Margie Castle, a long time watercolor artist in Las Vegas, shares her story as she created art from an early age and during her younger years came across people who taught her how to care for and respect art creations. She explains how we should handle art, our own and the art of others, brought white gloves so we could all make a difference, and she shows some of her beautiful art.

We thank her for the great presentation she made at our Nevada Watercolor Society's March 2025 General Member Meeting. Thank you Margie, for sharing your art and ideas so willingly. You did a lovely presentation. Click this link to watch a recap:

https://youtu.be/n1zIgPiztpQ

    

   

Ed Holland was one of our Artist Spotlight Guest Artists. He tells his art journey story and shows some of his wonderful art at our March 2025 Member Meeting. Ed is an active watercolor artist in Las Vegas, shares his story about how he creates art on plein air expeditions into the beauty of nature. He tells about some of his techniques and his color charts. Ed brought some of his beautiful watercolor paintings to show. Ed likes greens.

We thank him for the great presentation he made at our Nevada Watercolor Society's March 2025 General Member Meeting. Thank you Ed, for sharing your art and ideas so willingly. You did a really good presentation.  Clink this link to watch a recap -

https://youtu.be/gOhe3kytly4?si=aGBfozPwWFbFVslF

     

   

As our Special Artist Spotlight at our January 2025 Members Meeting, Paulette Baker, our award winning member watercolor artist gave a lovely presentation about her watercolor journey and some of her personal techniques and favorite arty habits. She loves to paint so much she takes her paints everywhere with her. Watch as she shares her tips and tricks.

https://youtu.be/TUsMsT9JL3U

Paulette's Tips and Tools List for you to download:

Paulette's TIPS 'N TOOLS-January2025.pdf

    

In our October Member Meeting, Barrie Cooke Folsom gave a most delightful presentation about her life and her art which was inspired by the wonderful adventures she experienced during her world travels. Don't miss this! 

Here is a recap video if you missed it or just want to see it again. Very inspiring for any watercolor artist who needs a bit of encouragement.

https://youtu.be/PsmsxJdWh4I

At our last Member Meeting in October, Sharon gave a wonderful lesson all about warm and cool colors and how to mix them and use them effectively in your paintings.

Here is a recap if you missed it.

https://youtu.be/QiyAnLZQXvU?si=klpn3r9kOgBFKdN4

These are the notes that she shared. Click on the link to download it to your own device.

NVWS Sharon Menary lecture and demo Oct 24.pdf

Dear NVWS Members,

Want to paint with others indoors? Watercolor & acrylic paint.

FREE you just have to call and let them know you are coming so they can set up tables & chairs

702-455-7517

Thursdays 11-2

Parkdale Community Center

3200 Ferndale St Las Vegas 89121

(near Boulder Highway and Desert Inn - Behind Boulder Station)

Happy painting!!

Awards of our 2024 Signature Show

at the Wetlands till July 28th.

The Awards have been announced and prizes received on the 16th June. Congratulations to each of the deserving, talented winners!!

Thank you so much to Carl Purcell, who was the Juror for this Show. He said:

"It was an honor to jury your show. I was impressed with the overall quality of the show. It is always rewarding to see artists trying challenging new subject matter. When I jury a show I look for three major qualities:

It was difficult to choose the awards because there were a number of paintings that came up to the same level of excellence. If you did not receive an award, don't give up. Study good paintings, determine to lift the quality of your work each year. Our goal should always be to exceed what we are doing today."

Congratulations to all our winners who were:

Best In Show - Linda Smith "Gypsy Blue"

First Place - Doni Murphy "Calico Basin"

Second Place - Pam Lopez "Home Brewing"

Third Place - Cara Lee "Just a Moment"

Honorable Mentions:

Sharon Menary "Meredith Rose"

Juan de Dios Varela "A Kiss Under The Storm"

Paulette Baker "Steep Terrain"

There are more than 20 beautiful works submitted and hanging in the Wetland Visitor Center. Don't miss this if you are an art enthusiast.

Carl kindly recorded our Zoom Workshop and has made it available to our members with this link. Click to watch it.

Carl's NVWS Zoom Workshop link - "Drawing With Your Artist Brain"

Workshop Description: 

There have been many requests for a drawing workshop to supplement your watercolor work. Join Carl Purcell in this free drawing workshop!   Carl taught painting and drawing for thirty years at Snow College in central Utah and developed the drawing program that is presently being used in the college’s art department. You can view Carl’s paintings and drawings at: www.carlpurcellart.com

Check out Carl’s book, “Drawing with Your Artists Brain” for more information regarding his teaching methods.

For more information contact: Linda Smith

Email: lsmith.lv@outlook.com or call: 509-499-1156

A word from Carl… 

I am going to treat this workshop as a drawing for painter’s workshop. The first part will be in seeing shapes and how to assess them correctly, and the second part will be about doing drawings with paintings in mind-planning the arrangement of shapes in a format.

With that in mind here is a list of materials that you will need (Click to Download Pdf):

• HB and 4B drawing pencils (quality of graphite varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. I have found Mars Lumigraph to be excellent.
• Sketchbook 9 X 12. Smooth surface
• Kneaded eraser
• 4 X 5 rectangle of mat board or very stiff poster paper.

 

   

Don't miss this!

Wendy Kay

Presented "Procreate on the iPad" 

Click on the link or on the image to watch the video. 

Wendy says:

I grew up in the northeast, in the gorgeous green mountains of Vermont. I doodled like any kid, but my interest in visual art really started after I saw Mary Poppins jump inside that chalk drawing on the sidewalk. Playing inside of a drawing seemed perfectly logical to me at the time and of course you can dance with animated penguins!

Although I enjoyed drawing and painting, I did not know that it could be a career. Luckily, when I was in college I volunteered at a computer science conference and saw the very beginning of 3D computer animation. The highlight of that show was a single frame of a computer-generated chrome sphere. That was all. One picture that had taken the computer all year to render. It was the coolest thing I’d ever seen and I thought if artists could work with the programmers we might be able to create something interesting together. That is exactly what happened and my career in 3D computer animation began. 

I worked with many animation studios in Los Angeles, but my favorite projects were created when working with Dreamworks Feature Animation. I also enjoyed working as a trainer with Apple for eight years.

And, what started out as a side hobby, sewing, turned into another visual arts career. When I went to Joann’s to replace my broken sewing machine I saw a machine stitching a flower all by itself. What was this magic?! Long story short… I took a deep dive into computerized sewing machines and embroidery digitizing software and ended up working with Singer/Husqvarna-Viking/Pfaff as an embroidery specialist.

Retired now, I have the time to rekindle my traditional drawing and painting skills which is why I joined the NVWS. But, as always, I’m all about embracing new technology and I love combining traditional and digital, 2D and 3D, paint and stitches and I’m happy to share what I know.

I am currently working on my surface pattern design portfolio because I’d love to see my designs on fabric, dishware and home decor products. Let playtime begin! 

       

 

Cheryl Keaveney, the Vice President of the

Sierra Watercolor Society in Reno, NV

invites our members to 

Jeannie Vodden Watercolor Workshop

Spring Fresh Watercolor

For our members who might be interested in this Reno Workshop:

Paid Watercolor Workshop - May 8, 9, 10, 9am to 4pm,

Public Demo - May 11, 1pm to 3pm