If you're embarking on a redecorating project, in need of creative inspiration or simply want to read about brilliant artists and their practice, then you have come to the right place.
Pop the kettle on, kick back and take a virtual stroll through the various articles on inspiring people, artworks and homes - and if something catches your attention simply click on the image to read the full article.
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Little Brushes, Big Impressions: Year 4 at Bankside Gallery
September 2, 2025 What fun we had when Year 4 classes (children aged 9) from Horn Park School visited Bankside Gallery earlier this... Read more -
Meet the Presidents
August 15, 2025 Meet the 14 past and present Presidents of the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers currently exhibiting... Read more -
Art Academy London at Bankside Gallery
February 1, 2024 The artists posing in front of their work, 25 January 2024, photo by AAL/Julia Forsman For the second consecutive year,... Read more -
Meet the new RWS President: Charles Williams PRWS
May 10, 2023 Charles Williams was first elected Associate Member of the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS) in 2007 and became a Full Member... Read more
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Lifelong friends Sir Quentin Blake and Linda Kitson exhibit together at Bankside Gallery
October 26, 2022 For the first time in their careers, lifelong friends Sir Quentin Blake and Linda Kitson will be presenting a showcase... Read more -
Mural Design & Still Life: Interview with Wendy Jacob RWS
February 14, 2022 Wendy Jacob RWS paints almost exclusively in gouache, an opaque form of the traditionally translucent watercolour. Her work explores the... Read more -
Interview with Hilary Paynter PPRE Hon. RWS
January 25, 2022 In February 2020, the Society of Wood Engravers held their Centenary Exhibition at Bankside Gallery. Leonie Bradley, Editor of Printmaking... Read more -
Art Makes Art: Interview with Ade Adesina ARE
November 17, 2021 Between 23-28 November 2021, Bankside Gallery and Eton College are bringing together a selection of works from Eton’s artists in... Read more
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Art Makes Art: Interview with Anne Desmet RA RE
November 17, 2021 Between 23-28 November 2021, Bankside Gallery and Eton College are bringing together a selection of works from Eton’s artists in... Read more -
Art Makes Art: Interview with Katherine Jones RE
November 17, 2021 Between 23-28 November 2021, Bankside Gallery and Eton College are bringing together a selection of works from Eton’s artists in... Read more -
Linocut & Woodblock Printing: In the Studio with Laura Boswell ARE
May 7, 2021 Laura works with two printmaking methods: traditional Japanese woodblock printing and reduction linocut. She has chosen to spend her career... Read more -
The Art of Abstraction: Interview with Lisa Traxler RWS
April 8, 2021 Lisa Traxler is a multi-disciplinary artist, combining painting and 3D form depicting landscape and architectural spaces, creating an environmental autobiography... Read more
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Relief Printing: In the Studio with Trevor Price
March 25, 2021 The second in our 'In the Studio' series is Trevor Price RE, a printmaker who specialises in drypoints and engraved... Read more -
Linocut Printing: In the Studio with Anita Klein
February 25, 2021 Video tutorial and step-by-step guide to Linocut printing in the studio with painter and printmaker Anita Klein. Read more -
Interview with Sumi Perera RE
December 2, 2020 Sumi Perera RE is an interdisciplinary artist who merges many techniques and materials to generate hybrid prints. Sumi's work invariably... Read more -
Landscape and Light: Interview with Richard Pikesley RWS
October 7, 2020 Richard Pikesley RWS is a painter with a love for landscape and the effects of light and weather. He began... Read more
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Interview with Akash Bhatt RWS
August 5, 2020 Akash Bhatt RWS is an artist with a passion for recording the world around him. His interest lies in people... Read more -
International Women's Day Series: Rachel Gracey RE
March 19, 2020 The final artist in our International Women's Day Series is Rachel Gracey. Using Lithography and relief printing, Rachel's work emphasises... Read more -
International Women's Day Series: Gertie Young RWS
March 18, 2020 The fifth artist in our International Women's Day Series is Gertie Young. Though having had a passion for painting her... Read more -
International Women's Day Series: Julia Midgley RWS RE
March 4, 2020 The third artist in our International Women's Day series is Julia Midgley RE. Julia's practice focuses on medicine, archaeology and... Read more
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International Women's Day Series: Jill Leman PRWS
February 27, 2020 This International Women's Day we are celebrating the female members of both the RWS and the RE with a series... Read more -
Artist Focus: Hilary Paynter PPRE
January 16, 2020 In February 2020, the Society of Wood Engravers held their Centenary Exhibition at Bankside Gallery. Leonie Bradley, Editor of Printmaking... Read more -
In the Studio: Bridget Moore talks gouache
Made by the RWS in partnership with Schmincke March 19, 2019 We paid a visit to the studio of Royal Watercolour Society artist Bridget Moore along with our friends at Schmincke... Read more -
In the Studio: Denis Ryan talks acrylic
Made by the RWS in partnership with Schmincke March 12, 2019 We paid a visit to the studio of Royal Watercolour Society artist Denis Ryan along with our friends at Schmincke... Read more
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In the Studio: James Faure Walker talks watercolour
Made by the RWS in partnership with Schmincke March 1, 2019 On a rainy day in November, we paid a visit to the studio of Royal Watercolour Society artist James Faure... Read more -
Bankside Gallery: Then & Now
November 8, 2018 Bankside Gallery was opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 11 November 1980. Pictured here, Ernest Greenwood, President of... Read more -
Artist Focus: Richard Sorrell
June 15, 2018 Ahead of his solo exhibition at Bankside Gallery this summer Bankside Gallery’s Fay Brown visited Richard Sorrell at his studio... Read more -
Artist Focus: Salliann Putman
April 6, 2018 Salliann Putman , an artist of the Royal Watercolour Society since 1997, speaks to us about her work and being... Read more
