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Day workshop in vocal sound and the body Bee-ing in the body-sound bridge – is a vocal sound workshop. Cost: £35 Come with an open mind and heart, and leave feeling resourced with love for yourself and those you meet...

ISHKAR will be returning to Asthall Manor for an exciting one day shopping event, with friends: Goldfinger, Tamay and me, Thread Tales, Hadeda, La Eva and Pico Goods. Impactful gifts that pair luxury with purpose. This curated shopping event brings together a group...

Vigour and Skills is a community of makers with shared values of sustainability, storytelling and craftsmanship. They proudly share every stage of their maker’s creative process with their customers and love watching them fill their lives and homes with objects of singular beauty; a...

Explore ways of describing peripheral vision by overlapping washes of acrylic on canvas to create an almost completely abstract start point.  Once this non-pictorial part of the painting is dry, the focal point of tree forms can be introduced. We...

Explore different ways of describing light and reflections of plants in water. Working from direct observation of the pool at Asthall Manor in watercolour and gouache. All materials provided apart from a sketchbook or A4 thick cartridge paper. Workshop cost:...

Explore ways of creating the effect of shimmering light back-lit through woodlands, using tiny particles of printed on oil paint. We will be working in oil on board from direct observation at Asthall Manor and reference photographs. All materials provided...

Kieran Stiles, our artist in residence at on form 22, will be exhibiting his paintings, drawings and film from this years exhibition. Exhibition dates 30th September – 20th October. Open Fri – Sun 11-5pm (No booking necessary) and also by appointment....

Peter Cowdrey, who led walks around the Asthall grounds in 2018 and during our birdsong weekend in 2019, will be back with more insight into the secret meanings and musicality of birdsong. Book one of our three afternoon walks, or,...

Join us on Wednesday afternoons during the exhibition, where an Asthall Manor gardener will lead a walk and talk around the gardens. Tickets for this event include admission. Please feel free to explore the exhibition before the walk starts. Book...

Peter Cowdrey, who led walks around the Asthall grounds in 2018 and during our birdsong weekend in 2019, will be back with more insight into the secret meanings and musicality of birdsong. Join the dawn chorus walk on 3rd July...

Geology Tour led by Philip Powell and Nina Morgan, co-authors of The Geology of Oxford Gravestones.  Philip and Nina will take a closer look at the diverse stones used in the sculptures at on form. Expect to discover fossils, minerals and other clues to...

Sketchbook Studies Working outside in a sketchbook is like a visual diary and a great way of capturing a brief moment. Learn how to mix together a collection of different materials from watercolour, graphite, and wax to gouache, oil bar...

Join us on Wednesday afternoons during the exhibition, where an Asthall Manor gardener will lead a walk and talk around the gardens. Tickets for this event include admission. Please feel free to explore the exhibition before the walk starts. Book...

Geology Tour led by Philip Powell and Nina Morgan, co-authors of The Geology of Oxford Gravestones.  Philip and Nina will take a closer look at the diverse stones used in the sculptures at on form. Expect to discover fossils, minerals and other clues to...

Join us on Wednesday afternoons during the exhibition, where an Asthall Manor gardener will lead a walk and talk around the gardens. Tickets for this event include admission. Please feel free to explore the exhibition before the walk starts. Book...

This oil painting workshop focusses on how to describe plants and sculptures in a three-dimensional way using highly contrasting light. Lighter areas can be exaggerated by artificially reducing the tonal pitch of the surrounding areas. In the image you can...

Peter Cowdrey, who led walks around the Asthall grounds in 2018 and during our birdsong weekend in 2019, will be back with more insight into the secret meanings and musicality of birdsong. Book one of our three afternoon walks, or,...

Peter Cowdrey, who led walks around the Asthall grounds in 2018 and during our birdsong weekend in 2019, will be back with more insight into the secret meanings and musicality of birdsong. Book one of our three afternoon walks, or,...

How much of the world do we really see? This workshop is about perception and creativity, and exploring how different types of visual signals can affect how we experience the world. Working from direct observation of the sculptures at on...

Join us on Wednesday afternoons during the exhibition, where an Asthall Manor gardener will lead a walk and talk around the gardens. Tickets for this event include admission. Please feel free to explore the exhibition before the walk starts. Book...

Painting doesn’t always have to be done with brushes.  John Hoyland said ‘With abstract painting, the more controlled it is, the more superficial it seems. It has to be more raw’. This workshop explores experimental methods of applying paint, in order to...

Working from direct observation of model Ruby, explore how experimenting with different mixed media, including water-soluble graphite, chalk pastel, oil pastel, watercolour, wax, tea, and Chinese ink, can create an interesting appearance when interpreting the figure.  All materials provided.  Workshop...

ISHKAR has joined forces with Goldfinger, Thread Tales and La Eva to host a festive shopping experience. Impactful gifts that pair luxury with purpose. This curated shopping event brings together four independent brands that believe positive impact can be achieved...

Working with oils on paper, learn about ‘light isolation’, and explore how light on water can be made to burst into life by reducing the pitch of the surrounding tones. All materials provided apart from A3 hot pressed (smooth) heavy...