SketchTogether – Cambridge Shakespeare Festival
Men in tights and Russians with big beards dancing to Rasputin in a Fellows’ garden…it can only be the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival. We were very lucky to be allowed in to sketch the actors rehearsing for their production of Love’s Labour’s Lost. It was so…
CDS Participants in Cambridge Open Studios – 2024
This year is the 50th anniversary of Cambridge Open Studios with 360 artists taking part in 229 venues across Cambridgeshire. Studios will be opening over 4 weekends from 6-28 July (10am-5pm, free entry) – see the COS website or guide for opening times for individual studios….
SketchTogether at Music in the Park on Romsey Rec
We had a super afternoon sketching the singing choirs at Music in the Park on Romsey Park. We hope to see you at the next SketchTogether event next month! Watch out for further updates about SketchTogether – a sketching group for CDS members & friends.
SketchTogether at Quayside
The sun was out last Sunday and so were we. We were spoilt for choice of subjects at Quayside, Cambridge: river, punting, buildings, people, and even paddle boarding. A group of us continued on with lunch followed by a visit to Kettle’s Yard. It was…
SketchTogether at the Heong Gallery
SketchTogether, a new sketching group for CDS members & friends, had its inaugural meetup in April. The Heong Gallery very kindly gave us our very own private view and a talk about their current exhibition: Issam Kourbaj: “You are not you and home is not…
Royston Arts Society Autumn Exhibition
Royston Arts Society’s Autumn Exhibtion will take place as part of the Royston Arts Festival from 29 September to 1 October in the Royston Town Hall, SG8 7DA. The Exhibition features affordable art by 65 local artists with more than 330 paintings on display, along…
Lino Cutting & Artists’ Books Workshop with Derek Wood
A CDS workshop with Derek Wood, Sunday 8th October 10am – 4pm at Grantchester Village Hall. It will be an exciting and fun day of lino cutting and experimental printing. We will begin with making some simple accordion folding books, made from a single sheet…
WaterWays Exhibition – Society of East Anglian Watercolourists
The Society of East Anglian Watercolourists, which has many members in common with CDS, will be holding an exhibition ‘WaterWays – A Festival of Watercolour’ at the Babylon Gallery, Ely. The exhibition will run from 6th September to 1st October at Babylon Gallery, Waterside, Ely, CB7…
Live Portrait Painting in Oils – Workshops with John Glover
Two CDS workshops with John Glover on Sunday 10th September and Sunday 5th November, 10am-4pm at Grantchester Village Hall. Each workshop will have a different model. A wonderful opportunity to work from a live model. Throw away your iPad and smart phone and experience the…
Haverhill Plein-Air Painting Competition
CDS member Amanda Barrett is helping to organise the Haverhill Plein Air Painting Competition – First prize of £60 and runner up prize of £40. What: Plein-air painting Competition in Haverhill town centre. Whatever your style, whatever your process we want to see it! When: Saturday…