Kendal Art Society

Castle Green Hotel Grounds
2023-08-31 10:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | Castle Green Hotel, Castle Green Lane, Kendal, LA9 6RG, United Kingdom
Interesting buildings and rather nice views.
Parking free and tea or coffee available in the Hotel.

Abbot Hall Social Centre
2023-08-24 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-07-13 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-06-15 10:00 - 14:00, 2023-05-18 10:00 - 13:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Programme to be arranged

Exhibition in progress
2023-08-17 10:00 - 17:00 | Stricklandgate House, Library Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4PU, United Kingdom

Receiving Day and set up exhibition
2023-08-10 10:00 - 17:00 | Stricklandgate House, Library Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4PU, United Kingdom
information to be provided.

Lizzie Mather's garden.
2023-08-03 10:00 - 13:00 | 3 Little Aynam, Kendal, LA9 7AH
Lizzie has a pretty little garden near Gooseholme, Kendal.
Sketch in the garden, or over near the river although, at the moment, that can be a little noisy with all the flood defense work!

Sprint Mill, Burneside. Map ref SD51962
2023-07-27 10:00 - 14:00 | Sprint Mill, Kendal, LA8 9AQ
If you have never been to Sprint Mill, its well worth a visit. Barns full of really interesting things, beautiful old buildings, trees and a river as well as many ducks and chickens.
Free parking.

Holehird RHS garden. Map ref SD411408
2023-07-20 10:00 - 14:00 | Holehird Garden, Patterdale Road, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1NP, United Kingdom
A beautiful flower garden set in stunning countryside near Windermere. Lots to paint.
Free parking and entrance but, donations accepted.

Kendal Yards
2023-07-06 10:00 - 14:00
Urban sketching.
Details to follow

Ian Royle's Garden.
2023-06-29 10:00 - 14:00 | 2 Barony Hills, 2 Barony Hills, Sandylands Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6JF
Enjoy Ian and Angela’s peaceful garden with a lot of flowers, trees and vegetables.

The Canal at Crooklands Park at Map ref SD536831
2023-06-22 10:00 - 14:00 | The Canal at Crooklands, Milton Lane, LA7 7Nl
Coffee at the Crooklands Hotel?
There is a lot to sketch around here.

Scout Scar Quarry Car Park. map ref SD 489925
2023-06-08 10:00 - 14:00 | Scout Scar, Underbarrow Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 8Hb
Lets hope the weather is fine!
Scout Scar is so well known to all who live in the area but it is still a wonderful place to visit.
Don’t rely on satnav because the post code covers a vast area. Quarry Car Park is the second car park on the right after the road crosses the A591.

Lucy Sclaters Ggarden
2023-06-01 10:00 - 14:00 | Cook House, Church Road, Levens, Cumbria, LA8 8PU
Lucy has a beautiful garden in the delightful village of Levens.
You can park in the road outside, but it would be a good idea to carshare as the road is not that wide.

Barley Bridge, Stavely. Map ref SD 470987
2023-05-25 10:00 - 14:00 | Barley Bridge, Barley Bridge, Hall Lane, Staveley, Cumbria, LA8 9
This Venue is at the weir in Staveley which can be good if there has been a lot of rain, but a short walk takes you to other views. Nice part of the world.
The post code isn’t strictly correct but it is the nearest I could get to the site. Park on Kentmere Road

Levens Hall Garden or Park. Levens Bridge entrance Map re SD 496853
2023-05-11 10:00 - 14:00 | Levens Hall and Garden, Llevens Hall, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 0PD
An impressive Elizabethan house with an interesting history, as well as the worlds oldest topiary.
The car park is free but you have to pay to get in the grounds although there are many beautiful views around the site and in the Park.
There is a very nice cafe which sells good coffee!

Helsington Church. Map ref SD489889
2023-05-04 10:00 - 14:00 | Helsington Church, Helsington, Cumbria, LA8 8AQ, United Kingdom
This is another lovely location with amazing views although it can be very windswept. The church always seems to be open so a good place to go if you get cold.
Nowhere to get refreshments up here, so please bring your own.

Sizergh Castle
2023-04-27 10:00 - 14:00 | Sizergh Castle, Sizergh Castle, near Kendal, LA8 8DZ, United Kingdom
A beautiful National Trust venue but which now has a hefty charge for parking!
I would suggest that those of you who are members of the National Trust, car share with non-members.

Indoors or Outdoors
2023-04-20 10:00 - 13:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
KAS summer programme starts today. We have the hall for coffee and tea, but you can either use this time to sketch outdoors or stay inside and complete a painting

Calligraphy demonstration and 'have a go'
2023-03-30 10:00 - 13:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
I think most of us have always wished our handwriting was a little better than it is, so I am sure that this session with Terry Johnson, on calligraphy, will give us an insite in how to improve it and be able to write beautiful pages of letters and words.
This will be a good one.

Group critique
2023-03-23 10:00 - 13:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Bring one or several of your paintings or sketches in to discuss with other members.

Full day life drawing or painting
2023-03-18 10:00 - 16:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
A chance for you to sketch or paint a life model. There is a fee of £20 for this full Saturday session.
Tea and coffee available all day but bring your own lunch with you.

Work up last week's sketch in full colour
2023-03-09 10:00 - 13:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Painting from a sketch. Use any medium to develop last week’s sketch into a painting.

Charcoal sketch of any subject that interests you
2023-03-02 10:00 - 13:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Using charcoal is a an interesting medium if a trifle messy. I would advise good quality cartridge in a decent size, and an easil helps (table top is fine). If this all makes you shudder just come along and do what you want.

Thefts, Fakes and Forgeries
2023-02-23 10:00 - 13:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Please come to an entertaining talk by Ann-Marie Michel on Thefts, Fakes and Forgeries in Art.

Problems with Perspective
2023-02-16 08:00 - 17:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Ian Royle will attept to take away some of the mystery from perspective drawing.

Sketching inside Kendal Parish Church
2023-02-09 10:00 - 13:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Based at the Social Centre, we will walk along to the Parish Church to do some sketching, then back to the centre for coffee.

Potrait Morning
2023-02-02 10:00 - 13:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Practice drawing a fully clothed model.

Collagraph Workshop
2023-01-26 10:00 - 16:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Collagraph is an exciting and expressive method of printmaking. The method involves sticking materials on to a piece of mount board (called a plate) or cutting into the plate. Through this method you can create interesting textures and patterns. The plate can be printed as a relief print using a roller or as an intaglio print or a mixture of the two processes. The aim of the day is to explore this printmaking process and produce at least two plates which can be printed. This work can be figurative or abstract in nature.
