JULY 2025 demo – a Portrait in Oils

Tuesday 15 July, live demo by Robin Danely – a Portrait in Oils, 7.30pm Centre 70 Robin Danely is an American artist who has been living and working in Oxford since 2014. She is motivated by a love of the paint itself, and aims to bring subjects to life through dynamic brushwork and bold colours. […]

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 […]