Beckwith - Creative Watercolor - Sample Chapter Page 1Mary Ann Beckwith is an Assistant Professor in the Fine Arts Department of Michigan Technological University where she teaches drawing, design, and watercolor painting. She has also taught numerous workshops, served as juror in a variety of shows, and served as the president of the Midwest Watercolor Society.
"The intense, saturated colors I use are not part of my environment or of places I have been. They are from a part of my soul. I feel a very strong need to fill my world with great, outrageous fields of color." -Mary Ann Beckwith "The images which I create reflect the evolution of my vision." Design is a conscious element within Beckwith's work. Washes of white paint build rhythmic patterns on the surface and enhance her design. She uses layers, sometimes as many as ten to fifteen, of colored washes, as well as applications of colored pencil and pastel. She varies her watermedia techniques with each new painting-from the application of traditional transparent washes to the use of webbing and spraying ink. Sample Chapter Page 2 |
