NEW! Expressive Watercolour

NEW! Expressive Watercolour

25 Apr 2026 | 1-day | Full day

Venue

RWA Drawing School Studio, RWA, BS8 1PX

Price

£70

Date

25 Apr 2026

Select your tickets:

£70

Tutor - Emma Burleigh

1-day workshop

Saturday 25 April 2026, 10.30am - 4.30pm

Happy accidents are portals into new ways of seeing and making a mess is very much encouraged! 
Come and play with paint, learn new skills, enjoy rich conversations and bask in jewel-like hues. This workshop is designed to encourage your creative expression through supportive and relaxing exercises, and to develop your confidence to paint expressively and intuitively.
Using the evocative qualities of watercolour, explore memories, moods, dreams and visions in this luminous medium.
A non-judgemental, friendly place to get to know your own artistic voice, however shy it may currently be. 

Suitable for beginners, rusty returners to watercolour, and more experienced artists looking for fresh, imaginative approaches. 

All art materials will be provided and all the key watercolour techniques will be taught. However, if you have your own watercolour brushes, we recommend bringing them along as our brushes are student quality, as opposed to fine artist quality. Please also bring an apron or wear clothes suitable for an art studio. Please bring a bag or portfolio for taking your work home at the end of the session.

Buying as a gift?

When buying a course or workshop you will be automatically emailed a confirmation which you can print off and include in a card for your loved one. Gift vouchers can also be bought if you aren't sure which course they would prefer. Please email us the name and email address of the person attending on drawingschool@rwa.org.uk 

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Before booking we ask everyone please read our updated Terms and Conditions below.  

Participants must be 18 or over.

If eligible, discounts must be applied when first purchasing your class and cannot be given retrospectively. Please contact us if the discount code is not working.

If you have a disability, learning difficulty or mental health issue which you feel may affect your participation in your chosen class, please either email drawingschool@rwa.org.uk or call 07745694563, prior to booking, so we are aware of any needs you may have.

Refund/transfer and Cancellation Policy: We are unable to offer full or part cash refunds, but you are eligible for an RWA gift voucher or transfer, minus an admin fee*, provided you notify us more than 14 days before the start of your class with us. If we cancel a course or workshop for any reason, then participants will be offered a different date, course/workshop or RWA gift voucher. 

*Admin fee for courses £25, Admin fee for workshops £15

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