Meetings

We meet most Thursday evenings from 7.00pm until 9.00pm in the community area at Jubilee Court, West Paddock, Leyland. PR25 1JJ. You are most welcome to call in and see us. 

Our meetings are very informal and once a month we have a set subject which members have an option to join in with if they wish. Some of our members also run an optional monthly workshop where you are invited to join in and experiment with concepts and mediums you may not be familiar with.

2024 Meetings

11 January - Art Group Returns.

Hopefully everyone had a pleasant Christmas and New Year and are now ready for an exciting year of art.

18 January - Group Annual General Meeting and Open Forum

Planning the activities and direction of the group for 2024. All welcome and everyone can have their say and present their point of view.

22 February - Glass on Glass

An optional paint along workshop looking at reflections and shapes within glass objects. Sharpen up your pencils for some interesting sketching. Organised by Paul Stanley.

21 March - Professional Demonstration with Chris Shields.

Chris is a wildlife artist and illustrator. For the evening he will provide a mini-exhibition of some of his previous work and produce an acrylic painting on canvas, using pallet knives and brushes. £4.00 Charge for visitors/non members.

Visit his website at  https://illustratedwildlife.com/

18 April - Watercolour DVD Paint Along

An optional workshop with Pam Harvey. Produce a watercolour landscape developed from a DVD presentation.

23 May - Geometric Abstracts

An optional workshop organised by Joan Hassall using acrylic paint.

20 June - Optional Workshop

Organised by Julie Searing. In this hands on workshop Julie demonstrates the techniques of cutting mounts and framing your art work. 

18 July - Social Evening and Group Discussion

An opportunity to get together and chat about how the year is progressing at Jubilee Court after the tea break. Organised by Paul Stanley.

25th July

Continue with your own work. Feel free to join in the conversation continued from last week as you paint.

1st August

Continue with your own work. Give your feedback on the new ideas and proposed additions to the current programme.

8th August

Continue with own work.

15th August - Start of Optional Theme 'Dove'

Continue with own work or start of optional theme of 'Dove'  to celebrate the International Day of Peace. You can interpret 'Dove' in any way using any medium. Show date for this theme is 12th September.

22nd August - Three Dimensional Painting

An optional workshop with Stephen Watson. Creating stone and wood effects in acrylic by using layering, shadowing and dry brush techniques. All materials supplied but if you prefer to use your own acrylics and have small acrylic brushes feel free to bring them along. You can if you wish continue with own work or continue with the optional theme of 'Dove'. Show date for this theme is 12th September.

29th August

Continue with your own work or continue with the optional theme of 'Dove'. Show date for this theme is 12th September. Stephen will bring the materials used for last weeks optional workshop if you wish to finish off your three dimensional painting workshop piece at the meeting.

5th September  - Start of Theme 'Animal Kingdom'

Continue with your own work or the 'Dove' theme. Show date for 'Dove' is 12th September.  Start of the optional theme 'Animal Kingdom' which you can interpret in any way using any medium. Show date for this theme is 3rd October.

12th September - Show Date for Theme 'Dove'

If you took part in the theme 'Dove'  bring your finished work in for display. Continue with your own work or progress with the 'Animal Kingdom' theme we started last week. Show date for Animal Kingdom is 3rd October.

19th September - Professional Demonstration with Liam Dickinson

Liam gave an excellent portrait demonstration to the Group last year and due to popular demand we have invited him back this year. Liam lives in Leyland and was a finalist in Sky’s portrait artist of the year show. Usual £2.00 cost for members and £4.00 charge for visitors/non members.

Visit his website at https://liamdickinson.co.uk/

26th September

Continue with your own work or progress with the 'Animal Kingdom' theme. Show date for this theme is Thursday 3rd October.

3rd October - Animal Kingdom Theme Reveal & New Theme Start 'Flowery Skull'

Bring your completed 'Animal Kingdom' theme for display. Continue with own work or start the next theme 'Flowery Skull' to recognise The Day of the Dead. These optional themes are an opportunity for you to develop a piece of your own design in a medium of your choice depicting the chosen subject in any way you feel. Show date for Flowery Skull is the 7th November meeting. 

10th October

Continue with own work or progress with the 'Flowery Skull' theme. Show date for this theme is the 7th November meeting.

17th October - New Theme Start 'Poppy'

Continue with own work, progress with the 'Flowery Skull' theme for the show date of 7th November or start the new theme of 'Poppy' for Armistice Day. Show date for 'Poppy' is the 14th November meeting.

19th October - Group Outing to Walker Gallery

The Lancashire Community Transport will be picking us up from Jubilee Court and taking us direct to the Walker. The Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool has one of the most important and renowned painting collections in the UK. 

24 October - Optional Autumnal Workshop

An optional workshop looking at the wonderful colours of autumn. This will be a slightly different concept to the traditional Autumn picture as Sue would like everyone to use a limited palette of 5 colours e.g. Orange, yellow, red, gold, brown, burnt umber, raw sienna etc. which can be blended depending which medium you choose. Any medium such as watercolour, acrylic, pastel, pastel pencils, felt tips or even collage is fair game. The subject can be abstract, animal, still life, portrait, landscape etc. We can put all creations together at the end of the evening and vote for our favourite.

If you prefer you can continue with your own work or progress with the current themes of 'Flowery Skull' (show date 7th November meeting) or 'Poppy' in time for the show date of 14th November meeting.

31st October

Continue with your own work or progress with the optional 'Flowery Skull' theme (show date 7th November)  or 'Poppy' theme in time for the show date of 14th November meeting. If you took part in Sue Redman's Autumnal Workshop and wish to continue with this subject, feel free.

7th November -  Flowery Skull Theme Reveal - New Theme Start

Bring your completed 'Flowery Skull' themed work for display. Continue with own work or start the  new theme of 'Mountains'. These optional themes are an opportunity for you to develop a piece of your own design in a medium of your choice  in any way you feel. Show date for the Mountains theme is the 12th December Christmas meeting.

14th November - Poppy Theme Reveal

Bring your completed 'Poppy' theme to the meeting for display. Continue with your own work or progress with the optional 'Mountains' theme. Show date for the Mountains theme is the 12th December Christmas meeting.

21 November - Optional Texture and Mark Making Workshop

This workshop will look at the various effects that can be created using watercolour. An optional workshop organised by Anne Worsnop.

If you prefer you can continue with your own work or progress with the optional  'Mountains' theme. Show date for 'Mountains is the 12th December Christmas meeting.

28th November

Continue with your own work or progress with the optional 'Mountains' theme. Show date for 'Mountains' is the 12th December Christmas meeting. If you took part in Anne's Texture and Mark Making workshop and wish to continue, feel free. 

5th December - New Theme Start

Continue with your own work, progress with the optional 'Mountains' theme (show date for 'Mountains' is the 12th December) or start the new theme 'Bunch of Flowers' in recognition of Blue Monday. This is something you can work on over the festive period when you have nothing else to do!  Show date for 'Bunch of Flowers is the 9th of January 2025, our first meeting next year.

12th December - Christmas Party - 'Mountains' Theme Reveal 

Bring your completed theme 'Mountains' for display as well as a painting created in 2024 for the annual John Emmerton Trophy competition. Bring a plate of food and join in a nice relaxing evening before we break for Christmas.