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Welcome to the Illinois Watercolor Society

IWS Mission
The mission of the Illinois Watercolor Society is to advance the education and caliber of watercolor painting throughout Illinois.
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Mailing address:
Illinois Watercolor Society
P.O. Box 1003
Des Plaines, IL 60018-9998
Contact:
Tony Armendariz, Executive Director
tonya@illinoiswatercolorsociety.org

Events Calendar

Suzanne HetzelSmall Waters 2012
National Exhibition

September 7 – October 5, 2012

Deadline for entries: July 9

Judge of Awards: Suzanne Hetzel

To be held at:
Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave.
Oak Park, Illinois 60302
708.386.9853

Reception: September 7, 7 9 PM

Download the Prospectus here.



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IWS 28th National Exhibition

May 4 – June 1, 2012
Judge of Awards:
Donna Jill Witty, AWS, NWS, TWSA-MS

Congratulations to Ken Call for taking Best of Show for his painting 'Maddie'. View all the winning paintings here.

Ken Call

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Meeting and Demonstration

Next meeting: June 23, 10 AM – 12 PM
Featured Artist: Cynthia Kukla

Spring into Color
Color is the best part of painting, getting it right, making color choices that make your paintings wonderful. I want you to design your own personal best color palette, not follow some other artist’s palette, which works for that artist, but maybe not you.

In this demo, let’s demystify some basics in color mixing and organizing what colors to put where in a painting.

Cynthia Kukla Blog: http://kuklawatercolor.blogspot.com/
Web site: http://my.ilstu.edu/~cmkukla/

Upcoming

August 18: Bill Bartelt, 10 AM – 12 PM
October 13: Ratindra Das, 10 AM – 12 PM
December 1: Barbara Farrell, 10 AM – 12 PM

Join us at Dick Blick Art Materials in Wheaton, IL for IWS members' meetings for socializing, painting demonstrations by nationally recognized artists and educational lectures on materials and all things watercolor. Hospitality provided by Dick Blick.

Blick Art Materials is located in Danada Square East, at the northeast corner of Naperville Road and Butterfield Road (west of 355). Danada Square East contains a Dominicks Food Store.

Blick Art Materials
79 Danada Square East
Wheaton, IL 60187
630.653.0569
Click here for more directions

Non-Members are welcome to attend.
Seating is limited to a first-come first- served basis.