Past Events

Overview: Prepare to be creative and experimental with colour and texture.
In this workshop we will explore the stunning colours of Autumn, from rich reds and browns to vibrant yellows and greens.

We will use Autumn fruits, berries, leaves, seed heads and flowers as our inspiration.

Learn how to use watercolours in a loose exciting wet in wet style with lots of spattering for texture. Try different brush techniques and explore shape and tone with hard and soft edges. Acrylic inks and oil pastels can also be combined with watercolour.

Lively demonstrations will be given as well as individual help and advice.

Materials to bring - Watercolours, watercolour paper, brushes, palette, water containers, masking fluid, watercolour pencils, oil pastels ( optional ), Acrylic Inks ( optional ).  Fruits, berries, leaves, seed heads, flowers….whatever you can find growing outside.

Reference photos will be provided too, but you are very welcome to bring your own if preferred.

Workshop cost: £30 for Members and Friends, £40 for Non-members. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided but please bring a packed lunch.

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Saturday 13th October 10 - 5 and Sundary 14th October 10 - 4

(PREVIEW Friday 12th October 6.30 - 9, tickets £5 see website www.coax.org.uk)

Free entry and parking • Cafe • Creative activities for children • Paintings, Prints and Cards to buy

online brochure: https://indd.adobe.com/view/87dad6bf-ff46-4f6f-9a18-e64ab9895b11

Source , a solo show upstairs in the Gallery at the Plough in Shepreth running
21st September - 2 nd October 12-11 daily , 12-8 on Sundays. You are most welcome to my Private View on 21st 7 pm until close.

The Cambridge Original Printmakers Biennale showcases new original hand-pulled prints produced by local printmakers who operte within a 35 mile radius of Cambridge. This year the exhibition has 43 printmakers showing their latest work. The exhibition will also feature Parndon Mill and Gainsborough House printhouses, The Curwen Print Study Centre, Anglia Ruskin University and student work from Cambridge Regional College and Long Road Sixth Form College.

There are six keynote speaker events featuring Paul Catherall, Jane Human, Louise Stebbing, Serena Smith Wuon-Gean Ho and Andrew McDowall. Two printmaking workshops led by Tania Durrant and Nina Sage. Two personal artist practices sessions buy Anthony Hopkinson and Edwin Wilson and a thought provoking daily 3D printing demonstration, showing how this technogy may be used to create templates that can be used to create hand-pulled prints.

The Cambridge Original Printmakers Biennale 2018 promises to deliver once again an outstanding event, as expected by the visitors and exhibitors.

Cambridge Drawing Society members selected to exhibit in this year's biennale are; Tracey Ashman, AJ Blustin, Jackie Duckworth, Liz Hales, Anthony Hopkinson, Iona Howard, Susan Jones, Andy McKenzie, Jill Ogilvy, John Preston, Anna Pye, Sherry Rea, Nina Sage, Jo Tunmer and Clare Maria Wood.

Trees and woodlands offer a restorative environment that helps us to connect back to our own innate need for the natural world. Many of us have a personal connection to trees; apart from clean air and protection they offer something more emotional and spiritual. Please join me to celebrate a preview to the exhibition of:

What is it about trees?

Wine and bites Preview starts at 7pm 21st September. 

The Makers Gallery, Hope Street. Cambridge CB13NA

Just off Mill Road Down the Ally Way Opposite Tesco’s. Limited Parking Available In The Courtyard

Overview: Release your creative genius and experiment with collage and colour, sunlight and shadows. In this workshop we will explore a different look at a Cambridge street scene, or Cambridge rivers, punting and colleges. Learn how to make vibrant marbled paper, and to combine it with sections of Cambridge maps and paint to create a truly original and recognisable work of art! Try different collage techniques and explore shape and tone to create form, depth and atmosphere.

Demonstrations will be interspersed with individual help and advice.

Materials to bring - A3 stretched paper or acrylic paper, scissors, acrylics, acrylic inks or watercolours, PVA, brushes, waterpot. Sonia will bring the marbling kit, along with spares of everything to borrow or buy, you can use her paints for no charge.

There will be photographs for you to work from, but please bring your own if you have a favourite scene.

Workshop cost: £30 for Members and Friends, £40 for Non-members. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided but please bring a packed lunch.

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Astrig's first solo show in Cambridge is to be at The Locker Café. She will be showing new landscapes, life drawings and collages inspired by visits to local allotments.
Please come along to the Private View on 7th Sept or alternatively, why not visit The Locker for a coffee and a browse next time you are in Cambridge.

My final exhibition for my Masters in Fine Art Printmaking from Cambridge School of Art starts this week.

Everyone is welcome to attend the Private Preview on Thursday 6 September from 5-8 pm then the exhibition continues every day until 13 September. 

On display will be Fine Art Printmaking, Film and Television Production, Fine Art, Illustration and Book Arts, Graphic Design and Typography and Computer Games Art Development. 

Cambridge School of Art is located behind Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge. I will be invigilating only on certain days - please contact me directly if you would like me to show you around the exhibition.

Shed by Jo Tunmer

By dismantling, transforming and reassembling a discarded garden outbuilding, Shed explores recycling, regeneration, the past, the present and the future, and pays architectural homage to this simple ubiquity of suburban living.

The Community Hub, High Street Melbourn is a popular local venue which has a well lit cafe and a spacious exhibition area.  I will be there on Saturday 8 September from 11.30 until 2.00 pm, working on a painting and will be happy to chat with anyone interested in my techniques, or just wanting to say hello.

CDS member Sarah Warnes is holding a solo exhibition of her work at the gallery in the Black Horse pub and tea rooms in Dry Drayton near Cambridge. "Colour and Light" will include watercolours and felt paintings.

The gallery is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Call 01954 488150 for details on specific opening times. 

The price for this workshop is £40 per person, or £35 per person per workshop if two or more workshops are booked. 

John will supply tea, coffee biscuits, but you will have to provide your own packed lunch.

Please click here for an application form.

Five oil on board cityscapes, created for this exhibition, all located on the stretch of Cambridge from the town centre end of King's Parade to Browns on Trumpington Street. 

Sonia Villers will be holding a painting workshop using a street scene from Cambridge. There are 12 places available, priced at £75 each. Please email info@theoldschoolstudio.co.uk  to book and for further details.

Jenny Wilson and her family are sending out an open invitation to view their paintings, drawing and photographs. A proportion of fund raised will go to the Parkinsons UK charity. Jenny has been an active member of the Cambridge Drawing Society since 1989, exhibiting her work regularly in the Society's annual Spring and Autumn exhibitions.

The price for this workshop is £40 per person, or £35 per person per workshop if two or more workshops are booked. The cost will include model fee.

John will supply tea, coffee biscuits, but you will have to provide your own packed lunch.

Please click here for an application form.

Various art courses May, June, September

First rate rt tuition 

Accommodation in country house with spectacular landscapes of rural France

Supberb local cuisine