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138th Open Annual Exhibition at the RSA -submission are still accepted right up till hand-in day 10th/11th November! Schedules available now! Click here for more information

The RSW is the only Society dedicated to promoting watercolour painting in Scotland.

We pride ourselves on our distinguished history and in our forward looking approach to encouraging watercolour painting. Our annual open winter and summer exhibitions are key dates on the Scottish arts calendar bringing together leading and emerging Scottish artists.

We are an artist led, Scottish charity and are delighted and honoured that HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay is our Royal Patron.

Featured artist

Janet Melrose RSW

My landscapes are not about looking towards a horizon. They are about looking down at the earth and inward into self.Both coexist and one informs the other. Ideas, memories, loosely held thoughts are brought together as an inscape making visible that which lies within and without. ‘ A mans...

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From the blog

RSW visit and exhibition at City of Glasgow College
October 2, 2018
Janet Melrose and myself were invited to have a joint exhibition to represent the RSW and to talk to students. On Tuesday 4th September we went to Glasgow to set up our exhibition with the help of some graduates. Janet had some new work …read more
June Carey RSW – The Guardian Angels. A New Mural.
September 24, 2018
“The Guardian Angels” is the second mural commissioned by the Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum. It was installed on the 16th August 2018 and can be seen from inside, above the entrance to the Museum. The first mural “A Heavenly Gift” was installed above …read more

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Featured artist

Janet Melrose RSW

From the blog

RSW visit and exhibition at City of Glasgow College

June Carey RSW – The Guardian Angels. A New Mural.

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