{"title": "Van Gogh 'Sunflowers': Experiments in watercolour: with Will Dowden founder of Lilian May Studio", "start": "2026-11-02T17:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Gallery", "address": "London", "price": "From £75", "price_from": "75.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://my.nationalgallery.org.uk/13670/14141", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/painting/watercolor"], "description": "A hands-on watercolour workshop at the National Gallery exploring Vincent van Gogh's use of colour in his 'Sunflowers'. It is led by Will Dowden, founder of Lilian May Studio, a family business making artist supplies with traditional techniques. Participants follow Van Gogh's palette from Nuenen to Paris and Arles with a guided paint-along, a prepared sketch and a pigment dot card, with all materials provided. 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Artist and curator Hilary Simon leads it, demonstrating effects using salt, layering, alcohol, dyes and gutta gum, with French Dupont dyes that run like vibrant watercolours. Participants design on paper, test techniques on a sample square, then create their own 15-inch silk square with one-to-one guidance. Suitable for beginners and all abilities, and everyone takes home their completed work plus test square.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/silk-painting-36094/", "official_url": "https://fashiontextilemuseum.org/workshops/silk-painting/?date_from=20261106&date_to=20261106", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7c4e0d3124a0fbbfc62bd09c398ff55f4e920afcd2bedeee39c3289a2706a1f5-2000.webp"}]}