Book now to take part in a new exciting one day competition with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in association with The Artist magazine and Cass Art.

Meet at Mall Galleries at 10am on Saturday December 5

to be provided with your canvas. Bring your own paints and brushes, an easel and set off.

You will have the morning to create a painting within a half mile of the gallery. This area includes some London's most iconic places: Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery, Leicester Square, Westminster Abbey, St James's Park and Piccadilly Circus, as well as many smaller streets, squares, parks and views of The Thames.

Return to the gallery for 12:30pm to eat your packed lunch, or buy a sandwich from the Cafe. Critiques from the judges on how you are doing will be available.

1pm you have a choice of taking a second canvas out or working on the same composition.

Return to the gallery for 4pm for works to be judged by ROI President Ian Cryer, Roger Deller ROI RI PS and BBC Big Painting Challenge Judge, Lachlan Goudie ROI.

Prizes presented at 4:30pm.

First prize: £250 worth of art materials from Cass Art and the painting featured in The Artist magazine.

Two runners-up prizes of £50 worth of art materials from Cass Art

See more and book your place on the Mall Galleries website.