“I like that it has a mind of its own,” Merrill said, talking about the nature of watercolor. “Mixing with other colors, it comes to life. It’s sort of an alive medium.”
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With her first husband, Merrill would spend about a month at a time at the Sea of Cortez, painting the vivid landscapes and sights present there. “Painting that flat sea and the sunrise and sunset with the mountains behind, the little round houses, that was what made me really want to do watercolor,” she said.
After her divorce, Merrill began working for Patagonia, eventually traveling up the ranks until she was being sent around the world to buy paintings. Her sketchbook was her constant companion at that time. Today, though, Merrill is back doing what she loves, painting watercolor, and sharing that passion with her own class of painting students.
Discover your own passion for the art of watercolor painting by taking a class on the genre. Students will be able to choose their own area of focus, including painting landscapes, seascapes, buildings, city scenes, people, still life, and more. Some of the skills and techniques pupils may expect to become familiar with are how to work with the movements of the thin paint, how to mix colors and control the brightness of each