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Paint mixing

Artists

> 9 years ago

How to get into the Summer Exhibition? Try this advice

We asked the artists selected for this year’s Summer Exhibition to share their secrets, and tell us their personal rules for making art. Here’s what they said.
Richard Diebenkorn in his Hillcrest Road studio, Berkeley, California, in 1959

RA Exhibitions

> 9 years ago

Notes to myself: Diebenkorn’s 10 rules for painting

Sometime in his later career, Diebenkorn wrote down ten points of artistic intention. Sharing them here, we also begin a new series of notes, asking artists to share their own creative wisdom.
Outreach Workshop

Inside the Academy

> 10 years ago

Strike a pose… What it’s like to be a life model

As part of the RA Outreach programme we give school students across the UK the chance to take part in life drawing workshops to discover the important role that drawing can play in developing creativity. But what’s it like to be a life model and pose for these budding young artists?