Promoting excellence in watercolour across East Anglia
Providing exhibiting opportunities to watercolour artists in the region.
Improving expertise in watercolour for members and non-members through workshops and painting days.
Maintaining a community where watercolour artists can socialise and share knowledge.
EXHIBITIONS
Find out about our current exhibition
Develop your skills by learning from our members
Our members hold workshops at our exhibitions, in their own studios and in other venues.
WORKSHOPS
It is the society’s aim to bring watercolour in all its myriad forms and subtleties to a wider audience throughout the counties of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Bedfordshire.
Joining the society
The society has two levels of membership
The society was inaugurated in 2007 with the help and guidance of the Royal Watercolour Society and then president Richard Sorrell, and later adopted the title of the Society of East Anglian Watercolourists
News
EXPLORATORY TUTORIAL – Lesley Rumble experiments with paper and paint
Materials Saunders Waterford NOT 300g (100% cotton, mould made, acid-free) Sennelier watercolour paints: Burnt Umber, Primary yellow, French Vermillion, Cinerous blue, French ultramarine Pens: W&N 0.3, Unipin fine line 0.1, Staedtler pigment liner 0.3 Derwent Watercolour pencils Any small brush with a fine point The…
TUTORIAL – Painting with gouache by David Harrison – Part one: the basics
Since leaving art school (a few years ago), I have experimented with charcoal, graphite, pastels, oils, acrylic, mixed media and gouache (pronounced: gwash). I think that it is important for artists to experiment and try out different media and techniques, and to be continually challenged…
TUTORIAL – Painting with gouache by David Harrison – Part two: step-by-step tutorial
March Shadows Stage 1 One morning in March this year I set up my easel on the grass verge near the road. The morning was full of bright sunshine and beautiful shadows cast by the trees to my left. I was attracted to this scene…