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Abraham Cooper RA, A running hare

Artists

27 days ago

Family how-to: colour the RA Collection

Pick up some pencils and colour in Easter eggs, little lambs and spring flowers this holiday, using classic images from the RA Collection!

Artists

4 months ago

Family how-to: print with fruit and vegetables

Make a rosy relief print for your valentine, cut a polar bear into a potato or roll some wrapping paper!

A tray of wax pellets used in encaustic painting

RA Exhibitions

5 months ago

Video: what is encaustic painting?

Encaustic is an ancient painting method in which wax and pigment are fused onto a surface with heat. Watch a demonstration of this versatile technique by Royal Academician Terry Setch, recorded in his Cardiff studio.

Artists

6 months ago

Family how-to: collage Matisse magnets

Forage for some autumnal inspiration, then get cutting and sticking to create moveable magnetic cut-outs that you can put on the front of your fridge.

Artists

8 months ago

Family how-to: exploring colour with slime

Play, experiment and explore how colours mix together by making this sensory slime!

Artists

11 months ago

Family how-to: make a paint-splattering spinning top

Stuck for something to do? Learn how to make a spinning top that will spin and spin, splattering paint to create multiple masterpieces.

Artists

1 year ago

Family how-to: make a relief print

Inspired by the London Original Print Fair, here’s how to scribble, scratch and carve your design into a piece of polystyrene to make a relief print like a pro!

Artists

1 year ago

Family how-to: paint a protest poster

Inspired by avant-garde posters from the Russian revolution, here’s how you can collage, stencil or paint a protest poster to hold high above your head!

A sculpture by Yayoi Kusama on the island of Naoshima, Japan

RA Recommends

> 1 year ago

Did you see these? 10 top features of 2016

Did you find out which Abstract Expressionist you are? Did you see Antony Gormley’s best advice for becoming an artist? Catch up now, in some of our most popular articles and videos of 2016.

Artists

> 1 year ago

Family how-to: make a drawing sculpture-bot

Inspired by Abstract Expressionist sculpture, here’s how you can make a sculptural robot that can move around and draw all by itself!

Liotard's pastels in display in the Galleries

RA Exhibitions

> 2 years ago

Working in pure pigment: artists’ tips on using pastel

Inspired by Jean-Etienne Liotard’s pastel virtuosity? Find out more about this versatile medium with some tips from the experts.