On Saturday 3rd October, Robin Danely will be making a return visit to the Wallingford and District Art Club. She will run a workshop focusing on a portrait in oils or acrylics. This is a follow-up from her enjoyable, instructive demonstration in July last year. Robin, who lives in Oxford and has featured on Sky […]
Wallingford and District Art Club is delighted that on Tuesday 15th September Mark Wood, a Wallingford based artist, will give a demonstration on painting seascapes in acrylics. Mark is a well-regarded artist and was recently commissioned to paint three large paintings for the World Forestry Centre in Portland, Oregon. This is a chance to learn […]
On Saturday 18th July, Catherine McVean will be making a return visit to the Wallingford and District Art Club. She will run a workshop focussing on a still life in oils, using a silver object. This is a follow-up from her enjoyable, instructive demonstration in March. Catherine explained she loves doing still lives, using objects […]
On Tuesday 16 June from 7.30pm to 9.30pm, Buckinghamshire based artist Nicky Hunter gave a live demo on creating flamboyant florals in watercolour. Below are notes taken by Nicola Webb throughout the demo. Uses 300gsm weight paper. Rougher paper and larger brush to get expressive marks. Lots of water! Uses 4 brushes including 2 squirrel […]
On Tuesday, 19th May, from 7.30 to 9.30pm, we will be welcoming Jan Gaska back to Centre 70. Jan is a landscape and portrait painter based in the Chilterns. He uses oil paints and has a particular love of working outdoors. We will be treated to a demonstration where he uses oil pastels and focuses […]
Our Spring Art Show was held over the weekend of 8–10 May at Centre 70. I wanted to say a huge thank you to everybody who helped make this year’s show such a success. Many visitors remarked on the quality and variety of the paintings on display, and it was wonderful to see the exhibition […]
On 21 April from 19.30 to 21.30, we will be welcoming Jennie Whaley, a mixed media artist who will demo painting a wildlife scene. She has lived in Berkshire for twenty years contributing to Berkshire Artists and art events in the UK. Her early life was in Zimbabwe where shortages of art materials meant she […]
WADAC’s Annual General Meeting took place at 7pm on Tuesday 17 February at Centre 70, where our chairman gave a brief overview of finances for 2025 and plans for 2026. Here is his report in full. Over the past twelve months, the club has continued to do what our constitution asks of us. We have […]
On Saturday 14th March from 10.00 – 16.00, artist Melanie Cambridge returns to run a workshop in oils. She is an enthusiastic tutor who has made seascapes with their coastal light and space an integral part of her work. With thoughts of warmer days ahead, we will work on a seascape with her encouragement and […]
AGM – Committee Vacancy We are seeking one additional committee member to stand for election. The role focuses on welcoming visitors to our events, encouraging them to consider joining the club and taking part in our activities. It would suit someone who is friendly, outgoing and comfortable talking to people they haven’t met before. Please […]
WADAC’s 2026 AGM was followed by a short illustrated talk by David Woodward entitled Odd Types – a fascinating journey through the history of typefaces. He started by explaining that a typeface was a family of fonts, including – for example – the bold and italicised versions, while a font was one particular style within […]
