Illinois Watercolor Society Live, in-person Demo. Tony Armendariz.
Saturday June 1, 2024, 2pm. In-person and FREE to the public.
Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Rd

You must PREREGISTER online at Oak Brook Library website. Limited to 100. Click link to register.

https://oak-brook.libcal.com/event/11424223

Tony Armendariz is an award-winning contemporary realist artist living and painting in Palatine, Illinois. His work focuses on figurative subjects rendered in watercolor. Graduating from the American Academy of Art in Chicago, he studied under renowned watercolor instructor Irving Shapiro. He has won numerous awards in regional and national competitions and has exhibited his work in many group and solo exhibitions.

Tony is a signature member of many national artistic societies including the American Watercolor Society, the Transparent Watercolor Society of America and the Illinois Watercolor Society where he also served as director. He is represented by Hilliard Gallery in Kansas City, Missouri.

Tony Armendariz Artist Demo—Saturday June 1, 2024, 2pm

Open and FREE to the public. Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Road
You must PREREGISTER at library website. Limited to 100.

As promised, the April demo meeting was truly a WET and WILD watercolor ride.

Thank you John Herron for a very dynamic, interactive event. Many folks went home with an original Herron painting thanks to an exciting artwork raffle.

Illinois Watercolor Society Live, in-person Demo
John Herron Artist Demo—Saturday April 6, 2024, 2pm.

In-person and FREE to the public.
Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Rd

You must PREREGISTER online at Oak Brook Library website.
Limited to 100. Click link to register.

https://oak-brook.libcal.com/event/11424203

Wear your boots for this watercolor demo. John Herron is going to demonstrate and he uses a lot of water in his watercolors. He pours, he sprays, and sometimes even dunks his paintings in the sink to get the fluid and very loose effect that suits him. John will demo with a variety of tools including kabob sticks, razor blade, ink bottle nib, and even a large screw. He may even add a dash of salt to his work.
If you love to paint and you want to loosen up those brush strokes, this is the demo for you. John also enjoys teaching at The Evanston Art Center.

John Herron Artist Demo—Saturday April 6, 2024, 2pm
Open and FREE to the public. Oak Brook Public Library,
600 Oak Brook Road
You must PREREGISTER at library website. Limited to 100.

A big THANK YOU to Bruce Neville for his wonderful demo at the August membership meeting. Everyone in the full meeting room really enjoyed watching Bruce bring to life an inspiring, fluid,  watercolor.

Illinois Watercolor Society Live, in-person Demo
Bruce Neville Artist Demo—Saturday August 5th, 2023, 2pm.

In-person and FREE to the public.
Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Rd
You must PREREGISTER online at Oak Brook Library website.
Limited to 100. Click link.

https://oak-brook.libcal.com/event/9804804

Bruce Allan Neville is a signature member of the Ohio Watercolor Society, an Associate member of the American Watercolor Society, and a Signature member of the Cincinnati Art Club. Neville has won numerous awards and honors. He also has extensive teaching and workshop experience throughout the Midwest. 

Neville’s style and technique were published in the “The Watercolor Technique of 23 International Artist”. My goal is to develop not a style of painting but a way of thinking, interpreting, and being creative. Each painting conveys a unique experience leading the viewer into a new way of seeing and understanding”.

Bruce Neville Artist Demo—Saturday August 5th, 2023, 2pm
Open and FREE to the public.
Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Road
You must PREREGISTER at library website. Limited to 100.

Tom presented to a group of about 70 dedicated watercolorists, not only a wonderful demo, but also a very informative “workshop-like” event packed with tips, tricks, and inspiration. Thank you Tom for visiting IWS and sharing your talent and energy with all of us.

Thomas Trausch Artist Demo—Saturday June 3, 2023, 2pm.
Open and FREE to the public.

Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Rd
You must PREREGISTER online at Oak Brook Library website.
Limited to 100. Click link.

https://oak-brook.libcal.com/event/9804794

“I have been extremely fortunate to be able to follow my dream of being a ‘fine artist’ and I thank God for this. My years as an artist have been about equally divided between the mediums of watercolor and oils, each with its own properties and end results. Always a challenge, making art allows one to explore more deeply and inevitably find out more about the maker, the artist. The process of painting is what the journey is all about … the resultant paintings are the mile markers along this wonderful road of discovery. It is and always will be … a thrill.”.

Thomas Trausch Artist Demo—Saturday June 3rd, 2023, 2pm

Open and FREE to the public.
Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Road

You must PREREGISTER at library website. Limited to 100.

A BIG thank you to Mary Ellen Segraves for the wonderful demonstration at the April membership meeting. Approximately 80 attendees enjoyed and learned several new watercolor tips, tricks, and techniques from Mary Ellen. She also shared with the group many of her finished impressionistic watercolors.

Mary Ellen Segraves Artist Demo—Saturday April 1, 2023, 2pm.
Open and FREE to the public.

Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Rd
You must PREREGISTER online at Oak Brook Library website.
Limited to 100. Click link.

https://oak-brook.libcal.com/event/9804793

From my first visits to the Art Institute as a child, I was drawn to the softness of the watercolor paintings as well as to the beauty and light of the Impressionists’ works.  What I try to create are impressionistic watercolors – light, airy, soft. One of my instructors says that he approaches each painting as a problem to be solved, and I think it’s the same for me.  How do I keep the light? How do I arrange the scene and the objects to create a pleasing composition? How do I convey the feeling with the least amount of detail?  How do I get the “vision” that’s in my head onto the paper?  I find satisfaction in the challenge.

Our October membership meeting featured David Becker as our demo artist. And what a fantastic demo it was. Not one… but two watercolors. One painting was on white paper and the other was on BLACK watercolor paper.