Featured artist Jerry Stitt contemplates that ''A painting is good not because it looks like something, but because it feels like something.'' The difference is passion '' the kind of energy, excitement and pure joy that pulses through every page of this book.

A brilliant collection of the best watercolors being created today, "Splash 10" explores "passion" through the work and words of 100 top contemporary painters. With each modern-day masterpiece, insightful firsthand commentary taps into the psyche of the artists to explore where their passion comes from, and where it leads them.

These artists find the passion to paint in any number of places - a handful of peppermints, a rescued dog named Tugboat, visits to places where "even the walls have personality," and spectacular moments created by the warm late-afternoon sun partnering with rich, cool cast shadows. Some of them find passion in their materials (like rice paper) or in the very act of putting paint to paper, whether it be broad, wet strokes of pure color applied with big brushes and arm-swinging applications, or meditative, economical strokes.

This edition of "Splash" is dedicated to discovering not only how today's artists create great watercolors, but what motivates them to be creative, work in this amazing medium, and portray the subjects they love.

特色艺术家Jerry Stitt认为 "一幅画之所以好，不是因为它看起来像什么，而是因为它感觉像什么。区别在于激情''这种能量、兴奋和纯粹的快乐在这本书的每一页中跳动着。

作为当今最好的水彩画作品的杰出集合，"Splash 10 "通过100位当代顶级画家的作品和文字探讨了 "激情"。在每一幅现代杰作中，都有深刻的第一手评论，挖掘艺术家的心理，探索他们的激情来自何处，以及激情将他们引向何处。

这些艺术家在任何地方都能找到作画的激情--一把薄荷糖、一只被拯救的名叫Tugboat的狗、参观那些 "连墙壁都有个性 "的地方，以及由午后温暖的阳光与丰富、凉爽的投射阴影共同创造的壮观时刻。他们中的一些人在他们的材料（如宣纸）中找到了激情，或者在将颜料涂在纸上的行为中找到了激情，无论是用大笔和挥动手臂涂抹的宽大、湿润的纯色笔触，还是冥想的、经济的笔触。

这一期的 "飞溅 "不仅致力于发现今天的艺术家是如何创造伟大的水彩画的，而且是什么促使他们有创造力，用这种神奇的媒介工作，并描绘他们喜爱的主题。