Elizabeth Kincaid - Paint Watercolors That Dance with Light

PAINT WATERCOLORS
THAT DANCE WITH

Paint Watercolors That Dance With Light. Copyright 2004 by Elizabeth Kincaid. Manufactured in China. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. Published by North Light Books, an imprint of F+W Publications, Inc., 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45236. (800) 289-0963. First edition.

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Kincaid, Elizabeth.
Paint watercolors that dance with light /
Elizabeth Kincaid. 1st ed.
p. cm
Includes index.
ISBN 1-58180-468-7 (hc.: alk. paper)
1. Watercolor paintingTechnique. I. Title.

ND2420. K55 2004
751.422dc22 2004041517

Edited by Amanda Metcalf and Vanessa Lyman
Designed by Lisa Buchanan
Production art by Amy F. Wilkin
Cover design by Julie Zelinski
Production coordinated by Mark Griffin

ART ON PAGE 1:

Daffodils in the Round
21 x 13 (53cm x 34cm)

ART ON PAGE 2:

Butterfly Landfall
13 x 21 (34cm x 53cm)

Elizabeth Kincaid grew up in Seattle, Washington, and raised a family there. Along the way, she studied painting at Cornish School of Allied Arts (now the Cornish College of the Arts), earned a BFA in graphic design from the University of Washington, and worked as a designer for a community college. She studied painting with William Cumming, Phyllis Wood, Rex Brandt, Richard Yip, and later with Leo Smith. She taught watercolor and botanical illustration in Seattle before moving to the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area. While living in Pennsylvania, she taught classes and workshops, became both an exhibiting member and board member of the Philadelphia Water Color Society, and showed her work in several area galleries, as well as having an annual solo show at the Museo gallery in Langley, Washington. She had a large solo show at American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Since moving to Soquel, California, Elizabeth has continued to show her work in galleries and also participates in the annual Santa Cruz County Open Studios show. She teaches classes and workshops in her home studio overlooking the beautiful Monterey Bay. Elizabeths work has appeared in Splash 6, Splash 7 and Splash 8 and has won numerous awards. In 1999 and 2002, she had large solo shows at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Missouri. Her Web site address is www.elizabethkincaid.com.

First, I want to thank acquisitions editor Rachel Wolf for the opportunity to have the great experience of making this book. I have two editors to thank for helping me put this book together: Amanda Metcalf and Vanessa Lyman. They made my job a lot easier because we were a team! This book would never have happened without the early encouragement of my Wednesday students at Whitehorse Village in Pennsylvania and the generous efforts of my friend, student and skillful copyeditor, Janet Clark. I am also grateful for the wonderful help of Robert and Mary Ann Franson, who came through for me when it was time to submit a proposal for this book idea. I dont have the words to express how grateful I am to Marv Thomas. He made possible the wonderful life I have now and he shot his globe thistle for me. I thank Sally Jorgenson for loaning me her interesting studio chair, and I give a very big thanks to my student Maggie Macro for dancing around an imaginary color wheel for my illustrations. My students have been a tremendous support and cheering section over the course of this projecttheir feedback on what needs to be shown to make instruction clear has been my teacher. Im especially grateful to Cheri Joseph for letting me use her painting to illustrate a point. Im lucky to have two dancers in my family to model for me: my daughter, Deborah Haley and granddaughter, Natasha Haley. I also want to acknowledge photographer Karen Lemon for giving permission to use her photograph of the dancer with the scarf as a reference for painting. This book was made by a whole teamthe great folks at North Light and my friends and family. Paul Titangos did the large format photography of my artwork beautifully. My husband, Larry, photographed my artwork and the demonstrations and provided essential computer support so I could concentrate on the writing and painting!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Before you can paint, you need to understand drawing. Before you can draw, you need to understand seeing.

Check here for a quick summary of my method of masking and glazing in watercolor. See an overview of the processeven basic things like how to hold a brush!

Strong painting demands strong design. Mastering every painting technique cant save a painting with weak design, so work with these principles to strengthen your paintings.

Masking works as an important partner to my glazing technique, and there is more to it than just preserving the white of the paper. See how masking can liberate your work.

Talking about water might seem unnecessary, but until you understand the way paint behaves in water, your watercolor paint will just make messes! See demonstrations and explanations for some of the quirky things that happen when water and paint get together.