is a watermedia
organization founded in 1993 by a group of Sonoma County watercolor
artists. The principal purpose of WASCO is to educate the
public as to the many values of watercolor and to escalate
the acceptance of watercolor as being an art form which should
be sought and treasured along with other contemporary art
forms. Monthly programs consists of demonstrations and lectures
by well known and respected watercolor artists. They are free
for members, $5 for guests and WASCO newsletter members and
are held on the second Thursday of every month from 1-3 PM
at the Luther Burbank Art and Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa,
Santa Rosa, CA.
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"Chic Hen"
The 2009 Aqua Areas Winning Poster by Fran Hewitt |
Regretfully we must announce that the original demonstrator for our meeting in July, Pat Amez, had an accident, and as a result will not be able to do her demonstration at the July 9, 2009 meeting as originally planned. We will have her come at a future date.
Susan Adams, however, has agreed to step in. She will demonstrate the use of watercolor and ink. See her wonderful example to the right. Susan says "My aim is to be a visual poet, to capture both the quality of light and also the essence of soul in whatever I paint."
View her website: http://www.adamsart.net/
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PUT THE “AWE” IN YOUR AUTUMN LEAVES WITH NANCY COLLINS
This is a fun, easy and successful workshop on painting grape leaves. Nancy will show you how to create a beautiful painting using a masking fluid and real leaves to create a painting. Do you need drawing skills to do this…absolutely not! This class is packed full of wonderful techniques!Workshop to be held July 25 and 26 at Wild Oak Saddle Club, Oakmont, Santa Rosa.
Click here to download the entry form and supplies list.
PHYLLIS RAPP WORKSHOP still has openings August 15 & 16 and August 22 & 23. This should be a great workshop so sign up if you have not done so by now.
For those who have signed up for the workshop, please remember to have some photos to work from and work ready for Phyllis to critique and help you with. Download the entry form here, or call Grace for more information: 938-3326. |
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CONTEMPLATIVE PAINTING WEEKEND with Susan Cornelis
In this relaxing and contemplative weekend we will be letting the creative Genie out of the bottle - making art which captures thoughts, feelings, and intuitions in a playful and direct way.
Go here to read more. |
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These members will be participating in ARTrails open studios. Susan Adams, Patricia Akay and Susan Cornelis, Saturday and Sunday Oct. 10 - 11 and 17 - 18, 2009 10 am - 5 pm. |
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The Aqua Areas Poster Contest was held at the April meeting and Fran Hewlett was poster contest winner. Her painting "Chic Hen" will be featured on this website for one year. These artists’ paintings were also selected: Rae Ann Williams, Kathy Byrne, and Norma Gibson. Congratulations to all. |
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Watercolor Artists of Sonoma County presents:
The 15th Annual Juried Exhibition of the Best Watercolor Paintings Entered from Northern California Watercolor Exhibition
September 11-20, 2009 at Coddingtown Mall in Santa Rosa, CA. Deadline for receipt of slides is July 24.
Click here to download the entry form. |
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Volunteer! Get involved! We have so much to offer. Lots of positions open, so much fun! Please contact Rae Ann Williams at 575-1676. |
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Become a member of WASCO. We are a fun and informative watercolor art group and we welcome new members! Download the membership form now. Click here. |
WASCO now has its own email address: wascoart@aol.com.
Please make sure that you can receive email from this
address. We will send important WASCO information, workshop
availability, good art links, etc. from this address.
Recently this address was used to inform people, who had
overlooked rejoining WASCO, that their membership dues
needed to be paid and in some instances the emails went
into SPAM or TRASH files. If you do not want WASCO to
send you emails, please inform us of that fact and your
address will be deleted from the address book. This is
an important addition to WASCO’s services –now
if we miss some important information in the Newsletter,
we can get that information to you. |
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