CAO Bei An, a watercolorist featured in Realistic Abstracts by van Aalst

Bei An Cao 

Born:  1957

Cao Bei-an was born in 1957 in Shanghai, China. He obtained the graduate of the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts in 1984. Later on, Cao Bei-an taught arts, in Shanghai Art and Craft School, Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Architecture Faculty, Shanghai Tongji University and Arts Faculty, Shanghai East China Teachers University. He is a member of the China Industrial Design Association. Cao Bei-an is now a member of the Belgium Royal Artists Association (bio from: https://www.pinterest.com/elikosar/cao-bei-an-belgian-artist/)

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Kees van Aalst: List of Interesting Blog Posts

•  Wise lessons and other nonsense
• So Can I
  
• Keep it Simple
  
• Zen and the Art of Seeing
  
• Zen and the Art of Seeing (2)
• lesson 5 COLOR

Kees van Aalst Blog Post: Wabi Sabi, the beauty of imperfection

 Kees van Aalst: Wabi Sabi, the beauty of imperfection January 9, 2017 by Kees v Aalst

Collage as a Form of Value Patterns and Color Planning

• Ratindra Das: He uses collage as composition and planning tool
• Collage Cityscape (a tutorial targeted for kids) 
• Build a House Collage ripping A and B color Geometric shapes (Part 1/6)
• Build a House Collage: Ripping arranging and gluing windows (Part 4/6)

Online Resources: Online Books from Archive.org

 Archive.org has old watercolor books that you can check out for an hour (and if no one else needs the book, you can simply renew for another hour. If they have multiple copies, you may be able to check out for 14 days. Here are a few examples:

• Ways with watercolor by Kautzky, Theodore, 1896-1953, Publication date 1963
• 136 pages 32 cm
• Outlines fundamental techniques and materials. Provides a graduated series of landscape exercises.
• Introduction -- The color pigments -- Paper for watercolors -- Brushes and other equipment -- Washes and strokes -- The use of accessories -- Tips on painting buildings -- Painting skies and clouds -- Special methods with trees -- Mountains, hills, and rocks -- Reflections on water -- What two pigments can do -- Now let's try three pigments -- With four colors we are rich -- The winter landscape -- Village vistas -- Harbor waterfronts -- Along the beach -- More practice
• Watercolor day by day by Crespo, Michael, 1947- Publication date 1987
• 142 pages : 29 cm

How to Make Your Own Paintbrushes

 How to Make Your Own Paintbrushes

• WikiHow: Make-a-Paintbrush
  
• Instructables: Making-your-own-paintbrushes/
  

2020 Spring Week 8

YouTube Video Tutorials

• Watercolor Techniques with Judy Rider - Lift Paint to Create Rocks (credit card, tissue)
  
• Terry Harrison painting rocks in watercolour (credit card, fan brush)
  
• Watercolor Waves ROUGH Paper Painting Tutorial
  
• Painting Water in Watercolour - Crashing Waves (Part 1)
  
• Painting Water in Watercolour - Crashing Waves (Part 2)
  
• Without Sketch Landscape Watercolor - Wave (color mixing, Arches) NAMIL ART