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Watercolor Painting from Life
According to Irwin Greenberg, ãWatercolor painting from life should be a natural,
practical business.ä After a long struggle trying to paint the figure on watercolor paper of
the usual sort, he discovered the possibilities of plate-finish bristol board, which permits
the artist to make ãlift-outsä and other corrections. This, and the speed and directness of
the medium, have made his watercolor classes very popular.
Mr. Greenberg has helped generations of students overcome their fear of the
medium. He was co-founder (with Max Ginsburg) of the legendary ãOld Hat Club.ä This
informal class ãgraduatedä a great number of young painters who are today in the front
ranks of the surging realist movement.
A large part of Mr. Greenbergâs own work is a loving tribute to New York City,
which he says ãis like an old shoe÷somewhat shabby and worn but fits your foot
perfectly.ä His figure paintings, seen in the context of their environment, strive to
discover ãthe inside of a personâs character through a description of the outside.ä
Mr. Greenberg studied at the Art Students League and at New York University.
His work has been shown throughout the country, and he has won many national awards,
including several from the American Watercolor Society, of which he is a Dolphin
Fellow. He has won gold medals and first prize awards from the Philadelphia Watercolor
Society, the Georgia Watercolor Society, the New Orleans Art Association, the Carnegie
Art Center, Still River Artists and many others. He is a member of the American
Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society and the Watercolor Honor Society.
There have been articles about his work in American Artist, Watercolor 92 and
Watercolor 95, Watercolor USA, Watercolor Magic, Splash II and The Artistic Touch.
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