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Demonstrations

  • Trimley St Martin Workshop: An Interior
    Trimley St Martin Workshop: An Interior
    Tue 17 Feb
    Trimley St Martin Memorial Hall
    17 Feb 2026, 10:00 – 15:30
    Trimley St Martin Memorial Hall, Trimley St Martin, Felixstowe IP11 0RJ, UK
    We'll use soft pastels or acrylics to define architectural features and furniture; perhaps a kitchen scene, light filtering through a window, a view of your garden or outdoor building. Learn how to capture what's around you with confidence.
  • Leiston Workshop: An Interior
    Leiston Workshop: An Interior
    Fri 20 Feb
    Leiston Community Hall
    20 Feb 2026, 10:00 – 15:30
    Leiston Community Hall, Sizewell Rd, Leiston IP16 4JU, UK
    We'll use soft pastels or acrylics to define architectural features and furniture; perhaps a kitchen scene, light filtering through a window, a view of your garden or outdoor building. Learn how to capture what's around you with confidence.
  • Leiston Workshop: Experimenting with Acrylics
    Leiston Workshop: Experimenting with Acrylics
    Fri 20 Mar
    20 Mar 2026, 10:00 – 15:30
    Leiston Community Hall, Sizewell Rd, Leiston IP16 4JU, UK
    Carole will demonstrate the versatility of acrylic as a medium. We will experiment with adding gels to create texture, using palette knives and creating collages. A fun workshop for all abilities!
  • Trimley St Martin Workshop: Experimenting with Acrylics
    Trimley St Martin Workshop: Experimenting with Acrylics
    Tue 24 Mar
    Trimley St Martin Memorial Hall
    24 Mar 2026, 10:00 – 15:30
    Trimley St Martin Memorial Hall, Trimley St Martin, Felixstowe IP11 0RJ, UK
    Carole will demonstrate the versatility of acrylic as a medium. We will experiment with adding gels to create texture, using palette knives and creating collages. A fun workshop for all abilities!
  • Landscapes and Portraits at Dedham Hall: 28th March - 3rd April 2026
    Landscapes and Portraits at Dedham Hall: 28th March - 3rd April 2026
    28 Mar 2026, 10:00 – 03 Apr 2026, 16:00
    Dedham Hall, Brook St, Dedham, Colchester CO7 6AD, UK
    This popular week long course will give you a chance to experiment with or improve both landscape and portrait painting both painting outdoors and in the studio, using watercolours, soft pastels and or acrylics - the choice is yours.
  • Leiston Workshop: A Spring Landscape or Spring Flowers
    Leiston Workshop: A Spring Landscape or Spring Flowers
    17 Apr 2026, 10:00 – 15:30
    Leiston Community Hall, Sizewell Rd, Leiston IP16 4JU, UK
    As the first signs of Spring now start to appear, we celebrate this joyous season by capturing the fresh colours and dappled light of a woodland, a local view or a study of pretty spring flowers. Watercolours or medium of your choice.
  • Trimley St Martin Workshop: Spring Flowers
    Trimley St Martin Workshop: Spring Flowers
    Tue 21 Apr
    Trimley St Martin Memorial Hall
    21 Apr 2026, 10:00 – 15:30
    Trimley St Martin Memorial Hall, Trimley St Martin, Felixstowe IP11 0RJ, UK
    As the first signs of Spring now start to appear, we celebrate this joyous season by capturing the fresh colours and dappled light of a woodland, a local view or a study of pretty Spring flowers. Watercolours or a medium of your choice.
  • Leiston Workshop: Let's Go Abstract
    Leiston Workshop: Let's Go Abstract
    Fri 15 May
    Leiston Community Hall
    15 May 2026, 10:00 – 15:30
    Leiston Community Hall, Sizewell Rd, Leiston IP16 4JU, UK
    The aim of many of our classes is to strive to achieve a realistic drawing or painting. This time, let's have some fun creating a composition looking at shapes, colours and patterns using a medium of your choice.
