Yesterday I traveled to Seattle to join other artists in Northwest Watercolor Society to paint at the Seattle Chinese Garden. This garden, part of a city-to-city cultural exchange with Chongqing, China, is a lovely recreation of a Sichaun garden with a courtyard, walls, and gates. About 17 people from NWWS came to paint. At noon we stopped and had the “throwdown,” in which we displayed our paintings against the wall for all to see. This is my second painting session with this group, and I found it very enjoyable to paint with other watercolor painters. There is a wide variety of skills and styles, and everyone is very encouraging. I spent most of my time on the painting of the gates, then I painted one of the NWWS members as she painted.
