The Raw Umber Blog

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 ...

"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 ...

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The winner of the Raw Umber Studios Paint Off is Ruth Fitton Read more ...

Stroud Life Drawing's popular figure drawing sessions run by Keith Symonds and held at Raw Umber Studios will be moving to Monday nights when they return after the summer holidays - the first class is on 2nd September. Read more ...

All welcome as we open our doors for a half-day of open studios involving a drop-in life drawing class and gallery! Read more ...

In the run-up to the Raw Umber Studios Portrait Paint-Off, learn more about what judge Lizet Dingemans is looking for... Read more ...

We’re running a live, free to enter, portrait painting competition with £3,500 of prizes in August 2024 and you could be one of the participants. Find out more here! Read more ...

We had over 1,300 votes in our public choice competition. We're really pleased to announce the winner! Read more ...

We had some 1,000 entrants from over 300 entrants, all based on images from our searchable image library. We have chosen a winner, and are also awarding an additional prize based on a public vote. Read more ...