Peggy Weiner, an artist and resident of Escondido, California, won the first-place award in the continuingly competitive August 2021 Member’s exhibition “Lazy Days” held virtually by the San Diego Watercolor Society available to view on the website, www.sdws.org.  Weiner’s painting entitled “Anna” was selected by prominent artist and juror Robin Erickson for this honor.… Read more

Angela Westengard, an artist and resident of San Diego, California, won the Best of Miniatures award in the continuingly competitive July 2021 Member’s exhibition “Complement Conversations” held in the gallery of the San Diego Watercolor Society at 2825 Dewey Rd, Suite 105 Building 202, San Diego, CA; and also available to view on the website, www.sdws.org… Read more

Richard Glassman, an artist and resident of San Diego, California, won the first-place award in the continuingly competitive July 2021 Member’s exhibition “Complement Conversations” held in the gallery of the San Diego Watercolor Society at 2825 Dewey Rd, Suite 105 Building 202, San Diego, CA; and also available to view on the website, www.sdws.org… Read more

Juror: Robin Erickson

Juror Commendations

Honorable Mentions

Best of Theme

This painting seemed to exemplify what people do on lazy days….relax… Read more

Dean Mitchell, Juror

Juror Commendations:

Honorable Mentions:

San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS) is pleased to offer a two-day in-person workshop with local artist Luis Juarez titled “Watercolor Impressions, How to Paint with Confidence” on Thursday, September 23rd – Friday, September 24th, 2021 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM at the SDWS’s Liberty Station studio at 2825 Dewey Rd, Suite 105 Building 202, San Diego, CA 92106.… Read more

San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS) is pleased to offer a 3-day premier watercolor workshop for “Landscape Color & Composition”, a Zoom event taught by Don Andrews on Monday, September 13 – Wednesday, September 15, 2021. From the comfort and privacy of your own home or studio, you can participate fully in this workshop that is geared specifically for artists who are eager to paint and study in a no-stress studio environment.… Read more

by Carla Scheidlinger

The August 2021 Members Show of the San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS) is a virtual show, with the paintings available for viewing on-line only. Juror Robin Erickson selected paintings for the show with the theme “Lazy Days”. Her selections, and comments for the top awards, are shown elsewhere in the SDWS blog.… Read more

by Carla Scheidlinger

Paintings of flowers and plants were very well represented in this show. In addition to two that were singled out for awards, it is worth taking a look at some others that made good use of complementary colors.… Read more

San Diego Watercolor Society’s (SDWS) Member Show Director Gabriel Stockton was featured in a one-hour interview with Pierre-Yaan Guidetti of Savoir Faire, an importer of fine arts. Guidetti’s weekly interviews tie artists worldwide who are sometimes new to him together with some of his favorite prominent artists from around the globe, so Gabriel was in august company.… Read more