist scene of Beziers, South of France landscape town
Located in Woodbury, CT
Very interesting painting of the French Village of Beziers by this rare American city and town painter. Little is known about Smallwood other than they painted at the beginning of ...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

French Impressionist South of France Landscape with hill top Village
Located in Woodbury, CT
Josine Vignon (1922-2022) was a French artist living on the Rue Beautreillis in the Marais district of Paris. She painted with a beautiful style, largely influenced by the Impression...
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1950s Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

20th century English pencil nude study of a torso
By Ernest Procter
Located in Woodbury, CT
Ernest Procter Wonderful classical drawing of a nude torso. Ernest Procter ARA was an English designer, illustrator and painter, and husband of the famous British artist Dod Procte...
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1920s Academic Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil

Swedish Mid Century Impressionist, cafe scene in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful Impressionist scene from Sweden Painted with a great deal of care this scene is of an outside cafe scene with figures in an extensive landscape and town. The artist was...
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1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

19th century English portrait of a terrier dog in an interior
By Ben Marshall
Located in Woodbury, CT
A 19th-century portrait of a terrier dog, especially one attributed to a renowned artist like Ben Marshall, offers more than just an artistic piece—it's a window into history and a c...
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1840s Old Masters Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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