Enjoy a free sample of Gordon Mackenzie's lessons in watercolor technique. The artist is all about painting loose and lively, so get ready to go wet and wild with your watercolors. Order the full-length video from ArtistsNetwork.tv.

The staff of Watercolor Artist is shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the sudden passing of artist Al Zerries, whose work has appeared often in our pages. To celebrate his life and his life's work, we offer this slide show of his portraits in watercolor, pastel and oil.

We’re proud to announce two new workshops on ArtistsNetwork.TV featuring watercolor artist Jean Grastorf. As many of you know, Grastorf uses fresh approaches with watercolor.

In her first workshop, she demonstrates her signature pouring technique: Without a brush, she masks areas that are to remain white, and then pours transparent watercolors on the surface. In the second workshop, she creates an abstract watercolor painting, demonstrating techniques such as creating texture, using wax resist, masking, and scraping paint with the edge of a credit card.

Click below to see a preview of the videos.



You can also watch previews of the 10 other 40-plus minute videos to help you decide if you’d like to subscribe to an individual workshop ($14.99) for a six-month period with unlimited, 24/7 viewing access, or subscribe to all of them for a six-month period ($69.99) with unlimited, 24/7 viewing access. There’s no downloading required, and you can watch any time of the day as long as you have a high-speed Internet connection.

We told you it was coming: Today we’re proud to announce the launch of ArtistsNetwork.tv, a new website from F+W Publications that offers instructional (streaming) videos from today’s leading artists—so you don’t have to download anything, and you can watch any time of the day as long as you have a high-speed Internet connection.

So far, the site offers five 40-plus minute workshops, including two with Stephen Quiller (and at least two more coming before the end of this month), and more on the production lineup from other beloved watermedia artists such as Mark Willenbrink and Jean Grastorf.

You can choose to subscribe to any of the individual workshops for a six-month period, or subscribe to all of them for a six-month period—your call. Click here for subscription information.