Watercolor International VII

Born in Melbourne in 1956 of Dutch parents, Herman was 17 when he held his first solo exhibition in Melbourne: it was a sell-out success. He spent three years studying and painting in Amsterdam and London, where he encountered the works of Constable, Turner and Rembrandt. These impressed him and influenced his own work. On returning to Melbourne in 1982 he began studying for his fine arts degree at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Dale Hickey, Jeff Makin and Clifton Pugh are just a few of the contemporary artists under whom Herman studied and who were instrumental in cultivating his appreciation of contemporary art, as well as experimentation with abstract impressionism. His tonal works, in oil and watercolour, range from city and landscapes to café and bar interiors to dynamic industrial scenery. They all demonstrate the very best of contemporary impressionism. Herman is a multi-awarded painter: a three-time winner of the coveted Camberwell Gold Medal Art Prize and a winne...

Yuko Nagayama is a leading watercolorist and teacher known for her easy-to-understand instructional style.  Her paintings are exhibited and sold in galleries across Japan, the United States, and Europe, and she is featured regularly in well known art periodicals.  Yuko has written two popular books, "You Can Paint Vibrant Watercolors" and "You Can Paint Dazzling Watercolors".   She is currently a professor at Musashino Art University and presides over the Otsuka Atelier. Born in Tokyo, she has both undergraduate and graduate degrees in painting, from Tokyo University of the Arts.

Mr. Amit Kapoor is a leading master of watercolor medium in India. He has been recognized with top international honors for his paintings and his art graces the walls of many private and corporate collectors. He is in constant demand for solo exhibitions, workshops and instruction. His art captures the very soul of his subjects with passion. His exceptional drawing skills and extra ordinary abilities In art makes him proficient in any medium. His subjects include lot of compositional works where lovely play of light and shadow and prespectives are the main traits  He is also the co founder and Principal of Anitoons The School Of Art And Animation. He is guest lecturer in many prestigious Art colleges like College of Art, Delhi,  Apeejay Institute of Design, Jamia Millia Islamia (Mass Communication department), Meerabai  Institute of technology . He was also in the jury Panel of Jamia Millia Islamia (Mass Communication department), in the jury panel of Jaipur Animation Fil...

French watercolour painter and designer, Jocelyne Chauveau works and lives in Paris. She presents a diversified work because it is all forms of life that interest her, and Nature is for her an inexhaustible source of inspiration : “I never wondered if I should paint figuratively or abstractly, because abstraction is everywhere in Nature, it constitutes the substrate for my work as a painter, from the infinitely small to the infinitely large, between concrete and abstract, recognizable and unrecognizable, visible and invisible. All subjects interest me, the living and the inanimate.” Whether the starting point is imaginary or given to see, the technique of watercolor has fascinated her with its suggestive power, “a kind of concentration between the idea and the gesture, between the concept and the form she gives to it”. She studied classical drawing and obtained a master's degree in art history at Paris Sorbonne, followed by a professional literary career, and she started the practi...

Born in 1962 in Brussels, with a professional life in the medical field, watercolor entered my life in 2003 as a Christmas gift. Self-taught, I first taught myself before taking several courses with professional artists, each of whom nourished my work in their own way. Since 2015, I have been giving beginner courses myself to share this beautiful and rich medium that is watercolor. I am fascinated by all the techniques that watercolor offers;  Each watercolor is a game, sometimes a game of patience and compromise with water and pigments, the final idea being to convey an emotion, my feelings in response to the light of a landscape, the atmosphere of a setting, the vibrancy of a floral's colors for example. Some exhibitions : Les printemps de l'aquarelle de Libramont Uckange  Première exposition des aquarellistes francophones de Belgique

I have been practicing watercolor for twenty years. I like the transparency of this demanding medium, the freedom it provides and the power of its contrasts. Watercolor gives way to dreams, evokes without imposing, reveals without revealing. Each painting is an adventure, and changing the pigments in the water is exhilarating. Self-taught for two years I rapidly had the chance to cross paths with talented and generous international artists who allowed me to refine my technique. I draw my inspiration from nature, life scenes and characters. I also practice acrylic. Painting is for me an inexhaustible passion and a great vehicle for sharing with others. I am deeply engaged in the watercolor world since 2005 as a co-foundator of  Aquarelle Reims Evénement in 2005, which I have chaired for 10 years, and Pinceaux Passion en Champagne since 2007 until now. I organize watercolor master classes courses, and a regular local watercolor workshop. International Exhibition participation 09/2025...