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WORKSHOP: Bold Abstracts
with Tessa Pearson ARWS 2 May 2024 This event is sold out, however if you would like to join a waitlist should a place become available please email us at info@royalwatercoloursociety.com This workshop is inspired by the... Read more -
WORKSHOP: Plants & Flowers in Watercolour
with Emma Chambers ARWS 25 Apr 2024 In this workshop you will be exploring ways to paint plants and flowers using watercolours. As a starting point you will look at works by Elizabeth Blackadder and discuss the... Read more -
WORKSHOP: Exploring Still Life Through Gouache
with Wendy Jacob RWS 24 Apr 2024 Gouache, unlike watercolour, is opaque in nature meaning the white of the paper surface does not show through, making it much easier to use. Gouache allows you to mix wonderfully... Read more
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WORKSHOP: Interior Space, Colour & Composition
with Lottie Cole ARWS 20 Apr 2024 In this workshop you will start by looking at examples of Pierre Bonnard’s interiors, paying attention to his subject matter, colour and composition. Working from a still life set up... Read more -
WORKSHOP: Capturing The English Countryside In Watercolour
with Mark Entwisle RWS 18 Apr 2024 In this workshop you will be inspired by the Great Bardfield group artists like Eric Ravillious and Kenneth Rowntree to create your own landscape painting. Working from a still image... Read more -
WORKSHOP: Light & Transparency: Landscape Painting in Watercolour
with Neil Pittaway RWS 13 Apr 2024 In this workshop you will be given a comprehensive introduction to creating watercolour landscape paintings. You will learn how to use different watercolour techniques to create different colourways of light... Read more
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WORKSHOP: Documenting Life Through Drawing
with Julia Midgley RWS 6 Apr 2024 In this workshop you will be learning how to draw from real life. Through rapid, responsive drawing on location, you will explore your own unique perspective, whether its capturing a... Read more -
EVENT: Meet The Artists
6 - 21 Apr 2024 Meet the artists behind the paintings in Transparency at Bankside Gallery. Artists from the Royal Watercolour Society will be showing their materials, sketchbooks and works in progress so you can... Read more -
WORKSHOP: Exploring The Theme of ‘Spring’ Through Watercolour
with Suzy Fasht RWS 16 Mar 2024 During this workshop you will explore the theme of “Spring” through watercolour referring to imagery classically associated with Springtime i.e. flowers in bloom, nature, seasonal produce, working from your own... Read more
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EVENT: Meet the Artists
with Artists of the RWS & RE 13 - 20 Jan 2024 Meet the artists behind the paintings in the Mini Picture Show at Bankside Gallery. Artists from the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers will be showing... Read more -
WORKSHOP: Mixing it Up
with Tessa Pearson ARWS 2 Dec 2023 This event is sold out, however if you would like to join a waitlist should a place become available please email us at info@royalwatercoloursociety.com In this workshop you will explore... Read more -
WORKSHOP: Drawing from the Model and the Imagination
with Jessica Jane Charleston 29 Nov 2023 In this workshop you will be drawing from a clothed model and your imagination. You will be looking at artists such as Vanessa Baird, Joana Galego and Kerry James Marshall... Read more
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WORKSHOP: An Introduction to Still Life Drawing
with Chloe Cheese RWS 25 Nov 2023 In this workshop you will start gently by looking at examples of Chloe’s own work and making simple experiments with different drawing materials. Chloe will set up a still life... Read more -
WORKSHOP: Back To Basics
with Charles Williams PRWS 23 Nov 2023 This workshop is a course for beginners, those who feel they have missed out on the vital principles of this deceptively difficult medium, and who want to develop their understanding... Read more -
WORKSHOP: Letting Go & Being Bold with Landscape in Watercolour
with Sophie Knight RWS 16 Nov 2023 Watercolour is sometimes an unpredictable medium, but it doesn’t have to be scary. Starting with a fresh sheet of white paper can be daunting, but in this workshop, Sophie Knight... Read more
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WORKSHOP: Painting People in Watercolour
with Mark Entwisle RWS 15 Nov 2023 This event is sold out, however if you would like to join a waitlist should a place become available please email us at info@royalwatercoloursociety.com In this workshop you will learn... Read more -
WORKSHOP: Watercolour and Indian Ink, Still Life and Imagination
with Suzy Fasht RWS 11 Nov 2023 This event is sold out, however if you would like to join a waitlist should a place become available please email us at info@royalwatercoloursociety.com In this workshop you will explore... Read more -
WORKSHOP: Watercolour Fast & Loose
with Sue Howells RWS 9 Nov 2023 This event is sold out, however if you would like to join a waitlist should a place become available please email us at info@royalwatercoloursociety.com In this workshop you will be... Read more
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EVENT: Art Party
in partnership with Cass Art, Winsor & Newton & Liquitex 12 Oct 2023 Putting your artwork out there can be a daunting prospect. Will people like my work? How do I get galleries to notice me? What sort of art materials should I... Read more -
EVENT: Meet the Artists
with Artists of the RWS 7 Oct - 4 Nov 2023 Meet the artists behind the paintings in our RISK exhibition at Bankside Gallery. Artists will be showing their materials, sketchbooks and works in progress so you can discover the... Read more