Kendal Art Society

One of Gill's puzzles
2025-01-23 08:00 - 12:30 (Europe/London) | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Bring your paints and brushes to create a masterpiece.
Paper will be supplied.

Gelli printing half day workshop with Jess Levine
2025-01-30 10:00 - 13:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
There will be a charge of £5.00 for this workshop and places are limited so please book in plenty of time (gillimpey@hotmail.co.uk)

Karen Lester Watercolour Landscape Workshop
2025-02-08 10:00 - 15:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
This is a full day watercolour workshop with the popular Karen Lester.
There will be a charge of £20 for this and please book early to avoid disappointment.

Watercolour Landscape
2025-02-13 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Landscape panting is always a favourite. You might want to continue with techniques learnt in Karen Lester’s workshop, or do your own thing. Time is getting on and we need to be thinking about our annual exhibition!

Industrial Landscape - Charcoal
2025-02-20 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Start an industrial landscape using charcoal.

Industrial Landscape using colour
2025-02-27 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Either complete your previous charcoal sketch in colour, or start another using any medium.

Watercolour painting half day workshop with Ruth Clayton
2025-03-06 10:00 - 13:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Workshop with Ruth Clayton of Farfield Mill. Ruth has a history of popular tutor led workshops and is well known for her watercolour sea and waterfall paintings. You will come away from her workshop with a completed painting.

Watercolour Painting
2025-03-13 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Use your understanding of Ruth Clayton’s techniques in order to make your own painting.

10 Minute Poses
2025-03-20 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Sketch each other today. Do 10 minute poses, standing, sitting, holding something or anything you can think of.

Annual General Meeting 2025 with an illustrated talk on War Artists by Ann-Marie Michel
2025-03-27 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Welcome to the Annual General Meeting of Kendal Art Society

Interior of a Cafe from a Sketch or a Photo
2025-04-03 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Use any medium to paint or sketch the interior of a cafe. You can take your idea from somewhere you have been and sketched, or have taken a photo. You could make it up or take the idea from famous artists like the French Impressionists who often did paintings of cafe or restaurant life.

Through the Garden Gate
2025-04-10 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Any medium to paint or sketch through a garden gate using a previous sketch or a photo, or it could be made up. Use your imagination on this one!

Life Drawing or Painting - Saturday Session
2025-04-26 10:00 - 15:00 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
We will have the lovely life model, Andrea, today. It will be £20 for the day and please book in plenty of time.

Sea and Sky Painting, using a Limited Palette
2025-05-01 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Use any medium you like to paint or draw a sea and sky scape. We will be using two consecutive sessions using this subject and will try to use a limited palette.
This technique is used by many great masters, including John Singer Sargent, Claude Monet and Anders Zorn. A limited palette can mean selecting the fewest paints possible to create the widest range of tones on the spectrum.

Sea and Sky Painting using a Limited Palette
2025-05-08 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
As last week, use any medium you like to paint or draw a sea and sky scape. This is the second of two consecutive sessions using this subject and technique.
The technique is used by many great masters, including John Singer Sargent, Claude Monet and Anders Zorn. A limited palette can mean selecting the fewest paints possible to create the widest range of tones on the spectrum.

Critique of Paintings
2025-05-15 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre, Dowker Lane, Kendal, LA9 5AA
Bring any of your paintings in that you would like to discuss with the other members.

Sketch in Kendal Parkside Road Cemetery
2025-05-22 10:00 - 12:30 | Kendal Football club, Parkside Road, Kendal, LA9 7BL
Park in Kendal Town FC carpark on Parkside Road and cross over the road to the cemetery. It’s a very pretty place with lots of mature trees, wonderful in the spring when the snowdrops, crocus, then daffodil and primroses are out. This time of year there are shady walks and a lovely path through some copper beeches. You can walk up the hill towards the castle or through the cemetery to Fletchers Park.
We will meet just accross from the car park and then just find your own place to sketch but you will have to bring your own refresshment today.

