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Kendal Art Society meets on a weekly basis throughout the year, with several outdoor meetings during the summer

Members and non-member guests are all welcome. If it is your first time, please introduce yourself or feel free to get in touch online ahead of a meeting so that someone knows to look out for you.

Our regular base is the Abbot Hall Social Centre in Kendal on Thursday mornings but please check here for timings and venues for individual events and meetings.

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  • Portrait session

    Abbot Hall Social Cee Dowker Lane, Kendal, Cumbria

    There is a male model for our portrait session this week. Just one pose and use any medium you prefer. It will be good to get back into the social centre again.

  • Fruit and Flowers

    Abbot Hall Social Cee Dowker Lane, Kendal, Cumbria

    Thursday morning session painting or sketching fruit and or flowers in any medium.  

  • Painting Water

    Abbot Hall Social Cee Dowker Lane, Kendal, Cumbria

    This session will consist of a short demonstration of painting water by Frances Winder with a chance for everyone to do their own painting after a coffee break. Bring any media for your own attempt.

  • Choice of two: Illustrate a poem, or paint a water scene using cling film

    Abbot Hall Social Cee Dowker Lane, Kendal, Cumbria

    The next session is down as illustrating a poem or a piece of literature.  If you have decided what you are doing with this subject, great, come and do it; but following Frances Winders inspiring demonstration last week, several participants thought that they would like to try her techniques so I'm writing a list of…

  • Quick figure sketching

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    Portrait or figure sketching. Quick poses by members of the group.

  • Work up a painting from your sketch book or a photo

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    This is a chance to work on one of your summer sketches or photos. You could work on a painting you have wanted to finish but never got round to.

  • Full Saturday Workshop with Karen Lester

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    Please come along to a full day workshop with a well known local artist and art tutor.  Karen works with a number of different media such as watercolour, gouache, pastel and acrylics, often combining them to make her vibrant artworks. This time we will be using water colour and pastel to make an autumn scene.…

    $20

  • Complete a painting started earlier

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    This is an open painting session to do whatever you like. Finish a painting, ask advice or have a chat. it's always good to get together. £1.00 for coffee and biscuits.

  • Large Still Life

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    Please bring in something interesting to add to a large arrangement. £1.00 for coffee and biscuits

  • Group critique

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    This sounds a little disconcerting but please come and join us.  It will be a chance for you to discuss, in a friendly atmosphere, how your painting or drawing is getting on. Nobody will pull your paintings to pieces but may be able to help you with colour, tone, design, or how to continue.  We…

  • Develop a painting.

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    This should be fun. It will give you a chance to develop a painting fom a small piece of an old master or a photograph, using any medium you like. Use your imagination and see what you can come up with.      

  • Develop an abstract painting.

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    Another amusing session. This time develop an abstract painting from a small piece of a coloured photograph or painting, which will be supplied, using only the colours on thst example. I've done this before and it was great fun.  You can stick the piece you are given on your paper and extend the colours, or…

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