THE WEDNESDAY STUDIO

Watercolor and Pastel Artists at CHAW

Great birds for May DAB-Day

It’s May, glorious May, and these are the birds submitted for Draw-a-Bird Day (May 8; DAB-Day is the 8th of every month).

May 9, 2023 · 3 Comments

February 2023 Draw-a-Bird Day

February 9, 2023 · 1 Comment

Linda Andreatta wins first place in Student Show

Congratulations to Linda for winning first place for her pastel Koi Pond in the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop Student Show. Every adult student at CHAW is invited to submit one … Continue reading

December 23, 2022 · 2 Comments

December Draw-a-Bird Day has everything from vultures to cookies!

December 9, 2022 · 4 Comments

Is this peachy enough for you?

In the last post, displaying the squirrels we drew using colored pencil, I should have mentioned that trying this new medium was HARD! I personally found using colored pencil a … Continue reading

October 16, 2022 · Leave a comment

Trying out colored pencil in the Wednesday Studio

As you know, pastels and watercolors are the media that the Wednesday Studio artists use most of the time. But our teacher and leader, Ellen Cornett, has fairly recently been … Continue reading

October 12, 2022 · 2 Comments

Works of two Wednesday Studio members on display on Capitol Hill

Congratulations to Eileen Leahy and Karen Van Allen for having works chosen for “Peaceful Places,” the juried exhibit at the dental office of Dr. Nishan Halim. Dr. Halim worked with … Continue reading

September 15, 2022 · Leave a comment

Birds Flock in for June Draw-a-Bird Day

June 9, 2022 · 2 Comments

Honoring Ukraine with Birds on April Draw-a-Bird Day

This month we wanted to pay tribute to Ukraine, and to its people who are so unjustly suffering. All of the birds in this blog post are birds of Ukraine.

April 10, 2022 · 1 Comment

Record number of birds submitted to recognize birds of the Anacostia River basin

When we heard about what the current artist in residence at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop is doing, we wanted to play in his yard, so to speak. Which meant … Continue reading

February 9, 2022 · 6 Comments