Roger Dellar RI painting portraits in the gallery…

The ever popular Roger Dellar painted not one, but three portraits in watercolour in the gallery yesterday! No preliminary drawing, just straight in with watercolour, building up the layers.                     

Geoffrey Wynne RI paints in the gallery…

Despite the grey skies and rain the gallery was very busy on Sunday 9 April.  Award winning artist Geoffrey Wynne flew in from sunny Spain to give a masterclass to the visiting artists and art lovers.

Painting in the gallery…

On Saturday 7 April David Poxon was painting in the gallery and signing copies of his new book, ‘Watercolour Heart & Soul’

Prize Winners at the 206th RI Exhibition

The Prize Winners were announced at the Private View on 5 April by President Rosa Sepple and presented by Humphrey Ocean RA who went on to perform the official opening. The prize winners are as follows: The Winsor & Newton …

Painters Question Time…

At 2.30pm today the RI are holding their very first ‘Painters Question Time’ in the gallery in front of an audience of gallery visitors. President Rosa Sepple, Vice President Robin Hazlewood, Chris Forsey and Treasurer David Parfitt form the panel …

In the gallery…

From 11am until 4pm Geoffrey Wynne, awarded the Anthony J Lester Art Critic Award for his painting ‘Written in Dust, Resurrection’ this year, will be painting in the gallery.  

In the gallery today….

Today, from 11am until 4pm, David Poxon will be painting in the gallery and signing copies of his new book ‘Watercolour Heart & Soul’. Ann Kilvington, one of our newest Members elected just last year, will be in the gallery …

206th RI Exhibition opens…

The 206th RI Exhibition was opened officially yesterday at 3pm by Humphrey Ocean RA and RI President Rosa Sepple. Before the doors opened the exhibition  looked stunning, the I’s having been dotted and the T’s crossed. An amazing job had …

Celebrating Water Colours at the 206th RI Exhibition 2018

Celebrating all that is watercolour, with light, transparency and vibrant colours as well as exciting techniques using all water based media, the 206th Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours is now showing at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, …