All posts from: Mall Galleries

Drawing Session: Newlyn Harbour – online
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Being no longer restricted to what we can fit inside the gallery space, we will be drawing Newlyn Harbour in Cornwall, from the comfort of our own homes. Tune in to the live webcam view of Newlyn thanks to Skyline Webcams between 10am and 12noon on Thursday 30 April, and settle down with your sketchbook, pencil and paints (or whatever medium you have access to).

Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 208th Exhibition
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The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 208th show is the largest exhibition of its kind in the world, showcasing over 400 of the best contemporary water-based media paintings from around the globe.

Paul Banning RI RSMA: Sketchbooks
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A traditional watercolourist specialising in painting plein air, painting in all weathers, Paul was due to speak about his use of sketchbooks in the gallery during the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 208 th Exhibition. Now that none of us are allowed out, whatever the weather, Paul has shared some images from his sketchbooks with us here.

Watercolours Hanging Out to Dry
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With so many paintings of washing lines in the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 208th Exhibition, Mall Galleries Marketing Manager, Liberty Rowley explores what we can learn hanging out the washing.

Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2020
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There is always so much to enjoy in this exhibition, from the faces depicted in the portraits, both famous and unfamiliar, to the wide variety of high-quality paintings. It is a celebration of the very best in contemporary portraiture nationally and internationally. Unlike other portrait exhibitions, it is rigorously selected by professional portrait painters who themselves have been elected by their peers to the Society. It is one of the world’s most extensive contemporary portrait exhibitions forming a showcase of some 200 works. To encourage this unique genre, we run a commissions service to help you commission a work of your own.

Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 208th Exhibition: Prizes & Awards
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The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) and Mall Galleries are pleased to announce the prizewinners at this year’s RI 208th Exhibition, the largest exhibition of contemporary water-based media paintings in the world. With the exhibition online this year, the winning works were chosen from the gallery’s website rather than its walls. However with videos, audio, images and statements by the winners to watch, hear, see, and read, we hope you can experience and enjoy their works wherever you are.