The course consists of two practical painting days, at the beginning and end , with four email tutorials (optional extra) in between. For all ability levels the course includes one-to-one and group tuition plus extensive e-mail tutorial sessions as students progress in their own studios. A computer, digital camera, and ability to digitally transmit images are necessary to participate in the e-tutorials. Materials: Please bring watercolours, acrylics, inks, masking tape, papers A5-A2 sized, a watercolour sketchbook, pencil and pen.

Whether your style is loose or hard edged, whether your interest in the subject is decorative or scientific, this flower painting master class is essential. The day will be full of hints and tips for a robust approach to this elusive tradition.

Materials: Please bring a sketch book, or stretched paper on board, pencils, charcoal, watercolours materials, two jars and a variety of brushes. Flowers will be supplied for you on the day.

2012 marks Keith Vaughan’s centenary. Virtually everything written about his work is concerned with his subject-matter, however Gerard Hastings’ illustrated lecture will concentrate on the artist’s gouache paintings from a practitioner’s point of view. He will discuss a major collection of gouaches, which he recently discovered in the South of France. The main aim of the lecture is to make clear Vaughan’s working methods, materials and processes and the unexpected and innovative ways he produced his water-based paintings. 

This workshop will be helping artists to plan their own still life composition using colour, pattern, tone and washes. An individual approach will be encouraged using imagination and a variety of materials.

Materials: Please bring a few simple objects for subject matter; an old magazine or two for cutting up; watercolour paints, brushes, a palette and paper; pencils and two water jars.

One of the oldest and most versatile mediums, gouache is vibrant and easy to use. You will experiment with handling and mixing the paint in still life paintings.  Materials: Winsor and Newton Designer’s Gouache (Primary Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Primary Red, Spectrum Red, Ultramarine, Primary Blue, Permanent White). It’s worth looking on the internet or going to a large art shop where you can find boxed sets including these colours (except permanent white) at a much better price than buying individual colours. Watercolour paper, palette, brushes, glue or pritt stick (optional), tissues for drying your brushes.

A fun day for children, their mums and dads, uncles, aunts and grannies and granddads.  Led by the Royal Watercolour Society artists who will help you get creative and paint a panorama of what you see around you just outside the Gallery - St Paul's, the wobbly bridge, the Globe Theatre, the River Thames, the new Blackfriars Bridge and the City over the river.  Or come and share images of your street or house with us.  All materials will be provided.  No booking required - just show up on the day!

A beginners’ workshop over two Saturdays, covering skills of observation, drawing and watercolour painting to create a plant portrait. Optional homework exercises will be set in between sessions. Close guidance will be offered throughout. Materials: Please bring sharp HB pencil, a rubber, several pieces of inexpensive A3 drawing paper, a pointed sable brush, watercolour paints (French Ultramarine, Lemon Yellow or Winsor Yellow, Magenta, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna) and a piece of A3 hot-pressed Arches or Fabriano paper 300gsm HP.

Traditonally line has defined the areas of a painting to be filled with colour, but colour and line, by having independent lives, can give power and energy to a work.  We shall be looking at the way in which some of the greatest painters have explored this idea, as well as experiementing ourselves!

Materials to bring: watercolour & gouache paint, water-soluble crayons, drawing pencils, watercolour paper, cartridge paper, various white papers for collage, PVA glue, brushes and scissors.

Spend an evening with Mike Chaplin as he explains how a watercolour painting arrives on paper. From how first thoughts in the sketchbook lead to final statements on paper, Mike will introduce you to some aspects of watercolour that non-painters very rarely see, and he will give an insight into how technicalities meet with inspiration to make paintings which move and excite us.  Mike is still remembered from his many television appearances on “Watercolour Challenge”.  An entertaining and informative occasion – not to be missed.