The Raw Umber Blog
Hints and tips about drawing and painting, plus news from Raw Umber Studios.
Paint Off 2025 Announced
Saturday 3 May, 2025
Want to pit your artistic skills against the best of your peers and win over £3,000 of prizes? Our Paint Off is back! Read more ...
Raw Umber Challenge May 2025 - The Animal One
Thursday 1 May, 2025
Enter our May challenge by painting an animal. Read more ...
New flower images
Wednesday 23 April, 2025
Check out our new flowery images in our image reference library. Read more ...
Raw Umber Challenge April 2025 - The Flowery One
Wednesday 2 April, 2025
Enter our April challenge by painting flowers Read more ...
New horror-themed exhibition in London coming up
Tuesday 4 March, 2025
Our regular tutors Lizet Dingemans, Luca Indraccolo and Lydia Cecil are all taking part in an upcoming horror-themed exhibition, also featuring Svetlana Semenova and curated by SJ Fuerst. Read more ...
Raw Umber Challenge March 2025 - The Creepy One
Sunday 2 March, 2025
Enter our March challenge by creating a creepy painting using just 3 colours. Read more ...
Winner of Raw Umber Image Prize 2024 Public Choice Award Announced
Tuesday 18 February, 2025
We're really pleased to announce that Carole Condé is the winner of the public choice award for this year's image prize, with this stunning portrait of Raj. Read more ...
Winner of Raw Umber Image Prize 2024 Announced
Wednesday 22 January, 2025
We had over 1,000 entries from some 350 artists and the quality of work was outstanding. We're pleased to announce that this year's winner is Taylor Tines with her painting of Abigail. And don't forget to vote in our public choice award. Read more ...
The Image Reference Prize is Back!
Friday 29 November, 2024
"Mili" by Matt Ingram. Our reference image prize is back for a second year, with more image references to work from, and more prizes. Read more ...
