Recent Workshops

17th October 2025 – Lino Printing with Viola Ivanova

Members looked to be enjoying themselves and some great work produced.

A few of the comments received from participants:
” โ€ฆ might become hooked .. very enjoyable”
“It was a lovely afternoon and nice to learn something new. There were some great pictures produced today.”
“Thank you for organising what was a very enjoyable afternoon.”


On 23rd May 2025, we held our first live in-house portrait drawing/painting session with 5 volunteers to sit as models. Working in groups of 4 artists, it proved an enjoyable and valuable afternoon. Creating such work in the space of 2 hours is not easy, especially for those attempting the subject perhaps for the first time.

A few of the portraits produced:


March 2025 saw an all day workshop with professional artist David DJ Johnson painting a brilliant “Winter Mountain”, following on from his demo to the group a few weeks beforehand. The day was well attended and enjoyed by all, including David himself who provided an equipment list beforehand. Excellent work was achieved by everyone.

Here’s a reminder of the suggested equipment required to produced David’s scene: