WORKSHOP: Finding Your Voice Through Still Life: Inspired by Mary Fedden & Winifred Nicholson: with Wendy Jacob RWS

This workshop explores still life through the work of Mary Fedden and Winifred Nicholson, using gouache, a versatile medium that allows for layering, building colour, and working with both detail and bold, expressive shapes.

These two women artists had very different but equally powerful approaches to still life. Nicholson responded directly to her subjects, creating paintings full of light, space, and atmosphere, while Fedden drew on a personal visual vocabulary of objects and places, composing bold, structured images with dense, vibrant colour. Both were exceptional colourists, yet their approaches diverge in tone and saturation. Working from arranged objects, you’ll be encouraged to experiment, gain confidence, and let your own voice flourish.

This workshop is suitable for beginners.

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 £75 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.