Explore and develop screen printing with the use of photo stencils. Work on a variety of scales and surfaces to combine colour, text, image and shape with mark making, layered areas, hand cut and drawn stencils to create an exciting form of visual language. Compatible with digital processes, these techniques are rapid, safe and fun...
Drop in 10am – 1pm, £2 per child, £3 per adult – includes admission to the galleries. Find out how Gainsborough used lots of layers to create his landscapes and make your own layered landscape collage using fabrics, paper, chalks, pens
Drypoint with Sue Molineux Work directly on paper, perspex or aluminium plate and try out mark making, tone and texture. Experiment with collage and enjoy using different specialist papers. The fee for Taster Days includes basic materials. Additional materials are on sale at very reasonable prices.
Woodcuts with Michael Carlo Michael Carlo's strong landscape based woodcuts feature expressive cutting into hard board or ply. Michael's understanding of mark making, tone and composition together with his technical expertise help students achieve rich and exciting results. PWS members £180
In February Gainsborough’s House will be opening a display of art works, painting materials and family memorabilia by Suffolk-born artist John Constable (1776-1837). These have descended directly through Constable’s heirs and, together with additional archival material from the same collection, will remain at Gainsborough’s House on long loan. Born in East Bergholt, not far from...
To coincide with our new permanent exhibition Constable at Gainsborough’s House we are delighted to display a solo exhibition by landscape painter Julian Perry. Throughout his career, Julian has observed and recorded the changing face of the British landscape. He is inspired by and responds to environmental issues that impact the natural world. This exhibition displays Julian’s most recent...
Drop in 10am – 1pm, £2 per child, £3 per adult – includes admission to the galleries Be inspired by artist, Julian Perry’s love of trees and help create a giant tree picture. Who can match the leaf to the tree in the fastest time? Design you own tree print and much more.
Lino can be used to produce prints that are delicately layered and richly coloured. Learn how to use cutting tools and caustic soda to mark the printing plate in unique ways and to apply ink in thin layers for a more painterly effect. £200 (members £180)
Drop in 10am – 1pm, £2 per child, £3 per adult – includes admission to the galleries. Discover the eggs hidden all around our house and garden and win a chocolate treat. Create your own Easter cards.
Join us on Saturday 13 May at Gainsborough’s House as we celebrate the birth of Thomas Gainsborough. With free entry to the House, guided tours on the hour every hour from 11.0am-3.00pm, a chance for children to dress up in 18th century costume and craft activities for children, Garlanding Gainsborough is a great day out...
We are delighted to announce that artist Julian Perry will give a gallery talk of his exhibition Julian Perry: County of Elms on Sunday 28 May at 2.00pm. Join us for a fascinating tour of his work; hear about what inspires him as an artist, his creative practice and his exciting plans for the future....
Photo etching with Emma Buckmaster This method of photo etching allows you to transfer a prepared image, photographic or otherwise, onto an etching plate and to then work into it using traditional etching methods, if you choose. The course will take you through the whole process from preparing the image to etching and printing the...