  • Trimley St Martin Workshop: Let's Go Abstract
    Trimley St Martin Workshop: Let's Go Abstract
    Tue 19 May
    Trimley St Martin Memorial Hall
    19 May 2026, 10:00 – 15:30
    Trimley St Martin Memorial Hall, Trimley St Martin, Felixstowe IP11 0RJ, UK
    The aim of many of our classes is to strive towards a realistic drawing or painting. This time, let's have some fun creating a composition just looking at shapes, colours and patterns using a medium of your choice!
  • Flatford Mill: You CAN Draw!
    Flatford Mill: You CAN Draw!
    Tue 26 May
    26 May 2026, 09:30 – 17:00
    Flatford Mill, Flatford Mill, East Bergholt, Colchester CO7 6UL, UK
    Carole will demonstrate a variety of techniques to help you to see and draw more accurately, to master shading techniques and create textures…and much more. All set amidst the historic surroundings of Flatford Mill.
  • Trimley St Martin workshop: Soft Pastels and Pastel Pencils
    Trimley St Martin workshop: Soft Pastels and Pastel Pencils
    Tue 23 Jun
    23 Jun 2026, 10:00 – 15:30
    Trimley Saint Martin memorial hall, Trimley St Martin, Felixstowe IP11 0RJ, UK
    An opportunity to learn new techniques or experiment with soft pastels: the perfect medium for landscapes, seascapes, still life or portraits.
  • Leiston Workshop: Soft pastels and pastel pencils
    Leiston Workshop: Soft pastels and pastel pencils
    26 Jun 2026, 10:00 – 15:30
    Leiston Community Hall, Sizewell Rd, Leiston IP16 4JU, UK
    An opportunity to learn new techniques or experiment with soft pastels: the perfect medium for landscapes, seascapes, still life or portraits.
  • Pen and Wash at Watershed Studio
    Pen and Wash at Watershed Studio
    Tue 07 Jul
    07 Jul 2026, 10:00 – 16:30
    Watershed Studio, St Cleres Hall Ln, St. Osyth, Clacton-on-Sea CO16 8RX, UK
    In this short course Carole will introduce you to pen & wash techniques. Pen and Wash (an ink drawing with watercolours added) is a delightful medium for quick, loose sketchbook studies or for paintings that require a lot more detail.
  • Leiston Workshop: Sketching at Dunwich
    Leiston Workshop: Sketching at Dunwich
    Fri 17 Jul
    Leiston Community Hall
    17 Jul 2026, 10:00 – 15:30
    Leiston Community Hall, Sizewell Rd, Leiston IP16 4JU, UK
    Building up a sketchbook and working “en plein air” is good way of improving your drawing technique. For this day of drawing outside, we have the use of a garden in Dunwich, which is adjacent to the abbey ruins and also close to the beach.
  • Flatford Mill: Sketching and Painting at Benton End
    Flatford Mill: Sketching and Painting at Benton End
    20 Jul 2026, 09:30 – 17:30
    Hadleigh, Benton End House, Benton St, Hadleigh, Ipswich IP7 5JR, UK
    This is an exciting opportunity to visit and sketch this historic 16th century house and its beautiful gardens. We will also learn about the life and work of Cedric Morris and Lett Haines. Suitable for all abilities
  • Trimley St Martin Workshop: Sketching at Felixstowe
    Trimley St Martin Workshop: Sketching at Felixstowe
    Tue 21 Jul
    Trimley St Martin Memorial Hall
    21 Jul 2026, 10:00 – 15:30
    Trimley St Martin Memorial Hall, Trimley St Martin, Felixstowe IP11 0RJ, UK
    A fun day sketching outdoors and practicing "en plein air" painting techniques at a picturesque Felixstowe location.
  • A Flatford Sketchbook: Flatford Mill
    A Flatford Sketchbook: Flatford Mill
    12 Aug 2026, 09:30 – 17:00
    Flatford Mill, Flatford Mill, East Bergholt, Colchester CO7 6UL, UK
    Taking inspiration from this historic and beautiful setting, Carole will show you how to translate the delightful surroundings into sketches using pencil, pen and wash.
  • Leiston Workshop: Sketching and Painting Outside
    Leiston Workshop: Sketching and Painting Outside
    Fri 14 Aug
    14 Aug 2026, 10:00 – 15:30
    Location in Leiston is TBD
    A fun day out sketching “en plein air” using watercolours or pen and wash for quick sketchbook studies. Location TBC
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