It’s easy to get started. “Watercolour offers impressive results ... Rowney and Winsor & Newton – they both offer a range of art materials depending on your level,” de Winton explains.

Melanie Liaw and Micaela Nardella of Milan- and London-based design studio Duelle have created the interiors for A Gallo, a watercolour shop in Assisi, Umbria, specialising in natural pigments and art ...