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Club News 2026
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Next meeting:
Wednesday September 9th, 7pm - Leicester High School for Girls, 454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP
Critique - Scott Bridgwood
Sketching days
Sat August 22nd - Washbrook Allotments
Welford Road, LE2 6FP (what3words:client.ages.trendy)
Meet at 1pm
2026 Exhibition
Location: The Old Library Café & Galleries, Leicester Adult Education College,
50-54 Belvoir Street, Leicester, LE1 6QL
Key Dates:
Closing date for entries: Sunday 27th September
Handing in of works: Tuesday 27th October 3.00 – 4.00pm
Collection of works: Wednesday 25th November from 2.00 – 3.30pm
EXHIBITION DATES: Friday 30th October to Tuesday 24th November
LAUNCH: Thursday 29th October 6.00pm – 8.00pm All Welcome
OPENING TIMES: Monday to Thursday 9.00am - 8.30pm, Fridays 9.00am – 3.30pm, Saturday opening to be advised
Entry form here
Exhibition conditions here
Coffee and sketch at the Cosy Club - on the second and fourth Sunday of the month, from 10.00 till 12.30
Last year's club news here
2025 slideshow - here's a reminder of all our activities over the last year
2024 slideshow
2023 slideshow
2022 slideshow
Wednesday September 9th, 7pm - Leicester High School for Girls, 454 London Rd, Leicester LE2 2PP
Critique - Scott Bridgwood
Sketching days
Sat August 22nd - Washbrook Allotments
Welford Road, LE2 6FP (what3words:client.ages.trendy)
Meet at 1pm
2026 Exhibition
Location: The Old Library Café & Galleries, Leicester Adult Education College,
50-54 Belvoir Street, Leicester, LE1 6QL
Key Dates:
Closing date for entries: Sunday 27th September
Handing in of works: Tuesday 27th October 3.00 – 4.00pm
Collection of works: Wednesday 25th November from 2.00 – 3.30pm
EXHIBITION DATES: Friday 30th October to Tuesday 24th November
LAUNCH: Thursday 29th October 6.00pm – 8.00pm All Welcome
OPENING TIMES: Monday to Thursday 9.00am - 8.30pm, Fridays 9.00am – 3.30pm, Saturday opening to be advised
Entry form here
Exhibition conditions here
Coffee and sketch at the Cosy Club - on the second and fourth Sunday of the month, from 10.00 till 12.30
Last year's club news here
2025 slideshow - here's a reminder of all our activities over the last year
2024 slideshow
2023 slideshow
2022 slideshow
Sun 26th July - Welford Road Cemetery - sketching day
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Wednesday July 1st - Summer social and sketching - with music from the Knighton Chamber Ensemble
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Thursday 18th June - Sketching day at Left to Draw Studios and Market Harborough Canal Basin
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Wednesday June 3rd - Sarah Kirby - artist talk - ‘A Printmaker’s landscape / a walk in the park’
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Tues 19th May - sketching at Stonehurst Family Farm & Museum
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Sunday 17th May - Carne Griffiths - Order and Chaos - in watercolour, inks, alcohol and tea
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Wednesday May 6th - Paul Bailey - Demo - Abstracting the Rural Landscape
The painting at the end of the demo
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Paul's new edit next day. "The changes were reasonably significant - basically, I wanted to tone-down the colours a fair bit. Some of the original version is still visible."
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Wednesday 22nd April - Sketching at Kibworth Antiques Centre
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Saturday 18th April - Jemisha Maadhavji Portraiture in Oils
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Wednesday April 15th - Critique with Heather Harley
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Saturday 7th March - Kevin Holdaway Reduction Lino print workshop
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Wednesday March 4th - Henrietta Corbett - Artist talk Raku fired ceramic sculpture
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Saturday 21st February - Workshop with Carol Pairaudeau
Ways to incorporate gelli printing into a fine art practice
Ways to incorporate gelli printing into a fine art practice
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Wednesday February 4th (ZOOM)
Fun evening - Sharing work on the theme of growth and decay - Take a literal or sideways view of the topic.
Fun evening - Sharing work on the theme of growth and decay - Take a literal or sideways view of the topic.
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Wednesday January 8th (ZOOM)
Members' talks: We welcomed three members of the Sketch Club who have been invited to talk about their work, share images and explain their developing practice - Ian Cox, Maria Potemptski, and Maxine Dodd.
If you would like to watch a recording of the evening, it's available here: January Members' Talks
Members' talks: We welcomed three members of the Sketch Club who have been invited to talk about their work, share images and explain their developing practice - Ian Cox, Maria Potemptski, and Maxine Dodd.
If you would like to watch a recording of the evening, it's available here: January Members' Talks
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