Programme

Regular Events
Tuesday meetings 7:00pm for 7:15pm start. Open to visitors at a charge of £4.
Monthly sketching trips on Mondays for members, from March to Nov, in different locations from 10:30 am to 4pm.

Sketching days Dates/times and events are subject to change due to weather etc., so keep up to date through the newsletter, website and from Angela. Members to meet at 10:30 am at the venue with art gear, seat. Please let Angela know if you intend to go, to get directions and arrange car shares.

Events for 2024
Tues 6th Feb 2024  –  Richard Squire. Demonstrating the drawing and painting of figures.
Tues 5th Mar 2024 –  AGM. Members’ Annual General Meeting followed by, at 8:15 Alec Purves illustrated talk “Portraiture, Past & Present”
Mon 11th Mar 2024 – Outdoor sketching in West Tanfield, meet at the Bull Inn at 10:30am
Fri 15th Mar 2024 – Spring lunch for art club members and partners at the Sportsman’s Arms, Wath
Sat 6th to Mon 8th, Apr 2024 – Spring Art Exhibition at Broadbelt Hall, Glasshouses HG3 5QY
Tues 2nd April 2024 – Bruce Mulcahy will demonstrate and explain his painting methods
Mon 15th April 2024 – Outdoor sketching at Yorke House, Dacre Banks HG3 4EW from 10:30am, picnic
Tues 7th May 2024 – Kate Kersey. A therapeutic approach, experimental art workshop
Mon 13th May 2024 – Outdoor sketching at Burnsall, meet at the Red Lion at 10:30am
Tues 4th June 2024 – Katharine Holmes. Talk and demonstration by Malhamdale painter.
Mon 10th June 2024 – Outdoor sketching at Ripon Walled Garden, meet in the cafe at 10:30am
Tues 2nd July 2024 – Ione Harrison. Demonstration – Creating textures in watercolour
Mon 15th July 2024 – Outdoor sketching in Grewelthorpe, meet in the village hall at 10:30am
Tues 6th Aug 2024 – Leslie Seeger – A life in paint – practice and process.
Mon 12th Aug 2024 – Outdoor sketching in Low Hall, Dacre Banks, meet at 10:30am, picnic lunch
Fri to Mon, 16th to 19th Aug 2024 Summer Art Exhibition at St Cuthbert’s School, Pateley Bridge, HG3 5LE
Tues 3rd Sept 2024 – Anne Carmen – The evolution of Australian art – 50,000 years in the making.
Mon 9th Sept 2024 – Outdoor sketching in Grassington, meet in the Corner Cafe at 10:30am
Tues 1st Oct 2024 – Mike Harford Cross – Video presentation Blood Guts and Prussian Blue”
Mon 7th Oct 2024 – Outdoor sketching in Fishponds Wood, Bewerley, meet in the Study Barn at 10:30am
Tues 5th Nov 2024 – John Harrison – “Line and wash demonstration, not just colouring in.”
Tues 3rd Dec 2024 – Christmas social
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                   What we did in 2023
Tues 7th Feb 2023 – Neil Simone, oil painter – “A Prize Winning Demonstration”
Tues 7th Mar 2023 – Members’ Annual General Meeting followed by film: “Monet in his own words”
– March quarterly painting/sketching subject – “Still life”.
Mon 13th Mar 2023 – Outdoor sketching at Yorke House, Dacre Banks HG3 4EW from 10:30am
Fri 17th Mar 2023 – Spring lunch for art club members and partners at the Wellington, Darley
Thur 30th Mar 2023 – Exhibition handing in 9am to 11am.
Fri 31st March to Monday 3rd April 2023   Spring Art Exhibition at Broadbelt Hall, Glasshouses HG3 5QY
Tues 4th April 2023 – Heather Burton – Palette knife painting demonstration.
Mon 17th April 2023 – Outdoor sketching at Old Sleningford, North Stainley HG4 3JD from 10:30am
Tues 2nd May 2023 – Talk by Gordon Henderson “A brief history of abstract art”
Mon 15th May 2023 – Outdoor sketching at Birstwith Hall, Tang Road, Birstwith HG3 2JW  from 10:30am
Tues 6th June 2023 –  Colin Swinton – Watercolour painting demonstration
–  June quarterly painting/sketching subject – “Spring”.
Mon 12th June 2023 – Outdoor sketching at Norton Conyers, HG4 5EQ from 10:30am
Tues 4th July 2023 – Alex Purves Illustrated talk on “Hoof, clay and Paw”
Mon 10th July 2023 – Outdoor sketching at Dallowgill from 10:30am
Tues 1st Aug 2023 – Miriam Laville Mixed media  demonstration “Natural forms”
Mon 7th Aug 2023 – Outdoor sketching in Knaresborough, 6 Poor Folk Cafe from 10:30am
Fri to Mon, 18th to 21st August 2023 Summer Art Exhibition
at St Cuthbert’s CE Primary School, Pateley Bridge, HG3 5LE
Tues 5th Sept 2023 – Nigel Overton  Acrylic demonstration “Landscape”
–  September quarterly painting/sketching subject – “Harvest”.
Mon 11th Sept 2023 – Outdoor sketching at Parceval Hall Gardens from 10:30am
Tues 3rd Oct 2023 – Caroline Mayor Illustrated talk “Rembrandt”
Mon 9th Oct 2023 – Outdoor sketching at Middlesmoor, meet Crown Hotel at 10:30am
Tues 7th Nov 2023 – Lesley Seeger Mixed media/printing demonstration
Tues 5th Dec 2023 – Christmas social
–  December quarterly painting/sketching subject – Open choice.
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                What we did in 2022

