Tony Couch (continued)
A winner of over 70 exhibition awards, Tony Couch's work has been included
in 3 annual exhibitions of the National
Academy of Design and 11 art instruction
publications by other authors in the US and UK.
Tony Couch received a BA degree in Art from the University of Tampa, did further work at Pratt
Institute in New York while an artist for Associated Press, then for years freelanced and studied with Edgar A Whitney, ANA.
His book, WATERCOLOR:
You Can Do It!, published by North Light in
1987 is now in its sixth printing, has become the publisher's all time best
selling art book and is the textbook in several college art departments.
It has also been published in Chinese for the international market. A "technique" book,
published in 1991 has been published in English and Japanese. A third
book, on design, was published in 1992.
Couch's watercolor instruction articles have appeared in several publications worldwide, including Palette Talk, North Light, American Artist, Australian Artist, The Artist, and Watercolor Magic.
Couch has been elected to membership in the Academic
Artists Association, Allied Artists of
America, Hudson Valley Art Association, Knickerbocker
Artists, Salmgundi Club, Society
of Marine Painters, Watercolor West,
The Pittsburgh, Georgia, Southern, and Midwest watercolor societies as well as the Whiskey Painters of America.
Tony Couch
Creative Catalyst Productions Inc.
