The art of watercolor sketch 001

Watercolor by Charles Reid

Charles Reid Watercolor sketchbook

Here's a watercolor sketch from a Charles Reid sketchbook, created in Italy, 2013.

As all of Charles Reid works, it is fresh, spontaneous and vibrant. Despite the fact that his works always look as if they were paint in a hurry, Charles state that he always works slower then we can image. Each brush stroke is part of a reflection, base on his artistic goals...

As Charles is the author of many books on watercolor, I discovered his works around 1987, through one of his first book (Painting what you want to see, ISBN-10 0923038793). More than 30 years later, I still find his work inspiring.

Charles advice on focus for watercolor:

"One of the hardest thing to teach is selection – choosing what's important in a picture and what's not. Less is more is an excellent credo. Three shapes are better than four, two better than three. What you leave out of a composition is at least as important as what you put in..."