John Coker Railroad Art
As many of my customers know, I do not paint in the true watercolor tradition, which is mainly big washes and sometimes generalized detail. I paint watercolor the same way other artists paint in oil, layering color, and lavishing detail on the subject. This is done with Winsor and Newton tube watercolor, which is has the most finely ground pigment available and is the most fade-resistant of commercial tube watercolor. Very small sable brushes are used to attain the level of detail that is the hallmark of my work. Watercolor paper is as important as the paint quality. Cheap papers turn brown in time and like other pulp products will eventually fall apart. So I employ only acid-free 100% cotton rag sheet paper, mostly from Arches in France.