2025-2026 Programme
Our complete schedule of demonstrations, workshops, and social events. All activities take place every Thursday 7:30pm at Holmwood Hall unless otherwise noted.
Programme every Thursday 7:30pm at Holmwood Hall (URC)
September 2025
4th
11th
Art Mart, bring and buy sale for art materials
Autumn Exhibition All Saints, Carshalton
13 & 14th September 2025
18th
Practical Evening: Abstract Emotions
Hint: Don't paint an object—paint a feeling. Use colors, textures or shapes that express something personal.
25th
Demonstration: Matt Waruszynski
October 2025
2nd
Practical Evening: Dreamscapes
Hint: Combine reality with imagination. Think surreal, floaty, dreamlike images with soft transitions.
9th
Practical Evening: The Rhythm of Chaos
Hint: Let bold strokes, splatters, or layered textures to show movement, noise, or inner chaos.
16th
Demonstration: Flor Ferraco
23rd
Painting Project – FIRE
30th
Practical Evening: Famous Painting Pastiche
Hint: Recreate or parody a famous painting in your own style. Feel free to modernise it.
November 2025
6th
Practical Evening: Life is like a Butterfly
Hint: Focus on transformation, delicacy or short-lived beauty. Butterflies can be literal or symbolic.
13th
Practical Evening: Reflective Objects Challenge
Hint: Bring something shiny—glass, metal, or water surface. Focus on how reflections distort form and light.
20th
Demonstration: Tim Wilmot
27th
Creative Card Design
Hint: Festive card with a twist!
December 2025
Annual Exhibition 4th to 6th December (All Saints Church)
11th
Christmas Party
Quiz, food, fun and games – Dennis Bull Cup: Best Drawing in pen or pencil and Irene Holdaway Award for best flower study in Watercolour plus Favourite Painting Winner
Merry Christmas – See you in the New Year!
January 2026
8th
Painting Project – EARTH
15th
Practical Evening: That's Handy!
Hint: Draw or paint expressive hands, gestures, actions or storytelling through fingers.
22nd
Demonstration: Anna Vitalyevn
29th
Film Night: As Voted For!
February 2026
5th
Practical Evening: Mixed Media Rescue Challenge
Hint: Bring a 'failed' piece and revive it with layers, collage, ink, pencil or pastel.
12th
Practical Evening: Silence and Solitude
Hint: Use empty space, muted color, minimal composition to express stillness or introspection.
19th
Demonstration: Ian Potts-Pope
26th
Painting Project – WATER
March 2026
5th
Practical Evening: Through the Looking Glass
Hint: Use mirrors, reflections, or symbolic frames. Think portals, altered reality, or different viewpoints.
12th
Demonstration: Curtis Tappenden
19th
Practical Evening: Hands Challenge
Hint: Draw or paint expressive hands—gestures, actions, or storytelling through fingers.
26th
Practical Evening: Silence and Solitude
Hint: Use empty space, muted color, minimal composition to express stillness or introspection.
April 2026
2nd
Practical Evening: Unconventional Landscapes
Hint: Try imaginary worlds, strange colors, or surreal perspectives. Landscapes, but not as you know them.
9th
Practical Evening: Artistic Exploration: Cultural/Movement Inspiration
Hint: Choose an artist, culture or art movement that inspires you
16th
Practical Evening: Communal Still Life—One Big Story, Many Perspectives
Hint: Bring and object to add to our still life display.
23rd
Monochrome Magic—Seeing in One Colour
Hint: Create a piece using just one chosen color and white
30th
Practical Evening: Color Matching Challenge (Magazine)
Hint: Cut out a magazine image and replicate it using only red, blue, and yellow. Focus on tone and hue.
May 2026
7th
Practical Evening: 3x3 Media Study
Hint: Choose one subject and paint it three different mediums
14th
A.G.M. and Awards: Bert Houghton Landscape Prize
Spring Exhibition All Saints, Carshalton
21st
Practical Evening: Draw the person you're sitting with
28th
Practical Evening: Draw the person you're sitting with
June 2026
4th
Painting Project – AIR
11th
Practical Evening: Letters, Words and Whispers
Hint: Incorporate text—poems, handwriting, or quotes—into your visual piece.
18th
Practical Evening: Working On Black, Let there be light!
Hint: Start with a black background and build the light
25th
Practical Evening: Echoes of the Past
Hint: Paint from memory, history, or family stories. Use aged tones or collage to create nostalgia.
July 2026
2nd
Advice Clinic
Hint: Bring a piece you're stuck on or questions about technique/composition. Supportive group discussion.
9th
Painting Project Judging: The Four Elements
Christine Samway Award
16th
Practical Evening: Festival Spirit
Hint: Think color, celebration, and rhythm—music, parades, costumes, lights. Capture energy and joy.
23rd
Practical Evening: Postcards from Anywhere
Hint: Invent or recall a place—real or imagined—and paint it as a small, postcard-sized scene.
30th
Summer Party
Bring some food, secret sketch swap – Members bring a small artwork to be drawn for. Bring a portrait to be swapped by the group.
What to Bring
- Your own art materials
- Work in progress (optional)
- Apron or old clothes
- Enthusiasm to learn!
Join Us
New members and visitors are always welcome at our Thursday sessions. No need to book ahead - just turn up with your materials and join in!