Cambridgeshire Plein Air Artist of the Year
The Cambridgeshire Plein Air Artist of the Year Award is returning for its second year set on Saturday 13th June, 2026, at Histon Manor, Cambridge. Cambridge Drawing Society is pleased to support this event. The event is open to professional and amateur artists who will…
Byard Art – Cambridge Exhibition
CDS member Maureen Mace has 4 paintings in the latest exhibition at Byard Art, on King’s Parade – their ‘Cambridge Exhibition‘ which opens on 28 May. One of these is based on a sketch of Pembroke College which Maureen did on one of the Society’s…
SketchTogether – Mill Pond
Nineteen CDS Members and Friends gathered at the Mill Pond for May’s SketchTogether, making the most of one of those rare glorious sunny days. As always, it was a lovely, sociable morning, painting and drawing while enjoying good company and the beautiful setting. Several of…
Contemporary Printmaking Prize – Fen Ditton Gallery
CDS members Elizabeth Jane Taylor & Liz Hartley have been shortlisted for the Fen Ditton Gallery Contemporary Printmaking Prize 2026 and will be exhibited at the gallery from 23rd May – 14th June 2026. The artists in the exhibition were selected from over 500 entries to the…
SEAW – Spring Exhibition
The Society of East Anglian Watercolourists, which has many members in common with CDS, will be holding their spring exhibition at Clare Castle Country Park, Suffolk, CO10 8NW. This is SEAW’s fifth year exhibiting in The Old Goods Shed gallery. The exhibition will run from 20-31…
CDS Spring Exhibition – Public Vote Winner
The votes have now been counted in the public vote for the favourite artwork in the CDS Spring Exhibition. We’re delighted to announce that the winning artwork is John Lee Hooker by the very talented Rob Jones. We hope you’ll agree that it was a beautiful…
Keate Family Arts Trust- Spring Show
CDS Friend Emily Jolley has curated this year’s Spring Show at the Keate Family Arts Trust, bringing together artwork by 13 local artists (including CDS member Laura Chaplin) alongside pieces from the Trust collection including John Piper, Patrick Heron and Gertrude Hermes. Over 50 featured artworks,…
Collagraph Workshop with Sherry Rea
CDS member Sherry Rea is running a Collagraph Workshop at her studio in Elsworth. Multilayered collagraph with monoprint glazes and backgrounds. Using drypoint card to achieve sharp contrasting tones. In combination with utilizing monoprint backgrounds to add areas of interest and colour and experimenting with the…
Common Threads & Interwoven Lives
CDS Member Derek Wood is exhibiting with three friends at the Mosaic Jewish Community Synagogue, Stanmore until 5th May. Common Threads & Interwoven Lives will feature Printmaking, Textiles, Painting & Bookbinding. The featured artwork ‘Interwoven’ is a woven & stitched collage featuring all 3 of our…
Art Course with Nina Burgess
CDS member Nina Burgess will be leading an art course, Paint Like Turner, at the Duxford Community Centre starting on the 17th of April. The greatest painter that England has ever produced”. J.M.W. Turner was a great artist. His work changed the art world forever…