Preview of KAS Annual Art Exhibition
2025-05-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Stricklandgate House, Library Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4PU, United Kingdom
invitation to preview 2025

KAS Annual Art Exhibition
2025-05-31 10:00 - 2025-06-07 17:00 | Stricklandgate House, Library Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4PU, United Kingdom
Annual Exhibition open from Saturday 31st May to Saturday 7th June but closed on Sunday 1st June.

Visit to Lucy Sclater's garden
2025-06-12 10:00 - 13:00 | Cook House, Church Road, Levens, Cumbria, LA8 8PU
Our first garden visit this year is to the beautiful garden at Cook House, Levens, with stunning flowers and views to sketch and paint. Parking is not too bad in the area but its a good idea to share cars if you can.
Meet around 10.00 for coffee.

Sizergh Castle and Grounds
2025-06-19 10:00 - 13:00 | Sizergh Castle, Sizergh Castle, near Kendal, LA8 8DZ, United Kingdom
Sizergh Castle is a lovely place to visit any time of the year. It is a National Trust property and so free if you are a member, but I would suggest that you try to car share with a member because the carpark is not cheap.
Meet in the cafe at 10.00am before either going into the park or around the area. Sizergh Castle grounds are well worth a visit.

Angela and Ian's garden
2025-06-26 10:00 - 13:00 | 2 Barony Hills, 2 Barony Hills, Sandylands Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6JF
Come and enjoy our regular visit to 2 Barony Hills, off Sandylands Road, Kendal. There is so much to see and sketch here and Angela’s cakes are the best!
Coffee around 10.00am and then find a place to sketch amongst the plants and flowers.

From Sketch to a Painting
2025-07-03 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Social Centre, Dowkers Lane, Kendal, LA9 4RF, United Kingdom
Painting from a sketch drawn over the last few weeks using any medium.

Sketching at Castle Green Hotel, Kendal
2025-07-10 10:00 - 13:00 | Castle Green Hotel, Castle Green Lane, Kendal, LA9 6RG, United Kingdom
We are invited to the Lodge at southern entrance to Castle Green Hotel for coffee before going out to sketch in the grounds.
For those of you who havent been before, the grounds are very attractive with mature trees, shrubs and flowers in formal and wild gardens. A very pretty spot.

Another delightful garden
2025-07-17 10:00 - 13:00 | 8 Oxenholme Road, Kendal, LA9 7NJ
Frances and John have invited us to sketch in this beautiful garden of roses, perfumed flowers, colourful shrubs and areas of delight.
Coffee at 10.00

Levens Park or Gardens
2025-07-24 10:00 - 13:00 | Levens Hall and Garden, Llevens Hall, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 0PD
There is free parking and the park across the road is free, but there is a charge for the garden.
There are wonderful trees and a winding river in the park, but please be careful crossing the very busy A6.
Meet in the cafe at 10.00-10.30

Abbot Hall Social Centre
2025-07-31 10:00 - 12:30 | Abbot Hall Social Centre, Dowkers Lane, Kendal, LA9 4RF, United Kingdom
We are back in our winter venue with another session of using the sketches you have done over the past month to make a painting.

The Rock, Underbarrow
2025-08-07 10:00 - 13:00 | The Rock, Underbarrow, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 8HJ, United Kingdom
A visit to the garden of ‘The Rock’ at Underbarrow, which is out in the Westmorland countryside. A very attractive old house with good view of the countryside around.
coffee 10.00 – 10.30

Holehird RHS Gardens
2025-08-14 10:00 - 13:00 | Holehird Garden, Patterdale Road, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1NP, United Kingdom
There is always something to see at Holehird, whatever time of year you visit. With the new network of accessible paths on the fellside, there is more of the gardens to see throughout the year, and from higher up, the views out across to the surrounding fells are stunning. As well as opening up new vistas, the new paths have created opportunities for the gardeners to enhance their borders and plant new beds with a range of new plantings.
Although there is no cafe, tea and coffee is available in the visiter centre.
Meet at 10.00 – 10.30 in the visiter centre.

Visit to Sprint Mill, Burneside
2025-08-21 10:00 - 13:00 | Sprint Mill, Kendal, LA8 9AQ
Get ready for our annual visit to the fascinating Sprint Mill where there is plenty to see and sketch, both inside and out.
Please bring your own refreshments.
