October 2025
November 2025
Tuesday 4th - Monet Themed Session
Monet (1840 - 1926) was one of the founders of French Impressionist painting and a groundbreaker in the development of expressive art. We quickly think of waterlilies, gardens and sunsets, but he also loved portraits, landscapes and seascapes. Well known for his oil paintings, he often used watercolours in his plein-air sketches.
First taught in realism, he was influenced by contemporary artists, loved to sketch outdoors where he developed a loose brushstroke style and focussed on colour over form. What made Monet different from the other Impressionist painters was his innovative idea of creating Series paintings devoted to paintings of a single theme or subject. With the repetitive study of the subject at different times of day Monet's paintings show the effects of sunlight, time and weather through colour and contrast.
Members are encouraged to delve into his work. (some books in cupboard) Members to each choose a favourite painting, with the aim of recreating the chosen painting in their own style and using their preferred mediums or mixed media. Please be as abstract as you wish. You have a couple of weeks to decide and plan your approach to recreating your chosen piece. Please bring your personal equipment to 04/11 session and get painting/drawing/procreating. We will use the open session on the 18/11 to show and tell.
Monet (1840 - 1926) was one of the founders of French Impressionist painting and a groundbreaker in the development of expressive art. We quickly think of waterlilies, gardens and sunsets, but he also loved portraits, landscapes and seascapes. Well known for his oil paintings, he often used watercolours in his plein-air sketches.
First taught in realism, he was influenced by contemporary artists, loved to sketch outdoors where he developed a loose brushstroke style and focussed on colour over form. What made Monet different from the other Impressionist painters was his innovative idea of creating Series paintings devoted to paintings of a single theme or subject. With the repetitive study of the subject at different times of day Monet's paintings show the effects of sunlight, time and weather through colour and contrast.
Members are encouraged to delve into his work. (some books in cupboard) Members to each choose a favourite painting, with the aim of recreating the chosen painting in their own style and using their preferred mediums or mixed media. Please be as abstract as you wish. You have a couple of weeks to decide and plan your approach to recreating your chosen piece. Please bring your personal equipment to 04/11 session and get painting/drawing/procreating. We will use the open session on the 18/11 to show and tell.
Tuesday 18th Juliet is going to talk to us on 21st October about the session for this Huddersfield Charites success story. Please follow this link in advance to learn more
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Tuesday 24th February 2026
Hi members,
The theme for this session is the word ‘serene’. What does this word mean to you and how could you depict it in a painting / artwork? We will talk a little bit about this theme on Tues 18th Nov to help get your creative juices flowing, but have a read through these notes as well beforehand.
You can use whatever materials /medium you prefer to use from pencil /pen, paint, collage, to sculpture.
You can use whatever genre of art you prefer –see the attached photos for different examples.
Think about what colours feel ‘serene’ to you? You can see from my photos that ‘serene’ for me is cool blues and greeney blues, whilst hot colours like bright red and orange, for me, are very shouty, noisy, demanding.
Think about what marks might say ‘serene’ and, for you, what marks say the opposite. If you are struggling to work things out for yourself, start with the opposite to serene and then explore how you might do something different. For example, for me, sharp, darting, stabbing marks are not serene, so what might I do instead to bring that idea of serene into my work?
What shape or size might be ‘serene’ for you?
If you are a portrait artist what expression is serene and can you find that expression in your portrait?
If you are a landscape artist mainly, what sort of landscape is ‘serene’ for you?
If you have an idea developing and want to make a start on your piece of artwork, go for it and then finish it on the 25th to share.
At the end of the session on the 25th, we will give ourselves a chance to have a chat about what we have found out / discovered both about ourselves but also about what we can bring into our paintings going forwards.
Hi members,
The theme for this session is the word ‘serene’. What does this word mean to you and how could you depict it in a painting / artwork? We will talk a little bit about this theme on Tues 18th Nov to help get your creative juices flowing, but have a read through these notes as well beforehand.
You can use whatever materials /medium you prefer to use from pencil /pen, paint, collage, to sculpture.
You can use whatever genre of art you prefer –see the attached photos for different examples.
Think about what colours feel ‘serene’ to you? You can see from my photos that ‘serene’ for me is cool blues and greeney blues, whilst hot colours like bright red and orange, for me, are very shouty, noisy, demanding.
Think about what marks might say ‘serene’ and, for you, what marks say the opposite. If you are struggling to work things out for yourself, start with the opposite to serene and then explore how you might do something different. For example, for me, sharp, darting, stabbing marks are not serene, so what might I do instead to bring that idea of serene into my work?
What shape or size might be ‘serene’ for you?
If you are a portrait artist what expression is serene and can you find that expression in your portrait?
If you are a landscape artist mainly, what sort of landscape is ‘serene’ for you?
If you have an idea developing and want to make a start on your piece of artwork, go for it and then finish it on the 25th to share.
At the end of the session on the 25th, we will give ourselves a chance to have a chat about what we have found out / discovered both about ourselves but also about what we can bring into our paintings going forwards.
