William Blake: his life and work

Trevor Dance will be giving a talk on Monday April 21st to the Friends of Scarborough Art Gallery, following their AGM, which is their last before handing over the running of the gallery to Scarborough Council. The talk is at 2.30pm. Scarborough Art Gallery, The Crescent, Scarborough Y011 2PW

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The Bookplate Society – competition and exhibition

www.bookplatesociety.org/2020competitionLondon.htm submission deadline: 31st March 2020 No entry fee. Congress dates: 12th to 16th August 2020.  Exhibition will be shown initially in the Congress venue, a hotel in Bloomsbury, near BM. Each artist can submit up to three designs. Size of paper: 21 x 15 cm. (A5) The longest side of the image – not […]

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Etching – an artist’s guide – by Ann Norfield

ISBN: 9781785006159 PUBLISHED: 24/09/2019 PAGES: 192 BINDING: Paperback SIZE: 280×220 mm INSIDE: 300 colour photographs and 27 diagrams     Etching can seem mysterious and inaccessible, but this practical book guides you through the process to reveal the potential of this distinctive means of creating artists’ prints. With clear instructions and visual guides, it explains […]

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Buckmaster and French

Janet French and Emma Buckmaster are printmakers who have been working together for the last ten years. They initially met at Gainsborough’s House Print Workshop, an open access printmaking studio in Suffolk . The workshop provides a forum for artists to meet and help each other and in their case gave them an opportunity to […]

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Journeys

A TRAVELLING EXHIBITION BY THE PRINTMAKERS COUNCIL LONDON, PORSTMOUTH, CHICHESTER   The Printmakers Council Exhibition couldn’t have chosen a better title or theme as the eclectic collection of 80 A4 prints certainly did go on a journey of its own. The first venue was the London Print Studio, Harrow Road, London. All the works were […]

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