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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...

Now our on form online exhibition has closed, we will be concentrating on bringing the 2020 exhibition to the gardens throughout the month of May 2021 (restrictions permitting). We will continue to put updates on our website or sign up...

In the Footsteps of the Mitfords returns as Scary Little Girls brings the experiences, opinions and relationships of the celebrated sisters to life. The Mitford sisters were writers, travellers and political activists with dramatically differing views, whose lifestyles and privilege took...

Kieran will be running a series of 3 workshops on 22nd, 29th September and 6th October. Explore different techniques in each session with demonstrations of techniques in the main image using ink and watercolour, wet into wet. Work from direct...

Classes have re-recommenced every Monday from 7.30 until 9 pm in the Ballroom until 14th December. For more information, visit their website or telephone 01608 651189/01608 652272....

In celebration of our much-missed friend, Claire Turnbull, Fiona Cullinane is opening the Potting Shed cafe for one afternoon, for afternoon tea with cakes and scones. Cafe customers will also be able to wander around the gardens of Asthall Manor,...

In this workshop with sculptor Jantien Kahn, you will be working with small pieces of soapstone and alabaster to create beautiful stone necklaces. This workshop is for all ages, although children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult, whether the...

This one day workshop will look at finding the structure within the picture that you have chosen to paint. We will look at the different images found in the garden and sculptural landscape, and see how we can simplify the...

During Week 4 we were going to hear from Climate Outreach. This is an Oxford-based charity researching some of the most central questions about climate change, communication and providing practical resources and workshops which can be accessed in all sorts of different...

During Week 3 AT The Bus was to be in residence. This is a new charity, offering a school-based programme of art as therapy to support the education, health and wellbeing of children and young people aged 7-18 in Oxfordshire. This...

Plant-based picnic at Asthall Manor Join Pea Shoot Feasts in celebrating the bounties of summer with an evening plant-based picnic amongst the sculpture at Asthall Manor. Recline under the roses and enjoy an al fresco banquet of seasonal sweet and...

A one day workshop exploring the process of direct stone carving. Guy Stevens MRBS & Jason Mulligan MRBS will teach you an approach used within their own practice, whereby the choice of stone block, the use of hammer and chisel and the free carving...

Satish Kumar is a former monk and lifelong peace and environmental activist, who has been quietly setting the global agenda for change for over 50 years. Founder of Resurgence and the author of many books, most recently Elegant Simplicity, Satish has been a...