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Steve Griggs
Loose Watercolor Artist
Loose watercolor painting creates such moving and evocative art that people respond to it with quite a bit of emotion. It is a fun and powerful way to connect art and humanity. I don’t strive to paint static scenes, I seek to paint in a way that evokes feeling or memory in the viewer. One of the most satisfying aspects of my career as an artist has been sharing my love of loose watercolor painting with other artists, teaching my techniques, and encouraging those students to employ those strategies in their own art to find their artistic voice.
I’ve painted for most of my life. I learned standard watercolor techniques to paint realist paintings, but I felt a call to push the limits, experiment, and challenge traditional methods. Although I have firmly established my loose watercolor techniques, I continue to try new things, experiment, and push the boundaries, always finding new things to add to my painting style.
Traditional watercolor methods teach artists how to control watercolor paint, but I prefer not to try and control the paint. Watercolor is free spirited and when allowed to be free, the results can be beautiful, moving, and quite evocative. I like to think of it as becoming friends with the paint and, rather than trying to control it, learning to work with it to achieve lively and energetic paintings.
My video lessons begin with the basics of learning to see shapes rather than objects, understanding value and tone, and applying standard watercolor techniques. From there, the lessons build as we explore loose watercolor methods that you can apply to your own painting style. This is just the beginning! I’m open to suggestions for future loose watercolor painting videos.
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