Each year in the Spring and Autumn, the RWS programme a series of workshops, talks and events to inspire and encourage long-standing enthusiasts of watercolour, and those completely new to the medium.
Forthcoming
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WORKSHOP: Mixed Media Watercolour
Jane Lewis ARWS 7 Oct 2017 Combine traditional painting techniques with experimental styles to create a selection of small scale artworks. Jane will encourage participants to take risks and indulge in the use of a variety... Read more -
TALK: David Remfry RA RWS
in conversation with John Crossley VPRWS 10 Oct 2017 Gain an insight into the life and work of Royal Academician David Remfry, who will discuss his intriguing experiences as an artist with RWS Junior Vice President, John Crossley. Read more -
Workshop: Capturing British Weather in Watercolour
Sophie Knight RWS 14 - 15 Oct 2017 Be bold with your creative decisions, and daring in your approach to the landscape in this 2 day workshop. Working from photographs, Sophie will demonstrate her ‘wet-on-wet’ technique, to create... Read more
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WORKSHOP: The Figure in Architecture
Francis Bowyer PPRWS 21 Oct 2017 In this 1-day workshop you will learn how to draw the figure through an understanding of the play of light and shadow on a life figure. In the first half... Read more -
Family event: Draw with Colour
Part of The Big Draw 25 Oct 2017 Paints and pencils at the ready! Come and draw alongside professional artists in this free family event. All materials will be provided but please feel free to bring your own. Read more -
WORKSHOP: Exploring Still Life
Anne Marlow RWS 28 Oct 2017 Take a different approach to still life by learning to trigger ideas from the objects. Anne will share her compositional skills with participants, to create works in watercolour, gouache, pen,... Read more
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Portfolio Review
John Crossley VPRWS 28 Oct 2017 A great opportunity to have a useful critique of your artwork in time to enter the RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition. One hour session per person. Advanced booking essential. Call Bankside... Read more -
POP-UP PAINT PARTY
Live painting event 29 Oct 2017 Break the boundaries of working in water-based media just in time to enter the RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition. At this drop-in event, paint from elaborate still lives and distinctively dressed... Read more -
PORTFOLIO REVIEW
Olwen Jones RWS RE 4 Nov 2017 A great opportunity to have a useful critique of your artwork in time to enter the RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition. One hour session per person. Advanced booking essential. Call Bankside... Read more
Past
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Workshop: Paint, Cut, Make
John Crossley 22 Apr 2017 John will guide you through the methods of creating a work that moves away from the 2 dimensional surfaces, into collage and finally into a 3 dimensional work. Working with... Read more -
Talk: Angie Lewin RWS RE
Familiar Landscapes 19 Apr 2017 Angie Lewin is a British printmaker and painter and a Member of both the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. After working in London as an illustrator... Read more -
Workshop: Urban Sketching
Sarah Holliday 8 Apr 2017 Sarah will show you how to find an individual and personal response to what you are sketching rather than just copying what is in front of you. Starting in the... Read more
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Meet the Artists
Members of the RWS 2 Apr 2017 Have you ever wondered what processes and techniques artists use to reach the finished piece? Gain an insight into the working methods of some of our Members who all have... Read more -
The Art of Water Colour
Winsor & Newton 30 Mar 2017 Winsor & Newton invite you to The Art of Water Colour A private event to celebrate water colour and preview our new range of water colour paper. Demonstrations from RWS... Read more -
ARTISTS' TOUR
RWS SPRING EXHIBITION 29 Mar 2017 Please join us for a glass of wine and an informed, but informal, insight into Water, Paper, Paint, the current RWS Spring Exhibition. It is an opportunity to meet Past... Read more
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Workshop: Painting Set Free
Isla Hackney 25 Mar 2017 J.M.W. Turner once said, ‘I never lose an accident’. Following this precept, Isla, working with ideas of atmosphere, climate and mood, will show you how to improvise using chance and... Read more -
RWS Secret Postcard Sale
Fundraising Event 9 Feb 2017 Join us at Bankside Gallery for a one-off evening event where you will have the unique opportunity to purchase original works by Members of the Royal Watercolour Society for a... Read more -
Talk: Paul Nash - Landscape and Dream
James Russell 1 Nov 2016 An immensely versatile artist, Paul Nash produced exciting work in practically every medium available to him, but it is as a watercolourist that he should perhaps be most celebrated. From... Read more
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Workshop: Beginners Watercolour
Charles Williams 29 Oct 2016 This course is for those who would like to learn the fundamental techniques of working in watercolour. Charles will lead you through step by step exercises which focus on still... Read more -
The Big Draw
Castles and Towers 28 Oct 2016 Leave reality at home and come prepared to explore a new world of fairytales! Unlock your creativity and discover new ways to apply paint to paper. Draw castles and towers,... Read more -
Meet the Artists
Newly Elected Members of the RWS 23 Oct 2016 Have you ever wondered what processes and techniques artists use to reach the finished piece? Gain an insight into the working methods of some of our newly elected artists who... Read more
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A Walk through Bankside
Art, Culture & History 16 Oct 2016 Explore the flourishing area that surrounds Bankside Gallery in a 90 minute walk with Blue Badge Guide, Caroline Dale . This route takes in the Tate Modern and its already-iconic... Read more -
Meet the Artists
Newly Elected Members of the RWS 16 Oct 2016 Have you ever wondered what processes and techniques artists use to reach the finished piece? Gain an insight into the working methods of some of our newly elected artists who... Read more -
Workshop: Painting the Urban Landscape
Sophie Knight 15 - 16 Oct 2016 In this 2-day workshop , Sophie will aim to show some of her own working methods which allow her to use often bold colour washes and strong darks tones to... Read more
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Portfolio Reviews
Bill Henderson 15 - 22 Oct 2016 An opportunity to discuss the composition of work prior to application for Associate Membership of the Royal Watercolour Society with Bill Henderson, former Senior Lecturer at Central St Martins. This... Read more -
Talk: Art as a Visual Diary
Anita Klein 12 Oct 2016 Anita Klein, an Honorary Member of the RWS, has been documenting her everyday life and family for more than 30 years in her paintings and prints. Anita will discuss her... Read more -
Workshop: The Architecture of the Figure
Francis Bowyer 8 Oct 2016 In this 1-day workshop you will learn how to draw the figure through an understanding of the play of light and shadow on a life figure. In the first half... Read more
