A new £20 banknote featuring artist JMW Turner will start to appear in ATMs and tills from now on as it enters circulation. The polymer note, which has been released across select locations across the UK on Thursday, celebrates the work of the esteemed …
The Final Selection took place for the 208th RI Annual Exhibition on Monday 10 February. From over 1000 submissions to our open exhibition the selection panel of RI council members selected 196 works by non-members to hang alongside 248 works by members. With a total …
An exhibition by Julia Sorrell RI, titled ‘Nature and Form’ opens at Clare Hall, Cambridge on Thursday 27 February with a reception from 6.00 – 7.30pm. Clare Hall, part of Cambridge University, has held regular art exhibitions since the late …
Ian Cook RI has a one-man exhibition at the Lillie Gallery, Station Road, Milngavie near Glasgow which continues until 6 February 2020. Please visit the gallery website for further details: https://www.edlc.co.uk/heritage-arts/exhibitions/lillie-art-gallery-exhibitions The exhibition comprises several large works and around 40 others …
Deborah Walker RI RSMA has written an article, titled ‘Balancing on the edge’, published in the March 2020 edition of The Artist Magazine. In it she discusses the importance of using hard and soft edge techniques in watercolour, with advice …
Chris Forsey RI says, “My 5th painting DVD for Townhouse Films was released just before Christmas. It was all filmed in Cromer in Norfolk and was great fun as usual. It involved some outdoor sketching and given that the weather …
David Poxon RI NWS is now shipping his book, ‘Watercolour Heart & Soul’ world wide. If you order a copy directly from his website: http://www.davidpoxon.co.uk you will receive a signed copy.
‘Mixed-Media Landscapes and Seascapes’ written by Chris Forsey RI, is due to be published by Batsford, ISBN 978-1-84994-535-6, on 2 April 2020 Chris says, “I have had the ambition to write a book for some time and finally I had …
Geoffrey Wynne RI will be leading a workshop titled ‘Space, Light and Contrast’ at the ArtsBox in Vicenza in March this year. The main objective of the workshop will be to create space, light and contrast with intense watercolours, to …
Wishing all Members and fRIends a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Image: ‘Christmas Posties’ by Lisa Graa Jensen
