Utah Watercolor Society

RECAP: Brian Thayne Workshop

UWS November 2018 Mini Workshop How to Paint Water with Brian Thayne The relaxed atmosphere of Brian Thayne’s Mini Workshop took some of the stress out of learning to paint water. He reinforced the idea that your drawing is the most important part of any painting – it helps you to see. An artist can…

UWS-CVC Nov/Dec President’s Message 2018

Hello Fellow Watercolor Friends, November is settling in and the days are getting much shorter. There is something about the change of seasons that spurs my creativity. I have been thinking about what little gem of encouragement I can share with you and the thought that keeps coming to mind is take a little time…

UWS Nov 2018 Member Meeting: Brian Thayne

November meeting RECAP: Brian Thayne from Midway joined us as the UWS presenter on Tuesday, November 6th and did a great demo of a girl on a horse. He shared some tips about how to paint water and save your whites and showed us how to do a layered buildup of colors and even shared…

UWS 2018 Fall Exhibition Awards & Slide Shows

The Fall 2018 UWS Member Exhibition Opening Reception and Artist Awards was held on Saturday, October 13, 2018 from 5p-7p at the Pioneer Memorial Theatre Loge Gallery on the beautiful University of Utah Campus. The exhibition hangs in conjunction with the production of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” and will hang through…

RECAP: UWS Oct Member Meeting With Frank Eber

Frank Eber was our National artist who presented our Fall workshop and also our October member meeting. His amazing technique for creating atmosphere and mood in his paintings was evident at his presentation for our October member meeting. His painting demonstration took us from a sketch to a finished painting in a little over an…

RECAP: Frank Eber Workshop

The Frank Eber workshop (October 1-5, 2018) was a great experience. Frank is a personable, fun guy who made learning welcoming and easy. His emphasis on the atmospheric mood was very well presented. He used wet-in-wet techniques for every area as he completed a painting. This was a real learning curve for many of us!…

UWS Nov 2018 Mini Workshop: Brian Thayne “How to Paint Water”

UWS Mini Workshop “How to Paint Water” with Brian Thayne Friday – Saturday November 2-3, 2018 9am-4pm each day at the Sons of the Utah Pioneers Building “How to Paint Water” In this workshop, Brian Thayne will show us how to paint cascading water, and running water as well as still water with reflections. We’ll start…

UWS-CVC December Workshop Challenge

DECEMBER WORKSHOP No workshop but… order yourself the book called The Artist Way by Julia Cameron (I ordered The Complete Artist Way by Julia Cameron which is 3 books in one.) We will be reading and doing the art excercises for 12 weeks (Jan-March). On April 13th our workshop will be reviewing and talking about all that…

UWS-CVC November Workshop

NOVEMBER WORKSHOP November 17, 2018 MICHELLE NIXON City Scapes, Point of Infinity, and Vanishing Point mmnixon.com Location: Logan Library, Jim Bridger Room Time: 10am-3pm All Workshops $35 Contact DeAnna Hulme Utah Watercolor Society-Cache Valley Chapter, Workshop Chairman

2018 UWS Fall Member Exhibition – Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony

UWS Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony Saturday, October 13, 2018 5:00pm-7:00pm (Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theater, Loge Gallery) Exhibition Dates: October 13 – November 10, 2018 Exhibition hangs in conjunction with Pioneer Theatre Company’s production of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.” (10/26-11/10). Click here for more details about the play. http://www.pioneertheatre.org/…/sweeney-todd-the-demon-bar…/ From Pioneer…