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But will resume tomorrow ! ATTENTION! Due to an emergency, INNA’s WORKSHOP SATURDAY SEPT 21st IS CANCELLED, HER WORKSHOP ON SUNDAY WILL CONTINUE AS PLANNED. Below is the link to Tomorrow’s workshop. (Sunday 22 Sept, at 8pm EST) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82186980416 See you on SUNDAY !!!!

It’s taken a couple of weeks but now we are proud to release the video from IWS Canada’s UNITED THROUGH WATERCOLOUR! Sept 5 to 8 at Visual Arts Mississauga, complete with demos from Luan Quach, Natalia Outkina, Ian Wright and Bonnie Steinberg. Over 70 Paintings and over 30 Artists! Enjoy !

We are pleased to announce our 3D gallery version of Alberta in Watercolour is now online! For those who cannot be there in person, or simply wish to see the virtual experience, check out the link below! Click to start your guided tour here !

Our quarterly magazine is out!! Big thanks to Mena Nunes, Luan Quach and everyone who helped put this together! Canadian Watercolour, Fall 2024 the magazine of IWS Canada, available for online browsing and download. Feature artist Orion Alexis! Click this link to download

We are hard at work preparing our Fall IWS Canada Magazine, in the meantime we will post our call for the next Member’s Challenge, the photo chosen by previous winner, Abdulla Naseeb Nuckchady . This one is a water themed painting, suggested study would be with Inna Nagaytseva ‘s workshop starting Sept 15th to improveContinue reading “Member’s Challenge”

UPDATE: Inna Nagaytseva ‘s workshop intensive, Sept 15, 21 and 22nd will start at 8pm EST (Toronto/Montreal time) (6pm Alberta, 5pm Vancouver) Day 1: You will learn how to paint sailboats at daylight, have right proportions and use a limited palette Day 2: Sailboat in sea with sunset, work in 2 layers maximum Day 3:Continue reading “Update Inna Nagaytseva’s workshop !”

Hi there! The day has finally arrived! We can’t wait to meet those of you who will be dropping off paintings tomorrow (Thursday Sept 5th) for our show, at Visual Arts Mississauga. 4170 Riverwood Park Lane Mississauga ON L5C 2S7 Please come as early as you can so we can get your painting up onContinue reading “United Through Watercolour !!”

We are pleased to announce a 3 day intensive workshop by Inna Nagaytseva , this is the first part in a series of online workshops by our top artists to help our members overcome hurdles and learn difficult to master techniques. Inna is an expert at painting water scenes, which can often be tricky. DoContinue reading “Free to IWS members !”

All Demos Free for IWS Members ! all our demos at UNITED THROUGH WATERCOLOUR are now FREE for all IWS Canada Members! We have removed the $100 workshop fee to be sure as many of our members as possible can benefit from this opportunity to learn from maser painters. Take advantage of this chance andContinue reading “BIG NEWS !!!”

A reminder that we have our monthly zoom meeting Tomorrow (Sunday Aug 25th) at 7pm EST.  We will discuss the upcoming United Through Watercolour, exhibition, as well as show off our latest work and discuss our projects.  Here is the link to join.