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CONTENTS
Choosing the Right Equipment
for Outdoor Watercolor Painting 6

1
PAINTING A
PICTURESQUE VILLAGE 12
by Daryl Bryant

2
DIRECT WATERCOLOR SKETCHING 16
by Greg Lipelt

3
THE POWER OF THE SKETCHBOOK 22
by John Hulsey

4
THE SKETCH AS ART 30
by Joseph Stoddard

5
PLAY WITH A PURPOSE 40
by Joseph C. Skrapits

6
WATERCOLOR ADVENTURES 46
by Ann Kalayil

7
TAKE THE OUTDOORS INTO THE STUDIO 56
by M. Stephen Doherty

8
SARGENT OUTDOORS 62
by Kathleen Baxter

9
PAINTING EVERYDAY BLESSINGS 68
by James A. Metcalfe
 Cover: Cumulus (detail), by John Husley,
1999, watercolor, 12 x 16. Private collection.
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10 LIST OF ARTISTS
ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS 76 IN THIS ISSUE
by Lynne Moss Perricelli
Barker, David 156
11 Britton, Charlotte 136
INSIDE/OUTSIDE 84
Bryant, Daryl 12
by John Hulsey
Christine,William 40
12 Foster,Tony 46
PAINTING ALONG A COMMUTER LINE 90 Green,Tony 112
by M. Stephen Doherty
Hart Dyke, James 168
13 Hulsey, John 22, 84, 146
HOW TO RECOGNIZE A GOOD PAINTING IDEA 104 Jones, Jack 76
by M. Stephen Doherty Killelea, Michael 126
LaLumia, Frank 6
14 Lipelt, Greg 16
GOUACHE ON LOCATION 112
by Linda S. Price Liskow, Ginny 90
Lombardo, Larry 68
15 Salchak, Jim 104
PAINTED POSTCARDS 120
Sargent, John Singer 62
by Ruth Mitchell
Stoddard, Joseph 30
16 Swenson, Brenda 90
CHINA, FROM THE TIP OF A BRUSH 126 Wittenberg, George 120
by Meredith E. Lewis Young, June 56
17
PAINTING IN SPAIN 136
by Charlotte Britton

18
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CÉZANNE 146
by John Hulsey

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