The next exhibition in the Gallery@TheGuild is on the theme 'Garden' Over 50 student artworks have been selected from almost 100 submissions. You will see paintings in a variety of media, jewellery and calligraphy on show. Please join us, if you can, for a glass of wine or a soft drink at the private view on Friday 5th June 6-8pm. Tell your friends...
For this session, we will congregate in the Snowgoose, Macclesfield (52 Sunderland St, Macclesfield SK11 6HN) and then venture out to find quiet areas to draw buildings, roads, and details of the urban environment as we see and observe it. We will be standing, holding a solid-backed sketch pad or book or paper clipped to a drawing board. We might...
In this session we will learn how to paint a landscape with acrylic paints, starting with a pencil sketch and then adding colour layers to it. We will learn how to mix paints and use colour perspective for distance and proximity to show far away mountains, close by water surfaces, groups of trees and houses (and their reflections in the...
In this session we will draw a human figure following the 8-heads figurine scheme. Using an oval shape for the head, circles for joints and trapezium shapes for upper and lower core, we will learn to assemble these elements to form a human figure and then arrange them to show a standing person, with even or uneven weight distribution. Further...
When making a continuous line drawing our pencil keeps the contact with the paper whilst we draw and observe, slowly scribbling lines on the paper that correspond to the journey that our eyes undertake when gliding over the observed objects. Such a way of drawing relies on allowing our eyes, and the line-making action of the pencil to stay in sync,...
Painting with oils is special….they don’t dry as quickly as acrylics and the colours can be blended so smoothly… And, you can always change a colour texture again, and add to it.In this session we will learn how to paint a landscape with oils, starting with a pencil sketch and then adding colour layers to it. We will learn how...
Life drawing is one of the most fascinating things to do in art and design. It is a superb way of starting your drawing journey if you have never been there before, and it is a never-ending theme for more advanced artists at all levels.In everyday life, we are tuned into observing and interpreting the bodies and movements of our...
For this session, we will congregate in the Snowgoose, Macclesfield (52 Sunderland St, Macclesfield SK11 6HN) and then venture out to find quiet areas to draw buildings, roads, and details of the urban environment as we see and observe it. We will be standing, holding a solid-backed sketch pad or book or paper clipped to a drawing board. We might...
Starting from photographs, we will learn how to use greytone photographs to make an accurate tracing template of a person’s face. Sabine will explain in which way photographs need to be suitable for portraiture painting and what needs considering when taking your own pictures and choosing them for painting. We will use these line-drawings made from the photographs as a...
For this session, we will congregate in the Snowgoose, Macclesfield (52 Sunderland St, Macclesfield SK11 6HN) and then venture out to find quiet areas to draw buildings, roads, and details of the urban environment as we see and observe it. We will be standing, holding a solid-backed sketch pad or book or paper clipped to a drawing board. We might...
For this session, we will congregate in the Snowgoose, Macclesfield (52 Sunderland St, Macclesfield SK11 6HN) and then venture out to find quiet areas to draw buildings, roads, and details of the urban environment as we see and observe it. We will be standing, holding a solid-backed sketch pad or book or paper clipped to a drawing board. We might...
Starting from photographs, we will learn how to use greytone photographs to make an accurate tracing template of a person’s face. Sabine will explain in which way photographs need to be suitable for portraiture painting and what needs considering when taking your own pictures and choosing them for painting. We will use these line-drawings made from the photographs as a sketch...
Step inside a century of community, curiosity and creativity. From 7 September to 23 October 2026, The Guild proudly presents our Centenary Retrospective Art Exhibition — a captivating journey through 100 years of lifelong learning.This exhibition brings together artwork, historic artifacts and hidden gems from our archives. It stands as both a celebration of our progressive history and a tribute...
Life drawing is one of the most fascinating things to do in art and design. It is a superb way of starting your drawing journey if you have never been there before, and it is a never-ending theme for more advanced artists at all levels.In everyday life, we are tuned into observing and interpreting the bodies and movements of our...
Life drawing is one of the most fascinating things to do in art and design. It is a superb way of starting your drawing journey if you have never been there before, and it is a never-ending theme for more advanced artists at all levels.In everyday life, we are tuned into observing and interpreting the bodies and movements of our...
Life drawing is one of the most fascinating things to do in art and design. It is a superb way of starting your drawing journey if you have never been there before, and it is a never-ending theme for more advanced artists at all levels.In everyday life, we are tuned into observing and interpreting the bodies and movements of our...