June 11, 2025 Monthly Program

Cheryl Evans will be teaching us how to paint juicy, expressive, and loose pet portraits this month!
Cheryl is an Art Educator and a producing watercolorist and holds signature status in the WatercolorArt Society of Houston. Her exciting and colorful watercolors have been accepted into many international water color competitions, and her work is in numerous corporate and private collections across the country, as well as Japan, England, Norway, and Mexico.

She has taught art at the Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts‚Houston, Baytown's Sterling High School, the University of Houston, Lee College, and, most recently, at Alvin Community College.

Currently, she is the education director for the Watercolor Art Society, Houston, teaching watercolor and doing painting demos around the state. She continues to explore and experiment in watercolor and other painting mediums and to pass her infectious enthusiasm on to other visual artists.

Who let the Dogs Out?

Cheryl will teach us how to paint expressive and loose pet portraits. Watercolor lends itself to spontaneous application that is expressive and energetic. Pet portraits are a great way to loosen up and have fun.

We will embrace juicy color and lots of patterns as we add zing to your pet portraits. Come explore the possibilities of color and textures.

Bring the following to the meeting:

1. A drawing on a sheet (11x15) or a sheet (15x22) of Arches cold press watercolor paper.
2. An enlarged reference photo (8"x10" or larger) of your critter ‚dog, cat, bird, fish, anything that runs, flies, or swims.
3. Your regular watercolor palette that you typically use.
4. A variety of brushes, flat and round.
5. Water container, paper towels.
6. Sketchbook for note-taking.


We would like everyone to try their hand at this exciting process, so if you do not have a photo reference, Cheryl plans to bring an image of the critter that she will be demonstrating. You can transfer it onto paper and paint along!

Cheryl is traveling to us all the way from Houston, so do not miss this opportunity to learn her process! Hope to see you there!

Sarah Pick