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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...

A Mindfulness Workshop – The heart of self-compassion with Delia Taylor-Brook In this workshop, we will gather to dive gently into the heart of self-compassion.  We will explore what blocks us from being compassionate towards ourselves and discover ways of...

A body, movement, breath and sound workshop facilitated and led by Anne L Ryan Being with our body, encouraging slow movement, and focusing gently on the breath, our body becomes relaxed. Taking time to tune to our own rhythm, our...

Working outside with a sketchbook is like a visual diary and a great way of capturing a brief moment. Learn how to mix together watercolour, acrylic, oil bar, pastel, graphite and coloured pencils together in an immediate and energised way...

We will be gathering for a day of meditation, spending time in silence together with poetry, inspirational readings, reflective time in nature and finishing with afternoon tea and chat! If you restore balance in your own self, you will be...

Explore how to make light go ‘pop’ when drawing and painting the figure from direct observation. Learn how to make a longer oil sketch on paper. Advice on measuring and observing are key elements in this session. All materials provided,...

Donald Hamilton Fraser said: “An artist doesn’t really choose what sort of pictures he paints. He paints what is there inside him, It is a sort of imperative.” In this workshop, develop your own approach to abstracting a landscape, working...

Learn about drawing with the brush and experimenting with different forms of making. Explore the links between the works of Martin Yeoman and Cezanne, and discover how this type of scattered linear representation of objects can create a kind of...

Held in the Ballroom at Asthall Manor. Explore how charcoal can be combined with ink washes and bleach to create interesting textures. Working from direct observation of the figure, this life drawing class includes technical advice on observation drawing and...

Held in the Ballroom at Asthall Manor. Neil Canning talks about “painting what it is like to move through the landscape.” Linking with Franz Kline, Barbara Hepworth and Terry Frost’s ideas about representing movement, learn about abstraction and applying thick...