Outdoors Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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A cow grazes as it passes by, munching on the grass. Against the burgundy wall of the structure, large white doors provide contrast and frame the body of the ...

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A cluster of shacks perches on the shallow side of the water. During a trip to Sausalito, California, artist Thomas Hoerber detours to the back of San Francisco...

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Barns stand as a sanctuary for many farms across America. In this painting, a lit lantern in a high window of the structure acts as a guiding light under the gr...

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Artist Siyuan Ma shares a view of the Hanging Temple, a famous cultural landmark in China. Its Chinese name takes the character "Xuan" from Chinese Taoism and ...

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Artist Siyuan Ma exhibits the Shanhua Temple, located inside the ancient city of Datong in Shanxi Province–a key cultural heritage site under state-level prot...

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Artist Siyuan Ma illustrates the Mingtang in the ancient city of Datong, Shanxi Province–a national key cultural protected site. "It is one of the four great ...

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"This painting is a closer-up version of an earlier work called French Laundry," shares artist Catherine McCargar. She uses the same technique of priming the watercolor paper with a layer of gesso as the first painting. The process gives more fluidity to the paint, enabling her to execute wet-on-wet and to move it around as she sees fit. Catherine achieves a truly impressionistic painting with contrasting soft and hard edges that keep the viewer engaged.

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Impressionist Catherine McCargar expresses her deep admiration of nature through landscape paintings of Northern California...

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Artist Siyuan Ma illustrates the Shanhua Temple, located inside the ancient city of Datong in Shanxi Province–a key cultural relic under state-level protecti...

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Artist Siyuan Ma depicts Shanhua Temple, located inside the ancient city of Datong in Shanxi Province–a key cultural relic under state-level protection. "Sha...

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Artist Siyuan Ma exhibits the Shanhua Temple, located inside the ancient city of Datong in Shanxi Province–a key cultural relic under state-level protection....

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Artist Judy Mudd presents a harmonious pastoral panorama—an entry to her series of impressionist landscapes. "I wanted to capture a farm scene at the beginn...

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Artist Judy Mudd presents a beautiful old house near her home. The structure us isolated by surrounding developments in an industrial park. She highlights the s...

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Artist Catherine McCargar displays a view of a barn overlooking a verdant hill. After winter rains, the hillsides in northern California green up, and winter mo...

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Artist Catherine McCargar presents an old barn on top of a sloping road in rural California. As a plein air painter, she sometimes ventures out in less-than-ideal weather conditions. "The day was cold and foggy, but this made for beautiful, nuanced colors and muted tones delightfully rendered in watercolor," shares Catherine. She draws inspiration from the Swedish painter Carl...

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Artist Siyuan Ma depicts an impression of one of the ancient city walls in China. These walls serve as important defensive structures - products of Chinese arch...

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Artist Siyuan Ma shares a glimpse of the Huayan Temple in Datong, Shanxi Province. It holds significant scientific value for ancient Chinese architectural art a...

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Artist Siyuan Ma displays an impression of the Huayan Temple in Datong, Shanxi Province. It holds significant scientific value for ancient Chinese architectural...

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Artist Judy Mudd displays rustic countryside homes in an impressionist landscape. She captures the brilliant autumn colors of the foliage before they fade into ...

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Artist Joe Giuffrida presents a seaside village on the coast of England featuring the charm of British architecture. He makes a com...

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Artist Joe Giuffrida displays an impressionist view of a modern country lakehouse. He aims to capture the quiet and serenity he exp...

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Artist James Nyika paints an aerial view of a small village sitting on the ocean. "This picture was a grand exploration of the plan perspective of a scene," say...

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"Restaurant Julii is a wonderful new fixture on the Washington, DC landscape," says artist James Nyika. "I was strolling the neighborhood and came across this b...

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Artist Judy Mudd takes inspiration from a journey through the lush countryside. She offers a captivating view of the bright field and a rural farmstead surround...

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"My wife and I were invited on a tour of a very large ranch," shares artist Dwight Smith. "Of course, there were many outbuildings, sheds, and barns that were...

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Artist Judy Mudd captures a unique perspective on one of her signature rural landscapes, representing a grand old barn from the rear of the property. She uses...

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Overflow is an original watercolor painted on heavy weight paper. I eliminated the proper scale of what should be to get my ideas across. After seeing this ...