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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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  • Sketching at the National Trust property, Sizergh Castle or Grounds.

    Sizergh Castle Sizergh Castle, near Kendal, United Kingdom

    One of our favourite places, the beautiful grounds of Sizergh Castle has numerous areas to sketch or paint.  You do have to pay for parking unless you are a member so if possible get a lift from a member or take a member with you.  Meet at 10.00 in the cafe or nearby, it does…

  • The Yards of Kendal

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    Get ready for a great morning sketching in the yards of Kendal, and there are so many to choose from! We will meet at the Abbot Hall Social Centre for coffee and decisions about where to go to sketch.

  • Frances and John Davenport’s Garden

    8 Oxenholme Road Kendal

    Another beautiful garden to visit, let's hope the weather is good. There is sometimes room to park on Oxenholme Road or you could try the Murley Moss Business Park across the road.

  • Levens Hall Park or Gardens

    Levens Hall and Garden Llevens Hall, Kendal, Cumbria

    Another favourite of ours. Levens hall has free parking but there is a charge for the garden. The park is across the road and you are free to wander. Meet in the cafe 10.00am Good Cafe

  • Ian and Angela Royle’s Garden

    2 Barony Hills 2 Barony Hills, Sandylands Road, Kendal, Cumbria

    Ian and Angela's garden is very interesting with a beautiful flower garden at the front, and lawns, flowers, a pond and vegetables at the back.  They even have an active beehive. We are always made very welcome.  

  • Abbot Hall Social Centre painting day

    Abbot Hall Social Cee Dowker Lane, Kendal, Cumbria

    Subject to be arranged but we will definitely be starting at the centre

  • Sketching at Fellside and/or Serpentine Woods.

    Kendal Golf Course or The Tram Kendal, Cumbria, United Kingdom

    Sketching at Fellside and/or Serpentine Woods. There is Off-road parking at The Tram (off Queens Road), or the Golf Club.

  • Sketch Books – Bob Henfrey

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    Bob Henfrey will be coming to talk about plein-air sketching There will be a £5.00 admission cost for this session  

    £5.00

  • Sprint Mill

    Sprint Mill Kendal

    Those of you who have been to Sprint Mill to sketch will want to go back again.  There is so much to see and sketch, inside or out.  Do not miss this one.

  • Flora or Fauna

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    Welcome back for the winter programme. This session is for you to decide what you would like to draw or sketch.  Either work from photos or from fresh flowers, leaves or fungi.  Bring your own in, or work from a selection of photos, or flowers in the centre.

  • Inktober

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    The first Thursday in october and the time for Inktober.  Use any form of ink to create a picture. Jake Parker created Inktober in 2009 as a challenge to improve his inking skills and develop positive drawing habits. It has since grown into a worldwide endeavor with thousands of artists taking on the challenge every…

  • Mixed media abstract painting

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    Rachel Eaves is a creative artist with a love of colour and expressive mark-making. Her work explores her feelings about the landscape and environment around her, inspired by light, colour and memories of what she has seen. She likes her work to feel joyful and uplifting, pulling the viewer into playful and imaginary places. £10…

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