Kim Paxson
Why Watercolor

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Why I
paint with
watercolor

What is it about watercolor that is so attractive?

Top of the list is its immediacy. I hate to wait. I like paper. I like “pulling” watercolor verses “pushing” oil or acrylics. I find the nature of watercolor paints fascinating.

Watercolor is the interplay between paper, water and moisture, paint and brushes. Plus, watercolor is a big universe and can be approached many different ways. It can be delicate, strong, controlled, loose, precise or flowing.

The interplay between white paper and transparent paint can give watercolor a bright, “back-light” quality like that of a TV screen or computer monitor.  Also, you live with every layer so it is an additive verses subtractive process of painting.

 

.About Kim

Kim received a BFA from the North Texas University with a concentration in drawing and painting. Kim’s work has been shown in numerous juried shows and exhibitions, but says she is proudest of her inclusion in the first Women and Their Work: New Art in Texas. She is a signature member in the National Watercolor Society and teaches watercolor at the Southwest School of Art and Craft in San Antonio. Kim lives in the Texas Hill Country

Kpaxson@ctesc.net

 
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