Category Archives: Transparent Watercolor

Rick Surowicz’s January 18th ZoomDemonstration for NFWS is on our Youtube Channel!

Here is a link to Ric’s terrifically inspiring and informative January 18th Zoom Demonstration for NFWS now on our Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society YouTube Channel.

Ric Surowicz’s January 18, 2024 NFWS Demonstration

The awards for our 2023 Open Watercolor Exhibition were announced last evening, May 25, at the Award Celebration at the Carnegie!

You can see them all and read Mary Whyte’s comments on our page Spring 2023 Award Winners . It was a lovely evening, reconnecting with many NFWS Members and friends. Congratulations one and all! 

The Exhibition’s last day is today, May 26, 2023! Hope you can make it to the Carnegie Art Center, 240 Goundry Street, N. Tonawanda, NY, today, open from 12 – 4 today, Friday. 

Following a brief Members Meeting we will have the pleasure of a demonstration by Illinois watercolor artist Tom Francesconi. This will be a Zoom event, at 4 pm, on Thursday, February 16th. A Zoom link will be sent by email to all NFWS Members on the Monday before the Thursday afternoon Meeting.

Here is a link to the event page for Tom Francesconi’s 4 pm demonstration:

February 16th Members Meeting and Demonstration by Tom Francesconi

26 Days left to submit your paintings to our NFWS Spring 2023 Open Watercolor Exhibition. The Prospectus is available here and on the Call for Work page! The Submission Period runs through February 26, 2023.

Click here for the Prospectus:

Spring 2023 Open Watercolor Exhibition Prospectus 

Click here for the link to the  Call for Work page.

This Exhibition will be on view from May 3 – 26, 2023 at the Carnegie Art Center, 240 Goundry St., North Tonawanda, New York.

The Exhibition Juror and Judge of Awards is renowned artist and cherished teacher Mary Whyte, our NFWS Spring Workshop Artist. 

“In my studio I have a small plaque that reads, “The most beautiful things in life cannot be touched.” It was a gift from my friend Georgeanna, and a constant reminder of what it is we artists try to express. It is not the days we remember in our lives but the small moments.”   Mary Whyte, An Artist’s Way of Seeing.

April 15th’s Meeting and Demonstration by Glenn Blue will be a Zoom Event! A Link to the Zoom event can be accessed by opening this post, and going to the event page. It will also be sent to all NFWS Members on Monday, April 12th. The demonstration will be recorded and will also be posted for everyone to see on our Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society YouTube Channel.

Check out details and access the Zoom Event Link here: Thursday, April 15th Meeting and Demonstration by Glenn Blue.

Glenn has graciously shared a preview of his demonstration so, if you can like, you can paint along. We have posted it on our Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society YouTube Channel. You can access the video here.

Glenn Blue Preview. 

And some examples of his awesome watercolors –

The 61 paintings by members that will be on view at the Artists Group Gallery beginning on April 20, 2021 can be viewed here online on the same day. Stay tuned!!

Here is the postcard that was sent to members announcing the show. Nice work, committee and AGG Staff! You will be able to view all 61 paintings on this show’s page under Exhibitions in the menu on our home page on April 20, 2021. Click here.

Here is Lena’s finished demonstration painting and the links to Lena Thynell’s Zoom Demonstration!

You can watch a portion of Lena Thynell’s March 18th NFWS Zoom Demonstration on our YouTube Channel.  Here’s the Link:

Lena Thynell’s NFWS Zoom Demonstration on our YouTube Channel

To see selected photos of Lena’s Demonstration generously shared by Roy Fink, check out the Album on our Niagara Frontier Facebook Page.  Here’s the Link:

Lena Thynell’s NFWS Zoom Demonstration facebook page album 

Here’s Lena’s finished demonstration painting!