Spring Show Calendar Available
The Nevada Watercolor Society in Las Vegas had its Annual Juried Spring Show in February 2024 and this Wall Calendar features the art of our winners and special mentions. Click here to order one.
One of the most artistic ways to mark the passing of each month, this Nevada Watercolor Society custom calendar (2024) is here to add an uplifting touch to any wall. Available in one size (10.8" by 8.4"), each calendar comes with top-tier quality paper (270gsm) with a semi-glossy finish. Comes with centered drill holes for effortless hanging, 3/8" silver wire binding, and large image printing for each month.
.: One size: 10.8" × 8.4" (27.4cm x 21.3cm ) .: High quality 270gsm paper with semi-glossy finish .: Date grids for each month .: 3/8" silver wire binding .: Centered holes for hanging
It's beautiful!
The Las Vegas Artists Associations and other Art Non-Profits are initiating a collaboration and have been meeting for a while to encourage this to be a reality.
City Lights have taken the lead in having a Logo Competition in order to work under a cohesive logo as a group representation. The following is a letter which is a Call for Logo Designs and where they should be submitted. If you would like to take part in this Logo Design Competition the details are as follows from an email we received from City Lights:
"City Lights Art Gallery has been working on a joint effort in networking and collaboration with the following non-profit galleries in town to see if we can create some art events specifically geared towards our membership.
We originally reached out to 10 local non-profits, but these are the organizations who have continually participated and attended our network meetings.
In order to reach out to venues, we are creating an umbrella name for our united non-profits that the leadership of all of our organizations have agreed upon as the name of Art Guilds of NV with (United Non-profits) under our name.
We are looking for a logo design to represent us. Entries can be emailed via a jpeg or png image to clag.president@gmail.com.
Deadline to submit entries: March 31st at midnight.
We will be voting on the one we like best at our next meeting.
Sincerely, Kristi Watson, President, City Lights Art Gallery "Pass on creativity & positivity. Make that contagious!"
City Lights Art Gallery 3 E Army St, Henderson, NV 89015 702-260-0300 Gallery is open Wednesday to Sunday 12 to 4 pm. www.citylightsartgallery.org
Pam Lopez, Becca Youngblood, Leslie Nielsen and Laurie Ponte
Presented "More About Urban Sketchers"
Click on the link or on the image to watch the video.
"I retired after a teaching career that spanned fifty years and took me to many places like Kenya, Canada, Brazil, Grenada, Malaysia, Portugal and finally Las Vegas.
I then decided to go back to what I loved doing best - painting. I was a batik artist for many years but I wasn’t happy working with the fumes of hot wax within a closed environment in my Las Vegas home. So I challenged myself to try watercolors as I’d always heard that it is a difficult medium to work with. It is. It was a huge learning curve, and it still is, but when that perfect combination of water mingling with pigment creates that luminous transparent quality on my paper, I’m in heaven!
Keeping a sketchbook to experiment and play is an important learning path for me. When I stumbled upon the UrbanSketchersLV site on Facebook, it was what I needed. I met a lot of like minded people who were at my level or way beyond. Chatting, exchanging ideas, looking over their shoulders and feeling good about being outdoors makes my soul feel good!
I’m on a never ending journey of learning and growing, and I’m happy!"
Laurie says:
I started taking watercolor classes with Judy Hoiness back in the 90's at the local community college in Bend. This led to lessons with Sandra Holtzman, Helen Brown and Cindy Briggs. These talented artists/instructors really sparked my interest in watercolor. With more time on my hands when I retired in 2020, expressing myself on paper with paint became a passion. I am a member of an active local nonprofit called Sagebrushers Art Society in Bend, OR - that provides a studio and gallery for its members to paint anytime and to display their art. A longtime friend of mine and I have enjoyed 'art dates' visiting Bend's numerous galleries as their displays change monthly.
Since retirement my husband and I have traveled to several states to rock climb and mountain bike in our van. Our favorite place - where we found ourselves returning every spring and fall - was Red Rock Canyon. Besides being an incredibly beautiful place to hangout and paint, there's a good reason it's known as an international climbing destination - and, mountain biking here is some of the best we've found in the country. Also, the local lap swim pools are top notch and very affordable. Wanting to be here for more than brief parts of the year, we moved to Las Vegas in October, 2023.
Since then I've discovered even more to like about the area - including the Nevada Watercolor Society. I've enjoyed getting to know its welcoming members and appreciate their camaraderie. So many have vast experience and are willing to share it with me. Thanks, NWS!
See you at our March General Meeting
on the 13th March 6:30 pm, at Spanish Oaks Clubhouse
for another exciting Art Presentation.
If you missed the February General Members Meeting here is a recap. You missed a lot of great stuff. So click and enjoy.
Meeting Recap Video - Click to watch
Artist Spotlight - Karla Shoup - Click to watch
Karla Shoup Artist Statement:
Karla Shoup is a native Las Vegan and self-taught wildlife artist. With a degree in Zoology, she combines a scientific perspective with her love of nature and art to create expressive watercolor renderings of animals encountered in and around Southern Nevada. Ms. Shoup has worked in a variety of media, including fused glass, beaded tapestry, and embroidery. Her inspirations come during walks with her dogs, hiking in the desert and caring for an assortment of non-mammalian pets.
Laurie Ponte, one of our newer Members, gave a Spotlight presentation of her art at the January In-Person Meeting. If you missed it, here is a recap and more information about her and her lovely paintings. Don't forget to thank her and give her a bit of Arty Love.
https://youtu.be/zJFEgD_2lNs
Artist Spotlight is now a regular feature for NVWS. We would like to Spotlight each one of our Members and their distinctive artwork. Contact Sharon Menary, our President if you would like to be in our Spotlight.
