Host: Nancy DuVergne Smith Water is a tantalizing subject for artists. We are drawn intuitively to bodies of water, yet it is an elusive substance, at times transparent, translucent, reflective, or fractured. We’ll examine various water surfaces and then pay particular attention to the characteristics of calm, undulating bodies of water and the sparkles of […]
Please gather for an Art Date when Lynn Holbein will teach us about putting people in our watercolor paintings. Lynn will demonstrate some techniques and talk about why and how to add people to our artwork. This was the first of our Saturday Art Dates, back in April 2020 and we had many requests […]
We are very happy to host a live demo with the Canadian artist Poppy Balser. From her website: Poppy Balser has always had her home within walking distance of the ocean, mostly the Bay of Fundy. She paints out of doors through all seasons, finding her inspiration in the local seacoast and landscapes surrounding her […]
“Advancing your Drawing Skills” will be offered in November by looking at valuable tips and tricks of drawing “Cityscapes and Street Scenes” that will help you to draw beyond the basics. Host: Gitty Schacher
Today we are continuing Figure Painting live on Zoom with our wonderful model Madeline. Be ready to draw and paint our live model in various poses from the comfort of your home to hone your gesture drawing and painting skills. Host: Lynn Holbein
Hosts : Nancy Duvergne-Smith and James Varnum
Join us to this Saturday when we would like to give you feedback to your paintings. Please take a picture of your painting with your mobile phone and have it ready in your computer to share it with Nancy and James via Zoom.
1pm: Official Part 1:30pm: Workshop with Tim Wilmot
This year's Annual Meeting will be conducted via Zoom.
Our NWS member and first prize winner of our Annual Show "Nature in Watercolor" in the category "Best Wildlife" Michele Clamp will give a us a demo - we are excited! Michele will be demoing a painting of a wonderful basset hound. She will be concentrating on the values and edges to capture the […]
Nature and Landscape Drawing Host: Gitty Schacher
Natalia Carbullido does amazing poses with nice chiaroscuro using amazing lights and shadows. Come and join us and then share our work.
Painting in Series This Saturday, August 22nd, member Ching Lai will do a presentation on Painting in Series. Ching will discuss painting in series as a different kind of process of creating art. It is like on an adventure and you can explore and discover during this process. Normally, you would start with some point of reference […]
Wednesday we will be present the video "Rural France in Watercolour" by Joseph Zbukvic. In this video Joseph focuses on rural paintings including houses in the Dordogne region of France, a local market scene, and a sunlit lily pond. In 2013 Mr Zbukvic presented one of our most popular workshops here in Newton. For more information about […]
The Newton Watercolor Society (NWS) was founded in 2008 to provide opportunities for artistic development for professional and amateur watercolor artists.