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• SC Fluid Acrylic Workshop with Marie Siegrist

  • When
    Saturday, October 18, 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Peace Lutheran Church 1701 Missouri Ave. LC

  Fluid Acrylics One Day NMWS-SC Workshop

  with Marie Siegrist , NMWS

  Members $90 
  Non-Members $140 (This includes an option for membership in NMWS.)

  Cost includes some supplies.  
  Limit: 12 students.  Registration opens Monday, July 14, 2025 for Members and October 1, 2025 for Non-Members. 

  REGISTER for Fluid Acrylic one day Workshop with Marie Siegrist SC

  *Cancellations: Workshop is limited to 12 students, first come, first serve. If you need to cancel, you will receive a full refund only if your space is filled from the wait list.

  LOCATION CHANGE: This workshop will be at the Peace Lutheran Church at 1701 Missouri Ave., Las Cruces.  It will run from 9 am - 4 pm with a lunch break. There are NO lunch facilities so BRING YOUR LUNCH!

  The Goal for the day is to unleash the mystery of fluid acrylic as a water media painting medium.

  This workshop will cover the use of fluid acrylics in the manner of watercolor. We will use them to make transparent washes and glazes, opaque passages and dry brush.

  There will be a demonstration of these techniques to begin the day and as needed throughout the day. Marie will provide supporting informative handouts about the use of fluid acrylics. There will be plenty of time to paint and for individual attention and a break for lunch.  No lunch facilities onsite.

  Autumn Mist in the Organ Mountains (fluid acrylics) 

  A few reasons why Marie likes fluid acrylics used as watercolor

  1. Acrylic dries brighter and close to the value it appears when wet.

  2. Repeated glazing won’t disturb previous layers of paint

  3. Masking Fluid can be applied over dry acrylic paint without removing color when the masking is removed.

  4. Transparent, translucent and opaque layers are easy to do with acrylic paint

  5. Acrylic is very durable under glass or varnish.

  Balloons Over The Rio (in fluid acrylics)

  Marie's experience with fluid acrylics:
  Marie has used fluid acrylic paints for years. She became enthusiastic about them when they were introduced to the acrylic market. Their versatility runs the gamut of watercolor like transparent washes to opaque applications. They can be painted on many surfaces including watercolor paper and boards, which are her preferred supports. She has presented demos and taught classes using fluid acrylics as water media for NMWS SC and others. She has entered fluid acrylic paintings in Gallery Shows, Art Forms and AOPH Shows, and a fluid acrylic painting, titled “Oregon Smoke and Bear Grass” was accepted into the 2019 WFWS Show, and another fluid acrylic painting won Best Acrylic painting in a Grant County show.

  Download full information including supply list and short artist bio: 

  2026_10_SC_Siegrist_Fluid Acrylic workshop full info.pdf
  

  Sponsored by the NM Watercolor Society's Southern Chapter.  

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• SC Drawing Workshop 2 dates TBA with Sue Davis

  • When
    Thursday, January 01, 2026
  • Location
    Mesilla Heritage Park Condo Clubhouse, 905 Conway, Mesilla Park

  “Seeing then drawing - Creating dimensional illusion”
  
  This workshop series will be a continuation of January 2024's classes with Sue Davis.  More details forthcoming!  

  
  

  Very Short Instructor Bio: 

  Sue is a graduate of the American Academy of Art in Chicago and has been teaching at the college level for over 14 years. She draws every single day and enjoys helping others discover the simple joy of sketching. Sue believes that knowing how to see and draw well is the foundation for creating believable paintings

  Sponsored by the NM Watercolor Society's Southern Chapter.  

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• “Loosen Up Your Landscapes” Don Andrews, AWS -- SC Workshop

  • Start
    Tuesday, March 24, 2026
  •  
    9:00 AM
  • End
    Thursday, March 26, 2026
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Las Cruces Village, Social Center Creative Arts Room, 3011 Buena Vida Circle, Las Cruces, NM 88001

  “Loosen Up Your Landscapes” with Don Andrews, AWS

  Tuesday through Thursday,

  March 24-26, 2026 
  9 am - 4 pm

  Las Cruces Village Social Center -- Creative Arts Room 3025 Terrace Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88011

  Registration opens Nov 1, 2025.
  Click:  REGISTER for SC Don Andrews Workshop Mar 24-26, 2026
  

  In Don’s workshop you will learn:

  Granulation: Mixing colors on the page to create glowing granular washes.

  How to Loosen Up: How to overcome tight watercolor paintings. Don will reveal how watercolor can be kept loose throughout the painting process!

  Painting With Light: The most powerful tool we artists have is light! Don shows you how to organize and manage light to your paintings advantage!

  Also: How to paint figures in your landscape paintings, color harmony, group critique, and much, much more

  Don is a nationally and internationally known award-winning artist and workshop instructor. He was past president of the American Watercolor Society, author of two watercolor books, and creator of DVD workshop sets. Check out his website: 

  https://www.donandrewsstudio.com/
  

  Members: $375
  Non-Members: $425 (Includes an option for  membership in NMWS)

  Limit: 16 students. Registration opens Nov 1, 2025 for NMWS members, and March 1, 2026 for non-members.  

  *Cancellations: Workshop is limited to 16 students, first come, first serve. If you need to cancel, you will receive a full refund only if your space is filled from the wait list.

  Download workshop handout: full workshop information including Don Andrews biography, supplies, schedule, etc. 

  
  

  
  

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