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PORTFOLIO
STANISLAW ZOLADZ
SCANDINAVIAN LIGHT

THOMAS SCHALLER N. SIMMONS

Atmospheric street Perfecting the use
scenes of acrylics

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COVER STORIES

QUARTERLY - JUNE/AUGUST 2013

Chris Forsey
ROGGER ONCOY Tony Hunt
How to create Portraits David Poxon
a masterpiece of the soul Fernando Artal…

TECHNICAL ADVICE: Use shape to create impact in your paintings

 Stanislaw Zoladz

Contents 46 Depicting Swedish landscapes of water, stone

and light in large format works.
No.11 June-August 2013
IN THE NEWS FEATURED ARTISTS
6 THE WORLD WATERCOLOUR
COMPETITION
A presentation of this global event.
10 WE WERE THERE
- Three Chinese masters in Beijing
- The Namur Biennial in Belgium
12 INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Watercolour events from all over the world.
16 FOCUS ON
The 6th Brioude Biennial (France).
18 SOCIETIES AROUND THE WORLD
The AIB (Belgium).
20 READERS’ LETTERS 26 DAVID POXON
Our answers to your questions.
22 REVELATIONS
Discover our selection of noteworthy artists.
26 David Poxon
How to paint a masterpiece:
the artist reveals his secrets.
Objects
“Windows and doorways reflect so much of life’s
journey, representing our entrance and exit from
this world, the good times and the bad.”

34 ROGGER ONCOY
Portraits
“I paint old people and children because they possess
a real sensibility and painting them is real challenge.”

40 THOMAS SCHALLER
Urban scenes
“I am drawn more to those scenes where the

84 WATERCOLOUR LESSON
34 Rogger Oncoy
Soulful portraits of both young
and old people.
iconography of the city – skyscrapers for example –
creates a dialogue with the natural elements around it.”

46 PORTFOLIO: STANISLAW ZOLADZ

Landscapes
Style, design and composition.
“Painting water means combining several elements:
86 EXPERT ADVICE transparency and depth – what is both below and on
How to understand and manage shapes. the surface – and the movement of the water itself.”
90 WHAT’S ON 58 NICHOLAS SIMMONS
91 IN THE NEXT ISSUE… Figures, genre scenes
“The most common charge leveled against acrylic
watercolour is the assumption that acrylic necessarily
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