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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 drawing or painting

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    In this session we will be looking at the technique of portrait drawing, so we will not be using a live model for the whole of the session, but also looking at photographs in order to get correct measurements. Bring, at least A4, paper, pencils or charcoal, rubbers and rulars if you think they will…

  • Winter Landscape, in any media.

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    Your choice for this session Coffee, tea and biscuits £1.00

  • Life Model

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    We have a beautiful life model for the whole day.  Tea, coffee and biscuits provided but please bring you own lunch. Booking is essential so let me know as soon as possible if you can come.  It will be £20 for the whole day. gillimpey@hotmail.co.uk

    $20

  • Three colour palette painting

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    Join us on a painting session using just 3 colours.  These colours can be your own choice and using your own choice of medium. Coffee/tea and biscuits - £1.00  

  • Three colour palette painting

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    Join us for a second painting session using  3 different colours or finish last weeks painting. See below a cool palette and a warm palette.           Coffee/tea and biscuits - £1.00

  • Kandinsky style, still life painting

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

      Welcome to this fun session of making a Kandinsky style still life. For this session you will need a large sheet of paper, pencil and rubber, a thick and thin waterproof ink pan and colours of your choice (watercolour or gouache is best).  You will also need several articles for your still life.  It…

  • Caravaggio – a talk by Anne-Marie Michel

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    Please come along to this talk by Anne-Marie Michel on Caravaggio. She is a really entertaining speaker and I know that you will really enjoy it.   There will be a charge of £5.00 for the talk but tea, coffee and cakes will be provided free.

  • Group Caravaggio painting

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    Together we will paint a Caravaggio painting.  Please bring paints and brushes, but we will supply the paper.   Tea, coffee and biscuits £1.00

  • Saturday Monoprinting Workshop with Karen Lester

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    Try a day monoprinting with Ksaren Lester. £20.00 for the day and booking is essential.  Tea and coffee available but please bring your own lunch.   Contact Gill Impey on gillimpey@hotmail.co.uk

  • Tonal drawing

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    Use pencil, charcoal or pens to create a tonal picture.   Tea/coffee and biscuits £1.00

  • Charcoal drawing on big sheets of paper

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    Get out your comfort zone and try to draw on a big sheet of paper using charcoal. If you don't have any large sheets of paper (at least A3 or A2), or charcoal, we can supply it. Please bring a cover to protect the tables, it is messy!   Tea/coffee and biscuits £1.00  

  • Flowers using your own choice of medium

    Abbot Hall Adult Social Centre Dowker Lane, Kendal

    This is an open day where you can paint from a photo, bring in your own pot plant, or a bunch of flowers, or follow on from last weeks charcoal drawing. the choice is yours.   Tea/coffee and biscuits £1.00

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