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Arabesque, watercolor, 9 x 10½" (23 x 27 cm)
The graceful shapes of these vintage saltshakers appealed to me, but the colors were very bland, so I invented new combinations with more pizzazz, using
complementary colors to create a visual pop. For the background, I used fabric with a pattern that repeated the swirls of the birds’ tails but I replaced the original
colors with purple and black for a richer look. I used masking fluid to save the spots on the birds so I could freely blend colors to get the soft body contours.
Last, I lifted highlights to create the shiny look of the ceramic glaze.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Flow, an exhibition of 11 Wisconsin water media Her work has been selected for Splash 17, to serve as a resource for watercolorists.
artists at the Peninsula School of Art in Fish Creek, North Light Books (Summer 2016) and published Beck has taught classes and workshops in color,
Wisconsin. She was juried into the prestigious in Splash 7,14, 15, and 16. design, and painting techniques since 1998. She has
Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 203 rd In December 2008, Beck created Brush-Paper- recently relocated from the San Francisco Bay area
exhibition in London in 2015 and into the 2012 Water, a watercolor showcase blog featuring to Madison, Wisconsin.
Shanghai Zhujiajiao International Watercolour watercolorists working in varied styles and Contact at
Biennial Exhibition, as well as being an invited techniques; she curated and edited the site, chris@chrisbeckstudio.com
artist to Eau en Couleurs, International Watercolour posting 66 biweekly features between 2008 and www.chrisbeckstudio.com
Biennial in Belgium in 2014. mid-2011. The blog is now inactive but continues

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