SketchTogether – King’s Ely
We were invited to sketch at King’s Ely when they opened the gardens during the Eel Festival. As we drew and painted, we could hear the Morris Dancer’s music and lots of chatter from events at the cathedral. The garden was open to everyone so…
CDS Spring Exhibition 2025
The CDS Spring exhibition is fast approaching. It opens to the public at 10am on Saturday 31st May at the newly refurbished Pitt Building on Trumpington Rd, Cambridge (opposite Fitzbillies). It will then run until Saturday 7th June (open 10am till 4pm every day). The…
Society of East Anglian Watercolourists – Spring Exhibition
The Society of East Anglian Watercolourists, which has many members in common with CDS, is holding its Spring Exhibition 2025 at The Old Goods Shed, Clare Country Park, Suffolk from 8th to 18th May. Open daily from 10.30am to 4.30pm, the exhibition will showcase the…
Exhibitions Featuring Work by Stephen Tromans
CDS Member Stephen Tromans has works on display at two forthcoming exhibitions in the Cambridge area: Girton Art Exhibition 2025 – St Andrew’s Church Girton on Friday 9 May from 10am to 7pm and Saturday 10 May from 10am to 5pm. More information at https://www.girtonartshow.org.uk/. Stephen…
Angela Cookney – Still Life Exhibition
CDS member Angela Cookney has an exhibition of her still life work ‘On the Table‘ at the Haddenham Arts Centre. The exhibition will run from 3rd May – 1st June (open Tues-Sun, 10am-4pm) at The Gallery, Haddenham Arts Centre, 20 High Street, Haddenham, CB6 3XA….
SketchTogether – St John’s College
Our April SketchTogether was organised by CDS friend Robert Tombs – an opportunity to draw in St John’s College. Everyone had an excellent morning – the weather was glorious, the buildings were beautiful and the cafe was great! Many thanks to Robert. Here are some…
Printmaking Workshops with Sherry Rea
CDS member Sherry Rea is running a series of Printmaking Workshops at her studio in Elsworth. The focus is on exploring how to combine and layer monoprint, drypoint and collagraph, the latter using the recycled packaging Tetrapak (as well as drypoint card). Plenty of scope for experimenting…
Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Annual Exhibition
CDS member Carol Whitehouse has two paintings included in the annual exhibition of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. The exhibition runs from 29 March to 5 April and is open from 10 am to 5 pm daily at the Mall Galleries, London,…
SketchTogether – A Vanishing Act (Almost)
Last week, 25 members and Friends of CDS joined our March SketchTogether to capture the rehearsal of “A Vanishing Act” at Corpus Playroom, Cambridge. The atmosphere was dramatic, but very dark for us sketchers! It was a challenge to see, but we embraced the challenge…
Magma Rising – at the Heong Gallery
CDS member Donna McLuskie is one of the artists exhibiting in an intriguing exhibition now on at the Heong Gallery. She has one of her pareidolia drawings included in the exhibition, Magma Rising. The exhibition at the Heong Gallery, Downing College, Cambridge runs through 22…