Newsletters

President’s Report: Congratulations all, on a wonderful exhibition as we promoted our medium to the public and showed them what could be done. The plein air event the week before was well attended with 24 people registering and 19 paintings on display in Gage Roads for the week. Their marketing ...

Not long to go now until the Annual Awards Exhibition. All the information you need is in this newsletter. There are a few exciting changes. If you are looking for a change for your volunteering at the exhibition, our sponsors, Winsor, and Newton will be supplying paint and paper for ...

Welcome to the new cycle of the Watercolour Society. A huge thank you to Sue Payne who has mentored me through this big transition and into this whole new journey.Welcome to our new committee members, Sue Liddicoat (Treasurer), Peter Allen (New Membership Coordinator) and Anastasia Wright (Facebook). Thank you to ...

Hello everyone,Well here it is – my final report as President! After ten years in this privileged position, I have wonderful memories, experiences and friendships to think back on and I am more than ready to handover to Jane Zandi, who I have nominated to take over as President. Jane ...

Hello everyone,It’s good to be home and I am looking forward to seeing our members at the meeting next Tuesday. A lot has happened in the last couple of months – and there are so many more interesting things happening now and in the future. It’s an exciting time and ...

Hello everyone Firstly, apologies for my absences recently – the delights of ageing and then Covid finally caught up with my husband and I– and I have to say a huge thank you to Jane Zandi for doing such a great job at the last meeting. My absence this month ...

Hello everyone We had a great trip to Japan last month and I have to say a huge congratulations to our artists – Jane Zandi, Lucy Papalia, Cass Gartner, Stephanie Boyle and Penny Maddison who all ran workshops under challenging circumstances – with grateful thanks to our host, Nagi Iwasaki, ...

Hello everyone This is the group of members representing The Watercolour Society of WA in Kobe, at the Japanese Nadeshiko Watercolour Triennale 2023 exhibition.Twelve paintings by WSWA Members are part of this exhibition.Cass Gartner, Stephanie Boyle, Lucy Papalia, Jane Zandi and Penny Maddison are all running workshops in Kobe. Download ...

Hello everyone I hope you all had a safe and happy Christmas and are now ready to break all those New Year resolutions – except the ones about painting of course! You will have seen in an email I sent to you all recently that we have now set up ...