Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society

2021 SCVWS Workshops Online Registration is now open!!! Six LIVE online watercolor workshops are offered from January through August. Online not your thing? An in-person watercolor workshop (San Jose, CA) is offered in October 2021! If you can’t make it to the workshop that your heart is set on, be sure to take advantage of the free online demo presented before each online workshop! Check out the exciting variety of workshop topics on the calendar below or at www.scvws.org. *...****************************************************************** **2021 Workshops Calendar ** (LIVE Online) Artist: Sarah Yeoman, Watercolor Impressions, January 25-27, Demo: January 10 (LIVE Online) Artist: David Lobenberg, California Vibe Portraiture, February 22-24, Demo: February 21 (LIVE Online) Artist: Janet Rogers, Faces, Figures & Flowers, March 22-24, Demo: March 21 (LIVE Online) Artist: Carl Purcell, Paint Patterns for a Better Painting, June 28-30, Demo: June 13 (LIVE Online) Artist: Julie Gilbert Pollard, Watercolor Unleashed!, August 16-18, Demo: August 15 (In Person in San Jose, CA) Artist: Peggi Habets, Going Beyond a Likeness, October 15-17, NO Demo ****************************************************************** If you are interested in taking a workshop, enrollment is online at the SCVWS website at www.scvws.org. You will find a detailed description of the workshop, a supplies list, a daily workshop itinerary and an Instructor Bio for each workshop under the "more information" page. An online brochure is available on the website as well. If you are a member, remember to log in to get the member pricing. If you are not a member, consider joining for only $30 per annum to get a $50 reduced price on each workshop. At this great price, membership more than pays for itself. Hurry, as some of our workshops sell out quickly!! Email your questions to the SCVWS Workshops Committee at [email protected]

The SCVWS plein air group meets weekly to paint at a variety of outdoor locations. This THURSDAY, November 5, the Paint Site location is: Santa Teresa County Park, 5 Pueblo Day Use Area, 260 Bernal Rd., San Jose, CA. Join us on a turkey trot and enjoy fall colors, hillsides, rock formations, distant valley and mountain vistas.

When painting in watercolor, I’m fishing in the ocean. I’m never quite sure what I might catch. Russell JewellWhen painting in watercolor, I’m fishing in the ocean. I’m never quite sure what I might catch. Russell Jewell

Chilly mornings, pumpkin spice latte and leaves changing color are signs in the Bay Area that November will soon be upon us! Another sign is the release of the November Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society (SCVWS) eNewsletter! Check it out at - https://scvws.gloderworks.net//SCVWS_newsletter_2020_11.pdf Lots of interesting content including SCVWS member news, upcoming workshop information, member paint-site details and more!

The SCVWS plein air group meets weekly to paint at a variety of outdoor locations. This THURSDAY, October 29, the Paint Site location is: New Almaden Historic District. The group will meet at Saint Anthony Historic Church, 21800 Bertram, San Jose CA 95120. There are many historic houses and buildings (church, post office, hotel, etc.) dating back to the 1840s and linked to quicksilver (mercury) mining to paint. If painting buildings is not your thing, there is also a cemetery, old mining equipment and, at nearby Almaden Quicksilver County Park, natural scenery.

You do not become a painter by graduating from a system of lessons, but by drawing and painting. Frank Webb, Webb on WatercolorYou do not become a painter by graduating from a system of lessons, but by drawing and painting. Frank Webb, Webb on Watercolor

Here's latest from SCVWS Paintsites Blog:

There is no other activity that is as hard, mentally engaging, frustrating, maddening or time-consuming -- or as exciting, uplifting, joyous and wonderful -- as when I have a paint brush in hand. Mark E. Mehaffey

http://scvwspaintsites.blogspot.com//week-30-october-5-11-

Art? You just do it. Martin RittArt? You just do it. Martin Ritt

http://scvwspaintsites.blogspot.com//week-28-sept-21-to-28

Watercolor likes to misbehave. It is at its best when it is set free and does what it wants. - Mel Stabin, Watercolor: Simple, Fast and FocusedWatercolor likes to misbehave. It is at its best when it is set free and does what it wants. - Mel Stabin, Watercolor: Simple, Fast and Focused

September is almost over (already?), so you know what that means! Yep, the Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society (SCVWS) October eNewsletter is out!!! Check it out at https://scvws.gloderworks.net//SCVWS_newsletter_2020_10.pdf Get the scoop on SCVWS member news, upcoming workshop information, member paint-site details and more!