Discover the story of Anne's lost sketchbook and see if you can find a missing page to complete the picture. Create a new sketchbook and start on your own arty adventures. £2 per child and £3 per adult Includes admission to all the galleries No need to book Recommended age 3-12 years.
Lithography is often thought of as the closest printmaking technique to painting and drawing because of its direct mark-making. Working on stone, zinc plate or aluminium photo plate, the technique is taught in easy to follow stages. Students are able to work on several images during the course using their own reference. Colin Gale directs...
Squidge, sculpt, squash and stamp with clay. Create a clay animal like Gainsborough's horse, make a stamp block, model a head and get messy. £2 per child and £3 per adult Includes admission to all the galleries No need to book Recommended age 3-12 years.
Three into one makes an image. Learn all about three very special print making techniques; Carborundum, Chine Collé and Collagraph. The course conveys ‘Omne Trium Perfectum’, three techniques that perfectly express creative ideas. Exploring a rich choice of texture, colour, layered structures and their registration, we use studio friendly products, processes and practice on this...
Step inside Gainsborough's world and help us create a giant 3-D version of one of his paintings. Make huge people and animals. trees, grass, sky and mini works to take home. £2 per child and £3 per adult Includes admission to all the galleries No need to book Recommended age 3-12 years.
Explore screen printing with photo stencils. Work on different scales and surfaces and enjoy colour, text and image. Create an exciting visual language with mark making and layering. These techniques are compatible with digital processes and are rapid, safe and fun to use. Annabel Ridley studied at St. Martin’s and Camberwell Schools of Art. Her...
Imagine a world in monochrome and create art works using only black, white and grey. Pop-up skylines, paper weaving, positives and negative painting. £2 per child and £3 per adult Includes admission to all the galleries No need to book Recommended age 3-12 years.
Gainsborough’s House Print Workshop at the Cambridge Original Printmakers Biennale 21-29 September 2018, 10.30am-5pm in the Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RB Gainsborough’s House Print Workshop is delighted to participate in the Cambridge Original Printmakers Biennale 2018. We will be showing prints by our talented tutors and thank Dale Devereux Barker, Carl Borges, Peter...
Screenprinting is a most versatile and expressive printmaking technique and offers exciting opportunities for colour work. Michael does not use photographic methods, instead he specialises in working directly on screens, using his superb sketchbooks as reference. He encourages a painterly approach and demonstrates a wealth of mark-making techniques. Michael Carlo has run highly successful courses...
Explore the myriad possibilities of versatile lino on this comprehensive course. Illustrative or abstract, mono or multiblock, your project will develop from a strong basis of drawing. You will be encouraged to explore and experiment at every stage as you develop your own creative approach to produce original prints. Technical points, cutting, registration and printing,...
Visit us for free on 6, 7, 8 and 9 September in celebration of Heritage Open Days.
Join us for an evening with Simon Edge and hear him talk about his new book 'The Hurtle of Hell' “A sparkling mixture of domestic and celestial comedy. A conflicted gay man meets his bungling creator in an ingenious take on It’s A Wonderful Life” Michael Arditti “Simon Edge has given us a creator for...
