里克安德森 from the USA shares his favorite palette and watercolor techniques:

Here’s a fun Q&A with Rick:

為什麼創作藝術？
There’s an inner motivation that’s always there. I’ve always said that I make art because I can’t not make art. It’s been a drive for as long as I can remember. I used to draw pencil sketches of models from the Sears and Roebuck catalog. I create art because I have to. It’s inside me. Creating art is always exciting and I never grow tired of it.

你畫畫多久了？
Since I was a child.

你接受過正規的藝術訓練嗎？  
I have a Masters of Art Education degree. I retired from teaching after twenty five years in the Mississippi Public Schools, but I will never retire from creating art.

你是職業藝術家還是業餘愛好者？
Definitely a professional working artist.

什麼能激勵你？
Inspiration is everywhere – it’s all around us. All one has to do is to look and see. Inspiration can be watching others paint – seeing what they do and how they do it. I wake up and am inspired. I’m fortunate. I had a student ask me who makes me work. My answer was NOBODY. I paint because I must.

你畫畫的時候喜歡聽什麼類型的音樂？
Any kind of music – classical, rock, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s…

你有沒有過導師？
I consider my friend and internationally renowned watercolor artist, Laurin McCracken, to be a mentor. He offers me guidance that is most helpful in my journey with watercolor painting. While I’m not new to watercolor or participating in exhibitions, thanks to Laurin, my watercolor career has been taken to a new level.

你每天都畫畫嗎？
I paint most every day. With my studio inside my home, it makes it easy to have that ability.

你是一次只畫一幅畫，還是同時畫好幾幅？
I mostly work on several paintings at one time.

你喜歡在畫室裡作畫還是在戶外寫生？
I prefer painting in my studio.

你們使用了多少種核心色？
I continue to add new DANIEL SMITH colors to my palette, so I can’t give an exact number, but I do know that there are certain colors I would not want to be without, many of which are on my swatch chart below.

管狀、盤狀還是棒狀？
Tubes. I haven’t used the sticks yet, but I plan to.

你使用遮蔽液嗎？
I do use masking fluid. I like that DANIEL SMITH Masking comes with several sizes of applicator tips that I can use to generate thin lines of masking.

你如何判斷你的作品是否完成？
There is no magical time that tells me when a piece is finished. At several points while I’m working on a painting, I pause to study it to determine if I need to let it rest or if I need to work on any particular areas. There does come a time though, when I have to say it’s done.

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