AUGUST 2025 demo – Melanie Cambridge – Seascape in Oils

Tuesday 19 August, live demo by Melanie Cambridge – Seascape in Oils, 7.30pm Centre 70 Melanie says: I have always been drawn to big open spaces, especially seascapes and wide open landscapes of the North Downs near to my home. My work is focussed on capturing the light, space and feeling of each place I […]

Summer Workshop – Mark Warner – Landscape in Acrylics

Saturday 19 July, Workshop – Mark Warner – Landscape in Acrylics, 10am to 4pm, Centre 70 On Saturday 19 July, eight people attended a full-day workshop with returning artist, Mar Warner. Previously Mark had done a seascape, this time it was a landscape of a phot he’d taken of the Brecon Beacons. The attendees were […]

ARCHIVE – July 2025 demo – a Portrait in Oils

Tuesday 15 July, live demo by Robin Danely – a Portrait in Oils, 7.30pm Centre 70 Capturing Character in Oils We were delighted to welcome American portrait artist Robin Danely to Wallingford Art Club this month, where 14 members and a guest were treated to an inspiring live demonstration of portraiture in oils. Robin, who […]

ARCHIVE: June 2025 demo – Street Scene in Watercolour

Tuesday 17 June, live demo by Ian McManus – Street Scene in Watercolour, 7.30pm Centre 70 Ian McManus is a professional artist specialising in watercolour. Ian took us through painting a street scene of Piccadilly Circus. He uses heavyweight wood pulp paper taped onto board. He started with a pencil sketch using Faber Castle 2B […]

ARCHIVE: March 2025 demo – Sewing a portrait

Tuesday 18 March, live demo by Harriett Riddell, 7.30pm, Centre 70 Harriet gave us a journey through her art over the years. She has travelled the world with her sewing machine, pitching up in challenging locations from the slums of Nairobi to the tea fields of the Himalayas. Through free motion embroidery she captures her […]