Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Keep track of what's going on in the studio of this SF Bay Area watercolorist who paints whimsical vintage saltshakers & toys, flowers, and rusty machinery. Signature member of the Transparent Watercolor Society of America and Watercolor West.
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Location:
Los Altos, CA, 94023
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John
John
Janette
Janette
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Using Masking FluidCreated about 3 weeks ago
Wall PhotosUpdated about a month ago

Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors

 
Judy Laliberte

Judy Laliberte I LOVE your work, the whimsy, your use of color.....very inspiring !! I am excited to follow your blog, looks really helpful. I could really use a masking tutorial, find it a real challenge.

8 hours ago · Report
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Hi Judy -- Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment!! Glad you like my work and hope the tutorials are/will be helpful. I've already done several posts on the topic, if you want to go read up on it, and will be doing at least one more.
7 hours ago
Manny Diflo

Manny Diflo thank you for your invitation ,maybe if you get east sometime i get to know you in person

Mon at 3:13am · Report
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
That would be very nice. And thanks again for your nice words about my work.
Mon at 11:43am
Janette Bcl

Janette Bcl amazing work - masking is like brain surgery to me i always messed up the fluid type.

February 5 at 10:42am · Report
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Thanks, Janette! Glad you like my work. I've loved masking fluid since the first time I tried it, but it can be a challenge.
February 5 at 1:39pm
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors

Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors I'm getting back into teaching -- just scheduled my first workshop with a group in Capitola, California. See you gals on Feb. 27!! There's also another installment in the masking tutorials in the works. Should be posted in the next few days!!

February 5 at 8:11am
Marina Gonzalez Reed
Marina Gonzalez Reed
Will you still have more tutorials on facebook or on line?
Sun at 8:00am
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
On my blog, Marina -- but they also link over here. I've just been swamped and haven't had time to post yet.
Sun at 8:06am
Carolyn

Carolyn I'm inspired by your watercolors.

February 4 at 10:45am · Report
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Thanks, Carolyn!! I took a peek at your website -- love the egrets!! And the wolves are amazing -- the fur is so realistically rendered!!

Thanks for becoming a fan!!
February 4 at 10:41pm
Carolyn
Carolyn
Thanks for looking at my website - animals and birds are some of my favorite subjects. Birds are ususally watercolor and animals done in pastels.
Love your cactus.
February 5 at 5:27pm
Peter Szasz

Peter Szasz Wonderful to come across your work.

January 30 at 9:14am · Report
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Very nice architectural illustrations.
January 31 at 7:48am
Peter Szasz
Peter Szasz
Thank you. If you go to my 'profile' page there are several 'albums' - one water colors, one oil paintings and one bamboo pen drawings.
January 31 at 9:38am
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
All Cracked Up Xwatercolor, 28" x 19"Katharine CartwrightOne of Katharine Cartwright's paintings from this Fragility series shared a wall with my painting at the Transparent Watercolor Society of America show last summer and I was sufficiently intrigued to want to know more about her work...
Mollie Jones
Mollie Jones
Thanks for introducing another fab artist!
January 27 at 3:37pm
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Glad you like Katharine's work, Sarah and Mollie.

Ruth - you do understand this isn't my work, don't you?

I looked into 140hours.com -- It's not quite clear to me what services they provide, since they require the artist to do all the promotion work. To top it off, you have to grant them all rights to your donated art for 180 days. With that in ... See Moreplace, they can do anything with your work. And they get the tax write-off when they make the donations to charitable groups!! No thanks! -- I'll donate cash to some responsible charity myself.
January 27 at 9:47pm
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors

Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors Facebook seems to be having some trouble with the automatic blog link I set up, so the latest post didn't make it. My feature on Katharine Cartwright is now online. Please check it out!!

chrisbeckstudio.blogspot.com
All Cracked Up X watercolor, 28" x 19" Katharine Cartwright One of Katharine Cartwright's paintings from this Fragility series shared a wall with my painting at the Transparent Watercolor Society of America show last summer and I was sufficiently intrigued to want to know more about her work. She ...
Vic Vicini
Vic Vicini
I agree. It takes awhile for the update.
January 28 at 5:58am
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Hi Vic - Well, of course, the minute I posted this, FB came through!! They usually post my blog releases when the feeds go out in the middle of the night, but the whole system seemed to be hung up the other day.
January 29 at 9:49am
Carol Chretien

Carol Chretien Made it! :) and sent a message back!

January 25 at 4:15am · Report
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Ricky Holtman, the artist who wrote Journaling Through Cancer, passed away on Friday, January 22. Although we never met in this life, I counted Ricky as a friend and valued his upbeat approach to his fight with cancer...
Mollie Jones
Mollie Jones
We are all so very sorry to hear that Ricky lost his battle. He fought the good fight and I am glad to have known him also through his blog. My thoughts and prayers are with his wife and family.
January 24 at 3:29pm
Liz Holm
Liz Holm
Am very sorry to hear this Chris. He was a brave guy.
January 24 at 6:43pm
Charlotte Dodson Scurry

Charlotte Dodson Scurry I'm just starting watercolor and love it! Your tutorials and hints are great. Thanks.

January 23 at 4:49pm · Report
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Thanks, Charlotte!! Glad you find them helpful. Happy painting!!
January 23 at 11:49pm
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
There's no denying it -- my nerdy side pops up in the blink of an eye!! While I was picking up some home repair items at the hardware store, I found something called Frogtape...
Iain Stewart
Iain Stewart
I plan the image to be a good 2" smaller than the paper and just cut it out. That usually leaves me nice long strips of paper for testing color.
Mon at 12:04pm
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Thanks for clarifying that, Iain. Sounds like a great way to have test strips at hand, too - my loose test strips always end up drifting onto the floor or getting caught under my palette.
Mon at 6:00pm
Russell Yerkes

Russell Yerkes Thank you for the invite, Wow! you are certainly having a lot of fun, fantastic tool to share knowledge, hope to see more to come.

January 20 at 9:31am · Report
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Thanks, Russell -- I am enjoying this immensely!! Glad you stopped in to visit!!
January 20 at 12:14pm
Dottie Majeski Bassett

Dottie Majeski Bassett I am pulling out my watercolors! Thank you!!!

January 20 at 6:37am · Report
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Dottie, that's fantastic!! Glad you were inspired to paint!!
January 20 at 9:00am
Shagufta Mehdi

Shagufta Mehdi hi chris...just became a fan n i must say i find your blogs very helpful. thanx.

January 19 at 6:03pm · Report
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Chris Beck Studio - Watercolors
Glad you like them, Shagufta!! Thanks for leaving a comment!
January 19 at 10:56pm