ART CLUB MEETINGS
Our 2 new groups launched in September 2025, when the Art Club year began. More information is available on our Membership page. Members enrol on their preferred group but now have the option to either join both groups or to choose which meeting to attend each month, using our new Attendance Card system.
If you are not yet a member and would like to join, please contact Maggie Read by email: pirbrightartclub@btconnect.com or mobile 0799552780
Group 1 (3rd Thursday of each month 1.15 - 4pm) is focused on painting and drawing for pleasure and learning. Members will get more step-by-step guidance, so this group is particularly suited to beginners and improvers. Maggie sets 'themes' each month and demonstrates at most of the group meetings.
Group 2 (4th Thursday of each month 2 - 5 pm) allows our more experienced artists to work on their own projects, if they choose to, although there is usually an optional 'theme' set for those who feel they need inspiration! This group is geared towards members who wish to exhibit. However, this is not exclusive and you may prefer the timing of this group if you wish to join.
All meetings take place at Lord Pirbright's Hall, on Pirbright Green (all sessions are in the Main Hall). The hall is spacious and members normally have a table to themselves, where possible.
CLUB MEETINGS - Autumn 2025
Group 1: meetings are held on the third Thursday of the month 1:15pm - 4pm
January 15th
No theme this month - bring anything you would like to work on / need help with.
As usual, there will be a still-life table for anyone who is stuck for ideas or who needs some some drawing practice. This week it will be random man-made objects. I suggest charcoal or dark soft pastel pencils. Any preferred medium will be fine, though.
February 19th
Theme to be announced.
March 19th
Theme to be announced.
April 16th
Theme to be announced.
May 21st
Theme to be announced.
June 18th
Theme to be announced.
July 16th
Theme to be announced.
Important diary dates:-
June 13th (provisional date) – Summer Exhibition at Pirbright Village Fair - all information to follow later in Spring.
Group 2: meetings are held on the fourth Thursday of the month 2pm - 5pm
January 22nd
No theme this month - bring anything you would like to work on / need help with.As usual, there will be a still-life table for anyone who is stuck for ideas or want some drawing practice. This week it will be random man-made objects. I suggest charcoal or dark soft pastel pencils. Any medium will be fine, though.
February 26th
Theme to be announced.
March 26th
Theme to be announced.
April 23rd
Theme to be announced.
May 28th
Theme to be announced.
June 25th
Theme to be announced.
July 16th
No meeting - Maggie is on holiday!
August
Replacement meeting - date tbc
Important diary dates:-
June 13th (provisional date) – Summer Exhibition at Pirbright Village Fair - all information to follow later in Spring.
Maggie Read is always on hand to help members with their work on an individual basis. Maggie is a qualified art tutor, teaching all aspects of drawing and painting in many different media.
For further information about Maggie Read, visit her own website www.maggieread.co.uk
There is an optional theme and suggested medium each month for anyone who needs inspiration! Members are encouraged to bring their own reference photos or source material to work from and use their own style and imagination to create original work...
We believe that art should express our own ideas and copying other artists' work is strictly forbidden, especially when it comes to exhibiting and selling art. Copyright rules are respected.
Our members work in a wide range of media, including drawing materials; watercolour; pen & wash; acrylics; pastels and oils.
(Please note, oil painters should please use water-mixable or low-odour oils.)
Tutor-led group painting sessions: members now purchase an Attendance Card for 5 x sessions (single card is £55) or 2 cards for £88 (10 x sessions). These cards are stamped each time a member attends a group meeting. Cards are valid for 5 months each and can be purchased at two issue dates each year: end of August (for Sept - February) and end of Feb (for March - July sessions). NB. The cards have an expiry date and cannot be rolled over to the next half-year..
DEMONSTRATIONS BY MAGGIE READ
Polperro Harbour Staged Demonstration by Maggie Read May 2020
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The November theme for one group was "A Frosty Garden Scene in White Pastel Pencil on Black Paper". Maggie produced a series of demonstration photos and a slide-show, based upon her own painting. Some of the staged photos are shown below.
2020's April theme was "An Interior Scene in Half-light" in watercolour. Maggie produced a series of demonstration photos from her own painting on this theme, see below.
The pictures should be viewed in conjunction with these documents, which can be viewed in either doc or pdf format.
