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PAST EVENTS
Meetings
2011
December 14, 2011 - TWS Annual Christmas Party! - TWS will celebrate the season.
November 9, 2011 - Owen Iverson - a power point presentation on pigments, light fastness, how colours interact with one another and the chemical substance in the different pigments.
October 12, 2011 - Sue and Jim Waddington - locating the places that inspired the Group of Seven painters.
September 14, 2011 - Margaret Martin - demonstrator, acclaimed artist and instructor from Buffalo.
August 10, 2001 - Don Baxter, TWS member shares his creative process.
June 8, 2011 - Brigitte Schreyer - Watercolours from the Arctic
May 18, 2011 - Stephen Quiller will be doing the demo.
April 13, 2011 - TWS Annual General Meeting - There will be an open forum and discussion and a painting exchange with Signature memberships awards.
March 9, 2011 - D. D. Gadjanski - will demo on TerraSkin paper and Yupo showing some new techniques.
February 9, 2011 - Kirstin Bojanowski, A young abstract acrylic artist will be giving a demonstration.
January 12, 2011 - Happy New Year! Pauline Holancin will be featuring a watercolour demo for us.
2010
December 8, 2010 - Holiday Meeting - Prizes, miniature competition, raffle, draw, silent auction.
October 13, 2010 - Margaret Roseman - the founder of the TWS will demonstrate a floral painting.
September 15, 2010 - Atanur Dogan - Turkish artist Atanur Dogan is well known for his figurative work.
August 25, 2010 - Summer Paint Out at Kai-Liis McInnis' farm (members only).
August 11, 2010 - Kai-Liis McInnis - A very skilled painter who has one many awards!
June 9, 2010 - Allen Class - Art and the Internet
May 12, 2010 - Alvaro Castanet - One of the world's most highly respected watercolour artists.
April 14, 2010 - Annual General Meeting, the new executive will be formed.
March 10, 2010 - Claudia McCabe - Markham artist known for her vibrant and skillful use of fluid acrylics.
February 10, 2010 - Ed Bartram
January 13, 2010 - Barry Coombs
2009
December 9, 2009 - Holiday Celebration with a picture exchange, miniature show with awards.
November 11, 2009– Alexandra Heintzelman Sharma - Alexandra will be discussing shadows
October 14, 2009 – Doug Purdon, representative for the Winsor & Newton Company - Demonstration
September 9, 2009 – Margaret Martin
August 12, 2009 – Jody Fuller
June 10, 2009 – Ana Jurpik & Garry Herridge - Websites & Digital Images
May 13, 2009 – Karen Vernon - Watercolour on Clayboard
April 1, 2009 – 25th Annual General Meeting - Opening of President’s Show in Foyer
March 11, 2009 – Ernestine Tahedl
February 11, 2009 – Diane Lingenfelter

Shows
Aquavision 2011 - 27th TWS Annual Fall Show
November 30 - December 11, 2011
The Paper Mill Gallery
Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum & Arts Centre
67 Pottery Road, Toronto ON M4K 2B9 (Don Valley Parkway & Pottery Rd)
416-396-2819
Aquavision Spring Show 2011
Toronto Watercolour Society 26th Juried Spring Exhibition

May 6 - 31, 2011
Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Columbus Centre
901 Lawrence Avenue West, North York, ON M6A 1C3 General Inquiries, Hours & Map

TWS 25 Year Membership Show 2011
April 1- 30, 2011
North York Central Library, 2nd Floor
5120 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario M2N 5N9
416-395-5535 hours and map

TWS Annual Fall Juried Show
October 23 - November 7, 2010
North Toronto Memorial Community Centre
200 Eglinton Avenue West. Toronto, ON M4R 1A7 MAP

Aquavision Toronto 2010
Wednesday, March 17 - Sunday, March 28, 2010
Papermill Art Gallery, Todmorden Museum
67 Pottery Road, Toronto, ON M4K 2B9, 416-396-2819
25 Anniversary Fall Show: Aquavision 2009
November 1 - 30, 2009
Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Columbus Centre. 901 Lawrence Avenue West, North York, M6A 1C3
Artist's Choice Show
November 15 - 28, 2009
North Toronto Community Centre - 200 Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto, M4E 2W2
Toronto Watercolour Society Annual Spring Show: Aquavision 2009
May 11 - June 21, 2009
Neilson Park Creative Centre - 56 Neilson Drive, Etobicoke, M9C 1V7 directions

Workshops
Marc L. Gagnon Marc L. Gagnon, BES., B.ARCH, 0.A.A., CSPWC
Saturday, November 19, 2011
New techniques for the applications of dry method will be shown. This method may be used in conjunction with traditional wet on wet painting techniques or entirely alone to create unusual effects that give your watercolours a whole new look.
Brigitte Schreyer Brigitte Schreyer
Saturday, June 18, 2011
"Summer Landscapes” by Brigitte Schreyer. She is an elected member of Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolours, the Ontario Society of Canadian Artist and the Society of Canadian Artist.
Stephen Quiller May 16 to 19, 2011
Barry Coombs Saturday, April 16, 2011
Atanur Dogan Atanur Dogan
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Turkish artist Atanur Dogan will conduct a workshop in Figures.
Alvaro Castanet Alvaro Castanet
May 10 - 14, 2010
Alvaro's main studio is located in Montevideo, Uruquay, South America.
Merv Richardson Merv Richardson
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Loosen up - Realism to Abstraction
Sharlena Wood Sharlena Wood
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Sharlena is the Tri-Art representative in Canada for their paint products. Known as the "vixen of mixed media" she is known for her urban mixed media representations.
Margaret Roseman Margaret Roseman
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Flowers in watercolour
Karen Vernon Karen Vernon
Monday, May 11 - Tuesday, May 12, 2009 and
Thursday, May 14 - Friday, May 15, 2009
Watercolour painting on clayboard
Kerry Kim Drawing Kerry Kim
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Portrait with a live model in watercolour
Marc Gagnon Marc Gagnon
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Abstracting the landscape in watercolour
Bianka Guna Bianka Guna
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Wet on wet technique in watercolour - landscape

Paint Outs
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - At the Toronto Botanical Gardens
Wednesday, July 20, 2001 - At Kai-Liis McInnes’ farm, Mulmur Hills