more online demos coming up!

 I have more online painting demonstrations coming up in the next few weeks! I just added this one for January 16th -- it's totally FREE but you need to preregister. Click here to register! I'll be painting seagulls and (most importantly!) demonstrating how to create intriguing compositional interest through use of abstracted elements in the background of the subjects. 

I'll be demonstrating watercolor seascapes online for the Baltimore Watercolor Society on January 19th, and this demo is free for members of the BWS. If you're not already a member, it's worth it to join (only $30!) just to watch my demo! Plus, BWS members get first dibs on signing up for BWS workshops, and my workshops always sell-out quickly (my next workshop sold-out long ago) before they are open for public registration!

In February I'm traveling to New Jersey to demonstrate acrylic painting methods live IN PERSON for the Salem County Art League. As I always do for my in-person events, I'll be bringing lots of extra art supplies to give away as door prizes at this event! 

And if you missed my online demonstration for Sennelier last month, you can still watch that on YouTube! 

Want to see my FIRST painting of the new year? Well, here it is! I still haven't settled on title for this one yet, so if you have any suggestions, let me know!

Beach Bocce, 14x20 wc by Annie Strack

And finally, my last news tidbit -- I am now officially retired from the National Watercolor Society Board of Directors as of 12 noon yesterday. My two year term went by in a flash, the first half as the Web Director and the second half of my term was as the Exhibition Director. I started volunteering for NWS in 2019 and joined the Board a few years afterwards. Very few people ever knew that I was volunteering at NWS and managing the exhibitions, their website, and online activities. It was a tremendous amount of work with almost no recognition or acknowledgement, and will be a nice change to take a break and work on my own projects now.