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< 2 years ago
Family how-to: adapt your art tools
Tailor art activities to your needs by adapting the tools you use. Follow our step-by-step way to extend or improve the grip on your pencils, paintbrushes and pens.
RA Recommends
< 2 years ago
Four art-making apps for kids
Smartphones and tablets are becoming canvases for creativity, thanks to new apps. Charlotte Mullins tries some out with her family.
Artists
2 years ago
Family how-to: make a Christmas cookie cutter print
Why not put your stamp on the festive season with our cookie cutter Christmas prints and Funky Foam reliefs?
Artists
2 years ago
Family how-to: carve a Halloween pumpkin inspired by the RA Collection
Have a go at using a stencil to carve a pumpkin this Halloween. These stencils are all inspired by artworks from the RA Collection. Download it and get crafting!
Artists
< 3 years ago
Family how-to: colour the RA Collection
Have a go at colouring different artworks from the RA Collection! Download a colouring sheet and crack out your pencils and pens.
Artists
3 years ago
Family how-to: print with fruit and vegetables
Print a posy of springtime roses, a potato polar bear or some birthday wrapping paper.
Our Collection
> 3 years ago
How to read it: Charles Tunnicliffe’s Chinese Geese
Pattern and design are as important as accuracy in this wood engraving by Charles Tunnicliffe RA. Come and take a closer look…
RA Exhibitions
> 5 years ago
Make an Ai Weiwei artwork
In an exclusive extract from a new book of DIY projects by artists and designers, we share one by Ai Weiwei, as this provocative artist takes over our main galleries.
RA Exhibitions
> 5 years ago
Fun for kids: make a box like Cornell
We invited families to create their own shadow boxes inspired by the work of Cornell. Here’s how to do it…
Inside the Academy
6 years ago
The Big Draw at the RA
Ahead of this year’s workshop to mark The Big Draw, we asked RA staff to send us their Kiefer-inspired drawings.
Inside the Academy
> 6 years ago
Getting creative with Summer Exhibition art trays
Summer holiday fun for tiny Turners and kid Constables.
Inside the Academy
> 6 years ago
Uncovering Beguiling Books
Ever wondered how we plan for our monthly Family Studios? Book artist Anna Nunhofer takes us behind the scenes of the Learning department as she prepared for July’s workshop ‘Beguiling Books’.
Inside the Academy
> 6 years ago
School’s out for the summer
Looking for ways to keep your kids interested this summer? Why not try a visit to the Summer Exhibition, a perfect opportunity to introduce children to art.
Inside the Academy
> 6 years ago
Accessing art: SEN family workshops
Claire Madge observes a family SEN (Special Educational Needs) workshop at the RA.
Inside the Academy
> 6 years ago
Family fun: time to rhyme at the RA
If you came down to the RA last Sunday, you were sure of a big surprise…
Inside the Academy
> 6 years ago
Teenage kicks at the RA
Great news for families and young people! As of early June 2014, we are extending our offer of free admission to all exhibitions here at the RA to children aged 15 and under.
Inside the Academy
< 7 years ago
Families create Lego masterpieces in our latest workshop
On Sunday 13 April families gathered at the Royal Academy to participate in our epic pre-Easter celebrations at the ‘Lego Reimagined’ workshop.
Inside the Academy
< 7 years ago
Family fun: Make your own prints
Inspired by the chiaroscuro woodcuts in ‘Renaissance Impressions’, our Learning Department recently held a fun hands-on workshop for families.
Inside the Academy
< 7 years ago
Building brilliance
It’s not only the critics who have been hailing the success of ‘Sensing Spaces’; the exhibition has been a huge hit with school groups too.
Inside the Academy
< 7 years ago
Family fun times at ‘Funny Faces’
Families put on their most gorgeous grins and came along to the RA for the January Family Studio workshop ‘Funny Faces’, inspired by the work of French artist and caricaturist Honoré Daumier.
Inside the Academy
7 years ago
How HLF funding will transform learning at the RA
We’ve recently been awarded £12.7m by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). It’ll transform our buildings – but also the way we engage with our visitors.