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138th Open Annual Exhibition at the RSA - schedules available now!

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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The Tale of a Toad
July 6, 2018
The power of a painting to spark the imagination was perfectly illustrated at our 137th Annual Exhibition when‘Toad Writes a Letter’ by Sylvia Von Hartmann RSW inspired several stories. Here is one of those tales by Norma Brown from writers group Words on Canvas. Toad’s …read more
Summer Celebration of Scottish Watercolour Returns to Forfar
May 18, 2018
The RSW 7th Open Summer Exhibition is this year returning for the fourth time to the Meffan Museum & Art Gallery in Forfar. The exhibition, open to all watercolour artists in Scotland, is one of the key dates on the Scottish arts calendar and will …read more

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Featured artist

Janet Melrose RSW

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The Tale of a Toad

Summer Celebration of Scottish Watercolour Returns to Forfar

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The Tale of a Toad