Watercolour Festival
Entry close date:
5 July 15 July 2024
Deadline Extended !
Show Date: 26th Oct-1st Nov 2024
Online Exhibition at
Auckland Grand Centgral Hotel
the Historic Building of New Zealand
Multi-awards, World Famous Master Jury Panel
2024 IWS New Zealand
International
Watercolour Competition
The 2nd IWS NZ
A World of Color Through Young Eyes
Announcing the Winners of the 2024 IWS NZ International Children's Watercolor Competition
Auckland Grand Central Hotel, Historic Building Exhibition: 26Oct-1Nov 2024
Welcome to International Watercolour Society New Zealand
New Zealand is famous for its amazing nature, heritage, and scenery. We may easily have breath-taking clouds, twilights, oceans, waves, snows, mountains, and flowers here. All of which are unstoppable sources for artists. In addition, the effects from various watercolour washes can perfectly reflect the beauties.
When what you see becomes what you are painting, you are letting everyone enjoy the touching moment through your art pieces.
That is why IWS NZ shall exist, not only meeting world-class art masters, but also NZ artists let the global people experience our charming world.
Coco Wing
Fine Artist / NZ Branch Manager
breath-taking video
Touching Story behind the watercolour painting
Street-BuildingsTraditional Chinese Painting
is a type of Watercolour Painting?
the Longest Watercolour Techniques over 2000years
The ink and brushes
Do you know that the Chinese invented paper and brush about 2000 years ago, the first form of drawing is just ink painting.
Colour and Techiniques
Coincidently western and China used similar sources from nature’s heritage, therefore Chinese painting has almost same techniques as modern watercolour painting
Styles and Papers
Gongbi(fine details) and Xieyi(free style) are two respensative styles for Chinese painting. Why the ancient Chinese didn’t use canvases? How old Chinese painting could last thousands of years?
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