Make it: Illustration

This Make it invites your family to make nature inspired paintings that tell your favorite stories inspired by nature and spring. Led by artist Simran Kaur Panesar, get inspired by the Great Mughals exhibition and the Museum’s collection to create your paintings. 

Find your story, choose your landscape and the animals to add to your scene, on water colour paper. Use hand-made paints from India to paint your animal, apply gold paint and a touch of shiny gold leaf to decorate the background. Create a frame for your image made from patterns found in nature. Then finish your painting by sharing the story behind it. 

Learn some new skills as a family through exploring painting styles from South-East Asia. Let your child take the lead but work together as a family to explore designing and creating.    

You’ll discover how paintings were made for royalty and were a way of sharing history with others. You’ll come away with new skills to create colourful paintings that tell your favourite stories. You’ll also get to work with special paints and special brushes made in India from squirrel hairs and get to take your paintings home. 

No squirrels were harmed in the making of any brushes! 
No previous experience is necessary, just come along and join in. 

All materials will be provided, all sourced sustainably.  

 
Materials will be allocated to the children within your group. Adults will be working together with their children. 
 
Please click on 'download brochure' on the right-hand side if you'd like to find out more about Simran Kaur Panesar.  
 

The 10:30 workshop is recommended for ages 5-7; 13:00 is recommended for ages 8-10 and 15:00 is recommended for 11-13. Each workshop is 90 minutes long.  
  

Tickets are £20 minimum for one adult and child pair. You can add extra adult or child tickets to this booking. Please book one £10 ticket for each child and one £10 ticket for each adult attending. Children must be always accompanied by an adult.  
  

Please note that adults will be able to attend only if they've booked a child ticket too.  
 

This is a family event for adults to take part in with their children; no child can be left unattended.  
  

Please double-check that you are available for an event before booking tickets, we only offer refunds in exceptional circumstances. If the V&A needs to cancel the event due to an emergency, or for any reason beyond the control of the V&A, we will reschedule your booking for a later date. If it’s not possible to reschedule your booking, we will offer a full refund.
 
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