Your Presence is Enough (Reimagining the Self-Portrait): with Alice Macdonald and Jessica Jane Charleston Guest RWS

In this workshop you will join artists Alice Macdonald and Jessica Jane Charleston in reimagining what the self-portrait can be. Using the self-portrait as a starting point, you will be guided to create new characters and scenes, drawing from life, the imagination, props and drapery.

You will start the day by exploring how other artists have re-imagined the self portrait, looking at artists like Paula Rego, Alice Neel, Edvard Munch, Chantal Joffe and many more. Alice and Jessica will lead various short exercises experimenting with materials and composition, and you will be guided to create a more considered watercolour painting in the afternoon.

Suitable for all levels, this day long session will be a playful and inventive experience.

This workshop will take place at RWS Gallery on Whitcomb Street, just off Trafalgar Square.

All bookings are non-refundable.

Workshop Outline

Please note that the materials list is not provided

RWS Gallery

3 - 5 Whitcomb Street

London, WC2H 7HA

*Friend Discount: Must have a Watercolour Artist Friend membership card

** A student discount of £80 is available to students in full time higher education on an art related course. If you are eligible for discount and would like to book onto this course, please send a scan/photo of your student ID and proof of enrolment to info@royalwatercoloursociety.com to recieve a discounted payment link.