Cathe Gill taught a wonderful 3-day workshop this past November giving the participants an understanding of the different qualities of watercolor paints by separating them into the three basic colors categories of transparent, opaque and stained paints. It was fascinating to listen to her and observe her in the daily demos. Her very comfortable teaching […]
Thomas Schaller is a signature member of many art organizations including the AWS and has won many prizes world-wide. He is famous for his luminous and colorful paintings full of atmosphere and value contrasts.
Participants experimented with a variety of tools to paint, including brayers, eye-droppers, and sprayers, and created paintings without brushes. They explored a variety of removal techniques used in mono-printing, discovered the patterns created by applying textured materials such as sponges, Kleenex, lace, and corrugated cardboard to both dry an wet paint.
Our “Color Pouring and Blending” workshop with Lian Quan Zhen was impressive because of his techniques and teaching ability. He had us mask out the yellow pedals of a sun flower and then spray the paper adding the 3 primary colors, mixing with his finger or blowing the colors or using a brush. Then we […]
April 7+8, 2017 2-day workshop This Spring we enjoyed a really outstanding workshop with Wendy Artin here in Newton. It was a very interactive workshop, where short demos alternated with participant exercises throughout two days. Each day we honed our figure painting skills by focusing on the shaded body surfaces of each of the […]
July 13 -16, 2015 4-day workshop For four days, Eric Wiegardt regaled 19 workshop participants with news stories from the small town in Washington state where he grew up, how he gave up a career in business and became an artist, and, of course, how he paints watercolors. The participants learned that an extra scoop […]
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Please join us for an all Member Meeting for connecting with old friends and making new ones. We will have potluck food, a raffle and a watercolor demonstration. Hope to see you all. Saturday, November 8, 2025 12:30 PM-4 PM Beth Meyer Gallery 84 Hancock Street Auburndale Newton, MA Demo by Paul Alie
Karen Keough is an award winning painter, specializing in watercolors, for over 40 years. Currently, she paints and runs her own art licensing business in Ipswich, MA. Her introduction to watercolors came when her Mother brought her to Wingaersheek Beach in Gloucester, during a snowstorm to paint on the beach! They dropped paint onto their paper and […]
The Newton Watercolor Society (NWS) was founded in 2008 to provide opportunities for artistic development for professional and amateur watercolor artists.