SHARON MENARY
This first Spotlight is on our lovely President, Sharon Menary. We have a video where she introduces herself and her art. Don't forget to thank her and give her some Arty Love.
https://youtu.be/-Tu_1bxpCT0
If you missed the January In-Person General Meeting in January you missed a lot. But we were able to capture the wonderful Presentation Given by Our very own Linda Smith, a long time art teacher and we have some links below that our members can use to see the wonderful ways she shows us, to recover our paintings that turn out not to our liking.
Don't forget to thank Linda for sharing and give her some Arty Love!
Linda's Re-Purposing Presentation Part 1
https://youtu.be/5d6WcrpiBPQ
Linda's Re-Purposing Presentation Part 2
https://youtu.be/2sKPg7Fd4KQ
Linda's Re-Purposing Presentation Part 3
https://youtu.be/sgt2MqgV7kg
Thank you Linda Smith!!!
Thank you Cindy for the wonderful Sketchbook Workshop you did for us. It was truly inspiring!
We hope you enjoyed the Cindy Briggs Zoom workshop and got inspired to create a sketchbook journal!
The following is from Cindy. She will have the videos available for you to view for two weeks.
The links to the videos.
Part One: https://vimeo.com/901001843/f1bfdd6eb6?share=copy
Part Two: https://vimeo.com/901342661/0eb814438e?share=copy
Members are invited to visit her website at www.CindyBriggs.com and subscribe to her newsletter. She shares tips, her upcoming workshops, and also has a free "Burano Reds" Watercolor Video lesson when you subscribe.
If anyone wants to email Cindy for some feedback, Her email address is: CindyBriggsArt@gmail.com
Our member, Lin Pacific, has put together a NVWS Facebook Group. Be sure to join. Read the Facebook Blog Post below to join in. Lin would like you to send photos of your work to our news email so she can showcase what our members are doing. Send your photos to: Nvwsnewsdesk@outlook.com or post your photos in our Facebook group.
Here is some other information that Cindy shared with us regarding some of the equipment she used:
Don't forget to sign up for the next workshop happening in March. This will be an in person workshop with Kim Johnson. See our website for details.
Again, Thank you, Cindy Briggs, for the wonderful workshop!
Linda Smith
NVWS Workshops Chair
We have a Nevada Watercolor Society Members phone app that you can use to keep track of Society details.
Go to the app store. Search for Wild Apricot Member App. It's an orange flower. Download it. Log into this app with your NVWS Website login details. You will be able to see your profile, all our active members, events, etc. This app is available for iPhone and Android. You will love it.
You really want to do this! We have a great way to communicate closely with each other, showcase our art to other members, and have their kind input if we need to get past being ”stuck” as an artist, etc .... AND keep being updated as to what’s happening in our Society.
Our Facebook Group is an exciting new way to talk to one another.
Don’t be afraid of Facebook. Your kids are not, so let’s use these free facilities to mingle and showcase our art online.
If you don't have a Facebook account you can open one using your email account and a nickname (artist name), if you like. Facebook does not mind if you do not use your real name. All they care about is your email address and your password. You do not have to fill out anything in your profile if you want to be private about your personal details. This is a good thing. Do not post your personal, or private details online, on Facebook, on Instagram, etc. Be a Nickname you have chosen, and that can be your incognito online persona under that name.
There are 3 ways to participate in Facebook.
A Profile, A Page, and a Group. (You will be a personal Profile and that Profile will be able to participate with other Profiles, Pages or Groups on Facebook)
As a Profile (a person - you used your chosen email to create this)
As a Page (a professional showcase and mouthpiece of a company or business - this does not have to be a registered business, it can be your own (FREE) online art studio Facebook Presence, NVWS has a Facebook Page that it uses like its little newspaper, and for marketing)
As a Group (where like-minded people (Profiles) discuss things they have in common according to the theme of the Group - NVWS has a Group for their members to chat and showcase their artwork, techniques, etc.)
Please create your Facebook Profile Account if you do not have one,
LIKE our Page at this link, click LIKE, (not SIGN UP - it takes you to the website Sign Up Page on our website to become a member of our NVWS)
Join our Group at this link, Click Join and Admin will process your request to join
Once you LIKE our NVWS PAGE your timeline (News stream) will show you all the things we post on our NVWS Page automatically. (The SIGN UP Button takes you to our website to sign up, so no need to click on that)
Once you JOIN our NVWS GROUP your timeline (News stream) will show you all the things that are shared on our NVWS GROUP Page automatically.
Then you will easily be kept up to date with the fun things happening in our Society!
You can connect with only the friends you want, and having a Facebook account (Profile) allows you to participate in all the other wonderful groups and pages where others are mingling.
The News page has a different icon than the group so you can tell the difference immediately
Our Group Icon is
Our Page icon is
IMPORTANT FACEBOOK NOTICE TO BE SAFE FROM SPAM AND OTHER UGLIES :
To keep your Facebook news stream clean and relevant, do not click on anything that you don't like. Facebook always feeds you more of what you click on and react with. So do not react with things that make you upset. Click on art, baking, kind stories, wonders in nature, crafts, your friends and family stuff - then you will see more of that.
https://www.facebook.com/nvwatercolorsociety?mibextid=ZbWKwL
Contact Us at customerservice@nevadawatercolorsociety.org
Mailing address: Nevada Watercolor Society, P.O. Box 27224, Las Vegas, NV 89126
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