WORKSHOP: Still Rooms, Living Stories: Painting Interiors Inspired by Vanessa Bell: with Lottie Cole RWS

In this workshop, you will explore how quiet spaces and personal objects can hold powerful stories, inspired by the intimate domestic paintings of Vanessa Bell. Focusing on light, colour, pattern, and composition, you will learn how to create mood and suggest memory or narrative, without relying on figures or text.

Through guided exercises and supportive discussion, you will experiment with harmonious palettes, simplified forms, and thoughtful arrangements to develop paintings that feel personal, atmospheric, and quietly expressive. This workshop invites you to slow down, look closely, and discover how still rooms can become living stories.

Suitable for all levels, but it would be beneficial to have a small amount of experience in watercolour.

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.