Tues 1st Feb 2022   James Owen Thomas talk and films about his paintings using recycled materials.
Tues 1st Mar 2022 AGM followed by a film on Bridget Riley introduced by Gordon.
  Monthly painting subject “Green shoots” bring your pictures
Mon 7th Mar 2022 Outdoor sketching in Ripon meet at Cafe Wilfrid in Kirkgate at 10:30 am
Fri   18 Mar 2022  Spring lunch at the Royal Oak, Dacre Banks at 1:30pm
Tues 5th Apr 2022 Demonstration by Tracey Krupianka of acrylic landscape painting
Thur 7th Apr 2022 Exhibition handing in 9am to 11am.
Fri to Monday 8th to 11th April 2022   Spring Art Exhibition at Broadbelt Hall
Tues 3rd May 2022 Demonstration/workshop of continuous line drawing by Mick Burton.
Mon 9th May 2022 Sketching in Hebden, meet at the Old Schoolroom cafe at 10:30am
Tues 7th June 2022 Painting and felting demonstration by Valerie Wartelle 
Mon 13th June 2022 Sketching in How Stean Gorge, meet at the Cafe at 10:30am
Tues 5th July 2022 Acrylic art/demonstration workshop by Jeanne Mundy
Mon 11th July 2022 Sketching Ilton, Druids Temple, Swinton Bivouac Cafe
Tues 2nd August 2022 Demonstration and talk by Robert Dutton
Mon 8th August 2022 Studley Royal Deer Park, meet at cafe, bottom car park at Fountains
Fri to Mon 19th to 23rd Aug 2022  – Summer Art Exhibition
Tues 6th Sept 2022 Illustrated talk on Vincent van Gogh by Caroline and Ian Mayor
Mon 12 Sept 2022 Sketching in Valley Gardens, Harrogate. Cancelled
Thurs 22 Sept 2022 Animals in Pastel workshop with Cath Inglis at No.6 Studios 10am to 4pm
Tues 4th Oct 2022 Illustrated talk  “Art and the Stage” Alex Purves
Mon 10th Oct 2022 Sketching in Masham, meet at King’s Head Hotel
Tues 1st Nov 2022 Illustrated talk “Ceramics and Glass” by Penny Riley Smith
Mon 7th Nov 2022 Sketching in Fishponds Wood, Bewerley, picnic at study barn
Tues 6th Dec 2022 Christmas Social
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