Watercolor by Joseph Chiang

Recently I post my work on WetCanvas and ask a question about how my watercolor is viewed comparing to oil painting. And a someone gave me a really delightful comment, “You should think less about comparisons of mediums, it’s just the vehicle of your intentions.” To me, the thought about vehicle is really interesting; it’s

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To me, the best place to go to is Dick Blick.com
Even cheaper than the supplier I found on ebay for now.
For a pack of 5 arches paper 300 lb cold press, you will spend 40+ pluse shipping on ebay
While on Blick it’s not even 40, excluding the shipping….

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“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.”
– Pablo Picasso

New work for today uploaded

I notice a lot of people from my department trying to go large and turn out to create garbage. To me, I feel I must get enough practice on smaller format before I can go to larger painting, otherwise I would have too little to put on my larger paper and end up putting more

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