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...
Gainsborough’s House is delighted to invite you to the 2nd of two special lectures, kindly given by John Sheeran in support of Reviving an Artist’s Birthplace: A National Centre for Gainsborough. John is a former Curator of Dulwich Picture Gallery, London and has organised exhibitions worldwide. He is well known in East Anglia for his...
This exhibition focusses on the early life and art of Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88). It explores how Gainsborough made his first steps in the art world from the inspiration of the landscape surrounding his hometown of Sudbury, through his training in London in the 1740s, to his return to Suffolk around 1748. This is a particularly...
The Big Draw at Gainsborough's House celebrates happy accidents Turn our accidental spills into hidden masterpieces, plant a mystery seed and create a pot of happy flower accidents, have a go at blindfold drawing, and take part in our family mystery drawing challenge. £2 per child and £3 per adult Includes admission to all the...
This course features experiment with a printmaking method that does not require presses or chemicals and is ideal for a home studio. Working on softwood blocks, there is scope to achieve the typically subtle colour effects achieved in this process. Jude Lockie is a specialist in the art of Japanese Woodblock printing, working in Japan...
