Introduction
A day to celebrate all watercolorists and water-media enthusiasts around the country. Our earliest indigenous inhabitants used water-media in their artwork and decoration of their clothing and shelters. Today, watercolorists are embracing new technologies, new materials, and new ways to exhibit their art. It's an evolving, yet ancient, medium. We set the date on the birthday of John Singer Sargent, one of America's preeminent watercolorists. Celebrate Watercolor Day!
Why We Love National Celebrate Watercolor Day
Why we love National Celebrate Watercolor Day
Our earliest indigenous peoples used water-media in artwork and decoration of their clothing and shelters. Today, watercolorists are embracing new technologies, new materials, and new ways to exhibit their art. It\'s an evolving, yet ancient, medium.
National Celebrate Watercolor Day Activities
3 Ways to Celebrate National Celebrate Watercolor Day
1. Paint a watercolor. 2. Visit a museum, art gallery, or personal collection and see watercolors. 3. Learn about a watercolorist such as: John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, Mary Cassett, Goergia O\'Keeffe, Jane M. Mason, etc.
National Celebrate Watercolor Day timeline
The Caves at Lascaux are famous for its artwork in the form of Palaeolithic cave paintings.
18,000 BC
https://archeologie.culture.gouv.fr/lascaux/en
Sargent was born in Florence, Italy, and is known as an American artist. Famous for both his oil paintings and watercolors, it is his watercolors we are particularly enthusiastic about on National Celebrating Watercolor Day.
https://www.mfa.org/news/sargent-bio#:~:text=John%20Singer%20Sargent%20was%20born,his%20wife%20Mary%20Newbold%20Singer.
In 1846, the well-known British manufacturer of oil and watercolor paint (and other artist supplies), Winsor & Newton, introduced moist watercolors in metal tubes. It revolutionized the ability to paint \"en plein air\"-- as the Impressionist artists were now able to move outside to paint and collaborate with their peers in their development of these new artistic genres.
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