DEVON ART SOCIETY PROGRAMME 2026 – 2027

Our programme has been created from members suggestions. These will provide an amazing variety of demos, subjects and practical ideas but you can come with your own work on days without demonstrations.  Cost £3 per week.

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Oct 6th Ashley Raddon Demo/Paint Along workshop to show us how to simplify and paint people loosely and expressively.  Be prepared to ‘have a go’ so bring your painting materials £5 today. See August Leisure Painter/The Artist magazine

Oct 13th Painting from your Plein Air sketch books

Oct 20th Painting in the style of Bonnard - French Painter and Printmaker 1867-1947

Post-Impressionism, Les Nabis, Symbolism – Les Nabis looks interesting

Oct 27th Paint in the style of your chosen Artist

Nov 3rd Geometric Shapes. The geometric art movement emerged in the early 20th century

Pioneers like Kazimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian

Nov 10th Painting style is your choice but use Pen and Ink or Gouache

Nov 17th In the style of German Expressionism - a cultural movement that sought to rebel against traditional bourgeois, emulating the Parisian Fauvist Movement. Inspiration from artists such as Edvard Munch, El Greco, and Vincent van Gogh.

Nov 24th Architectural paintings of inside a church or cathedral

Dec 1st Draw each other - short poses

Dec 8th Mood Painting – Paul Riley (July Leisure Painter/The Artist magazine) draws attention to ‘Giants of Baroque & Renaissance, Michaelangelo murals & Monet p95’

Dec 15th Try another method of painting that you don’t normally do.  Take home a what to bring list for jan 5th       

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Jan 5th Painting with Intuition – you never know what magic can happen – Cherry will lead

Jan 12th Collage with the theme of Floral Birds

Jan 19th Cloud Studies – any medium

Jan 26th Butterflies & insects

Feb 2nd In the style of Salvador Dali

Feb 9th PORTRAIT model to be confirmed

Sat Feb 20th AGM at St Lukes Hall – 12.30pm

Feb 16th Luxury Ornate Art

Feb 23rd Seascapes

March 2nd POSSIBLE DEMO date to be confirmed or moved

March 9th In the style of Richard Musgrave Evans. A modern ‘en plein air’ (in the open air) artist traveling Australia with my mobile studio, paints and canvases

March 16th Gnarly old trees

March 23rd Mixed media

April 6th Still life Spring Flowers

April 13th Paint a Kitchen scene

April 20th Abstract Landscapes

April 27th In the style of Matisse

May 4th Animals or Birds

May 11th Life Model – to be confirmed

May 18th Summer Garden

May 25th Miniature Painting and preparing for plein air