These courses help printmakers develop skills in specialist areas working with expert tutors. Although of particular interest to those with some printmaking experience, newcomers are welcome. Carl Borges - Painterly Lino Prints 3 days: Thursday 9 - Saturday 11 April 2015 10am - 4pm Non-members £190 members £170
The classes are ideal either as an introduction to printmaking or for those who wish to gain more detailed knowledge of a specific technique. Sketchbook and reference materials are welcomed and participants are advised to bring basic drawing equipment. Printmaking materials and standard papers are supplied except for plates and screen coatings. Additional materials and...
The classes are ideal either as an introduction to printmaking or for those who wish to gain more detailed knowledge of a specific technique. Sketchbook and reference materials are welcomed and participants are advised to bring basic drawing equipment. Printmaking materials and standard papers are supplied except for plates and screen coatings. Additional materials and...
Taster days invite newcomers to a particular technique to explore its potential. Practical demonstrations are led by our Print Workshop Technician, Sue Molineux, a experienced printmaker and a qualified lecturer. Beginners are welcome and the atmosphere is friendly and encouraging with places limited to twelve. The fee for Taster Days, which run from 10am to...
These courses help printmakers develop skills in specialist areas working with expert tutors. Although of particular interest to those with some printmaking experience, newcomers are welcome. Emma Buckmaster - Photo Etching 3 days: Thursday 28th - Saturday 30th May 2015 10am - 4pm Non-members £190 members £170
The classes are ideal either as an introduction to printmaking or for those who wish to gain more detailed knowledge of a specific technique. Sketchbook and reference materials are welcomed and participants are advised to bring basic drawing equipment. Printmaking materials and standard papers are supplied except for plates and screen coatings. Additional materials and...
The collection of Thomas Gainsborough drawings at Gainsborough’s House is one of the most comprehensive in the world. It includes examples from all stages of the artist’s career but also shows a broad range of subject-matter, including figure studies as well as landscapes and buildings
The classes are ideal either as an introduction to printmaking or for those who wish to gain more detailed knowledge of a specific technique. Sketchbook and reference materials are welcomed and participants are advised to bring basic drawing equipment. Printmaking materials and standard papers are supplied except for plates and screen coatings. Additional materials and...
These sessions are held in our Education Centre (the Hills Room), usually on the first Saturday of each month. There is no formal tutoring so participants are able to use the class for their own work. All welcome from beginners to experts. The fee is £18 per session or £180 for all eleven sessions. Each...
Samuel Palmer (1805– 81), painter and printmaker, is one of Britain’s greatest artists of the Romantic period. He is perhaps best known for his visionary paintings created during the time he lived in Shoreham, Kent, and his close friendship with the artist, printmaker and poet William Blake (1757–1827). This exhibition of Palmer’s complete etchings shows the playfulness, beauty and...
This exhibition in the Upper Bow Room features an extensive collection of drawings by Hubert-François Gravelot from the Gainsborough’s House permanent collection. The majority of these works were produced as designs for prints, book illustrations, decorative arts and other forms of material culture. Gravelot was a prolific draughtsman, who came to London from Paris in...
The renowned British artist Thomas Gainsborough, born in Sudbury in 1727, was deeply tied to the area of rural Suffolk in which he grew up. A new exhibition at Gainsborough’s House, entitled Gainsborough’s Sudbury, takes an in-depth look at the characters, buildings and natural features that shaped the formative years of Gainsborough’s childhood. Designed alongside...
