Tag: Watercolour

Chris Ofili: The Caged Bird’s Song

Weavers translated a triptych watercolour painting by Ofili into a tapestry, and this exhibition gives visitors the chance to see this amazing work and learn about the fascinating backstory of its conception and making
Now You See Us. Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920

Monumental and momentous, this exhibition does away with any lingering notion that there have been ‘no great women artists’, offering as evidence more than 100 names and 200 works
Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings and Watercolours

Tender portraits and works inspired by nature, art and poetry fill this beautiful and intimate show
Katya Kvasova – interview: ‘People say that whatever someone paints or draws is always a self-portrait. That’s true’

The artist talks about her interest in hands, her artistic training, and her method of layering graphite powder and translucent colour on to the canvas, allowing the light to eat the image
David Hockney Portraits

National Portrait Gallery, London 12 October 2006-21 January 2007 ‘What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing: you wouldn’t be an artist unless you wanted to…