Join us online this Friday, May 31st at 10:30am to chat with watercolor artist 拉奎爾·福克 from Brazil – LIVE on Zoom and Facebook. 點這裡 for log-in details and links.

Here’s a Q&A with Raquel:

為什麼創作藝術？
In order to live my life with a purpose. Before I made art, I just used to survive.

你畫畫多久了？
I have been painting for about five years.

你接受過正規的藝術訓練嗎？
Yes, I graduated in visual arts from Federal University, but in order to learn watercolor I had to take in-person courses, as well as online courses.

你是職業藝術家還是業餘愛好者？
I am an art educator, watercolor teacher and artist. Art is also a hobby, but now I use it to make money.

What inspires you?
I am inspired by the impressionist and post-impressionist periods, the history of art – and by the light, contrasts, textures and possibilities that a certain person, landscape or object brings me.

你畫畫的時候喜歡聽什麼類型的音樂？
I love listening Chopin while I paint.

你有沒有過導師？
I’ve had some mentors, among them are Avelino and Eudes Correia.

你每天都畫畫嗎？
I don’t paint every day, but at least 5 times a week. When I do it, I create 3 to 7 studies at a time.

Do you paint one piece at a time or work on several at the same time? 
I’m used to painting one piece at a time. Sometimes I dare myself to work on more pieces at the same time.

Do you prefer painting in studio or en plein air?
The two forms of painting bring me different experiences and energies. Outdoors I connect with the landscape, with the people passing by, I receive sunlight. In the studio I connect with myself, I control things more. I like both experiences!

你們使用了多少種核心色？
I love trying different colors. But mostly I work on all the composition possibilities with the primaries (2 blues, 2 yellows, 2 reds), a burnt sienna or sepia and a turquoise.

Tubes, pans or sticks?
Tubes.

When do you know that your piece is finished?
I never know. But I feel like I should have stopped by now when I return to something to touch up.

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如果您願意，可以造訪我們的網站 Facebook 在 Showtime 頁面觀看直播。重播可以在 Facebook 上觀看。 Youtube. 。 La traducción al español está disponible – 選擇西班牙語和 Zoom 的運河。.