Oil Painting Demonstration - Graham Tyford
2025-11-06 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Graham Tyford is back!
After the wonderful demonstration last year we are very pleased that he has agreed to come back this year with another oil painting demonstration.
Wonderful!
There will be a small cost of £5.00 in order to help with expenses, but refreshments will be supplied.

Painting landscape with water
2025-11-13 10:00 - 13:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Painting ponds, lochs, lakes or tarns in any medium.

Ideas for Christmas Cards
2025-11-20 10:00 - 13:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Christmas is coming and so time to think about your Christmas Cards.
Gill Impey will give you some hints on how to paint simple Christmas pictures and cards, she will also have some blank cards to sell but if you are planning to get them printed you need to paint on a larger sheet before printing.

Continuation of Christmas Card Ideas.
2025-11-27 10:00 - 13:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Either continue with last weeks cards or start a new idea of your own.

Discuss a painting or piece of art work you admire
2025-12-04 10:00 - 13:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Either bring in an actual painting, ceramic, sculture, or a photo of any of these and either explain why you like your choice, or any facts about the artist that you would like to share with the group.

Oil Painting Demonstration - Ben McLeod
2025-12-11 10:00 - 13:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Ben McLeod will be painting a landscape or seascape in oils.
There will be a small cost of £5.00 in order to help with expenses, but refreshments will be supplied.

Christmas get together to look at work made since October, plus Jacob's Join
2025-12-18 10:00 - 13:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Members bring in work produced since October to view.
Members will also bring in some snacks for a Christmas lunch.

Winter theme
2026-01-15 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Session to get back after Christmas, so use winter as a theme to sketch or paint.

From Sketch to Painting with Bob Henfrey
2026-01-22 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Using pencil, graphite or charcoal, look at lines, shading and mark making, then analyse your own photograph in order to decide how to use it prior to making a painting.

From Sketch to Painting.
2026-01-29 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Use your notes or memory from the last week session and turn your photo into a painting.

Acrylic demonstration with Jamie Oldham
2026-02-05 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
A demonstration of acrylic painting with Jamie Oldham. £5.00 per person

Workshop with Hannah Robinson
2026-02-14 10:00 - 15:30 | Abbot Hall Social Cee, Dowker Lane, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4DN
This is a mixed media workshop (£20.00 per person)
Please book by texting 7522264187 or email gillimpey@hotmail.co.uk

Gill's jigsaw
2026-02-19 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Paint an old master between you.

Watercolour Demonstration with Greg Howard
2026-02-26 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Demonstration of water colour – £5.00 per person

Tonal composition
2026-03-05 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Use a black and white photograph or sketch to paint or draw a picture. Don’t look at a colour version of your photo and so imagine the colours from the tones you see.

Jayne Lancaster workshop
2026-03-12 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Jayne lancaster is mainly an animal artist, who does lovely loose paintings of animals and birds. She is a member of GreenDoor, and can be found on Facebook and Instagram.
This workshop will be from 10.00 to 12.30 and there is a charge of £10.00. Please book in advance.
Bring watercolours, ink pens, pencils etc.

Continuation of the theme of animal painting
2026-03-19 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Social Cee, Dowker Lane, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4DN
Animal painting or just come and do your own thing. We’d love to see you anyway.

Annual General Meeting of KAS
2026-03-26 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Annual General Meeting of Kendal Art Society. Subscriptions of £25 per person will be due on that day.
There will also be a illustrated talk by the lovely Anne-Marie Michel on WW1 artists. Those of you who have seen her before will know how knowledgeable and entertaining she is as a speaker, so please come and support us and her.

World War 1 artists
2026-04-02 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Try painting in the style of a World War 1 artist, or come and do your own thing. As usual we would love to see you.

10 Minute Action Sketching.
2026-04-09 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
1 or 2 members to take turns posing for an action sketch such as walking around the room; putting on a shoe or coat etc; pretending to punch; hitting a golf ball; leaning against a table; opening a door. Any idea you can think of but nothing too drastic. We dont want anyone damaged in the process!

General painting morning - theme Spring
2026-04-16 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
A theme of spring on this April morning, using any media. With any luck the sun will be out and we will be able to see the new growth in Abbot Hall Park.

Anatomy of Painting - illustrated talk
2026-04-23 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Social Centre, Dowkers Lane, Kendal, LA9 4RF, United Kingdom
Martin Kinnear will be giving us an illustrated talk on ‘The Anatomy of Painting’.
This should be a really interesting talk and I hope there will be a good attendance.

Life Drawing
2026-04-25 10:00 - 15:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
The lovely Andrea will be with us once again for a life drawing or painting session. £20.00 per person.
Please book in advance.

Discuss and show own paintings
2026-04-30 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Bring paintings, sketches or sketchbooks to discuss with other members or, if you don’t feel you can do the discussion part, just bring them in and leave on a table in the room. It’s good to see what our members have been doing over the winter.
We will have coffee and cake!

Exhibition opens in Stricklandgate House, Kendal
2026-05-30 10:00 - 17:00 | Stricklandgate House, Library Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4PU, United Kingdom
Free entry

Exhibition of Art Work. Last Day
2026-06-06 10:00 - 16:00 | Stricklandgate House, Library Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4PU, United Kingdom
Last day of the exhibition. Please collect any bought art work from 3.00 pm

Relax and paint or sketch anything you like
2026-06-11 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
After the rigors of the exhibition we invite members to paint or sketch from photos, sketches or just from imagination.

Holehird RHS Gardens sketching
2026-06-18 10:00 - 13:00 | Holehird Garden, Patterdale Road, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1NP, United Kingdom
Its been a diabolical June but hopefully we will be meeting in Holehird gardens for a sketching morning of flowers and scenery. Free parking, donation welcome. Sometimes there maybe refreshments available but I’d advise you to bring your own.

Lucy Sclater's garden,Levens
2026-06-25 10:00 - 13:00 | Cook House, Church Road, Levens, Cumbria, LA8 8PU
This week we will meet in Levens, at the garden of member Lucy Sclater. Its a lovely garden with views over the countryside. Refreshments are usually provided.

Relax at Abbot Hall Social centre for an open sketching session.
2026-07-02 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Bring in anything you want to paint or sketch
