The International Watercolour Masters (IWM) is an organization that, through annual competitions, features paintings by the world’s elite watercolour stars. IWM Masters are officially recognised as being at the pinnacle of their art. In the 2022 competition, San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS) member Keming Chen was recognized as one of the “Top 200” artists who had entries for the competition.… Read more

The 2022 year of workshops and instruction offered by the San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS) is being finalized! You can start to find out about these exciting offerings at these links:

Premier Workshops are typically four days and take place during the week.… Read more

Robin St. Louis, a member of the San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS) and resident of Palm Desert and Santa Barbara, CA, had been looking for a jigsaw puzzle for a gift, and found he didn’t really like what she saw on the shelves of stores.… Read more

Juror: Scott W. Prior

Juror Commendations

The painting has a solid design. I feel like I’m in the forest and could just walk up to the heron. Very nice work!

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I like the design, and how the toys shown are not like other still life paintings that are often kind of static and boring.

Juror: Barbara Tapp

Juror Commendation
“Pasture Raised”
by Hong Beaven

This painting is illustration based  the opposite from abstract – and is the work of a highly skilled draftsman. It has an interesting perspective that leads us into the painting. The color choice is excellent.… Read more

On October 9, 2021, the San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS) met at the Trevi Hills Winery in Lakeside. Michael Larranaga, the Sommelier at Trevi Hills kindly invited the SDWS to come and enjoy the winery views for a paint-out The vineyards were full of bulging fat and juicy grapes, and the mountain views are filled with interesting boulders, olive trees and oaks.… Read more

We are sad to announce the passing of Linda Gilbreath, a long-time member of the San Diego Watercolor Society, on September 2, 2021.

Linda played an important role assisting for the First Friday receptions for many years—always present like clockwork. She was a master at cheese cutting for all of the trays of crackers and also provided ingredients for delicious punch.… Read more

Are you ready to bust out of the mold?  Are you aware of your new choices for submitting art to SDWS shows? There are several exciting new options for painting surfaces, framing and art presentation.

First, some things have not changed.… Read more

Julie Anderson, an artist and resident of Point Loma, San Diego, California, won the second-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

Angela Westengard, an artist and resident of San Diego, won the Best of Theme 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.… Read more