 George
James
Painting with Watercolor on YUPO paper
George James (AWS-DF, NWS,
NWWS, WW, OWS) is a popular seminar instructor, art show juror,
and recently retired art professor from California State University, Fullerton.
Three watercolor painting instructional videos by Master Artist George
James are available through Creative Catalyst Productions.
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George James has developed a process that promotes predictable
results and a creative flexibility unheard of on regular watercolor paper.
With Mastering Yupo: Techniques for Synthetic Paper, you
will learn to use washes, lifting, ghosting, spattering, stamping, charging darks, lifting
whites, and much more.
The DVD The Artistic Process on Yupo. will
push your painting to the next level! George's masterful handling of the
media makes it fun to watch and learn. George shares his artistic process and philosophy
with you from a painting's concept to completion in the Yupo and watercolor instruction
video.
Gain insight and skill on using watercolor on Yupo paper with the Master
Class Watercolor & Yupo — Designing
for Content. This art instruction video is geared for intermediate
to advanced artists is packed with bonuses.
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Exploring the unknown combination of synthetic paper and the traditional watercolor media
has motivated George James to continue his successful painting in this unusual, creative
experience. By abandoning traditional methods, he has discovered a new, creative
watercolor process. Exhibiting these results has led to his work being recognized
on a national level.
George James reveals these techniques in this Creative Catalyst
Productions instructional art video DVD - Watercolor &
Yupo Designing for Content.
Some of the prizes George has been awarded include the following:
AWS Bronze Medal 1998
AWS Gold Medal 1999
AWS Ida wells Stroud Award 2000
NWS Silver Medal 2001
Waterworks 2003 NWWS First Prize 2003
Louisiana Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition, First Prize 2003
George James's paintings and articles are reproduced and published in the following
periodicals:
The Artist's Magazine
Watercolor Magic
Southwest Art
International Artist
Two books by Jay T. Last and Gordon T. McClelland document the work
of George James:
The California Style California Watercolor Artists 1925-1955
California Watercolors, 1850-1970
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