You are welcome to come along to our drawing sessions. It doesn't matter what your 'skill' level is - the point of the group is to encourage people to draw and to talk and to think about it.
Generally we meet at 'free' venues and the turnout, be it at a museum, in a pub, drawing on a beach, etc. can vary from 2 to 20-ish.
We are busy individuals with an enthusiasm for sketching and drawing in the company of others whenever possible.
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Saturday 1st June 2024 from 10am. at Thompsons Park, Cardiff
Meet at the lower entrance gate (Romilly Road)
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PAST ACTIVITIES
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Saturday 27 April 2024 from 10am.
Meet
in the foyer of Cardiff's NEW library, either staying in this building
or walking up the Hayes to the OLD library if preferred. Lots of
interesting things and views for sketching.
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10am. Saturday 13th January 2024
Llanishen Reservoir ......................................................................................................
Saturday 2 December 2023
Cardiff Indoor Market - meet at 10am.
Saturday 27 April 2024 from 10am.
Meet
in the foyer of Cardiff's NEW library, either staying in this building
or walking up the Hayes to the OLD library if preferred. Lots of
interesting things and views for sketching.
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10am. Saturday 13th January 2024
Llanishen Reservoir ......................................................................................................
Saturday 2 December 2023
Cardiff Indoor Market - meet at 10am.
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Saturday 4 November 2023
Llandaff Cathedral - meet at 10am.
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Saturday 30 September 2023
Meet at 10am. in Railway Gardens, Railway Street/Adeline Street, Splott, CF24 2BH
We'll be drawing at their Harvest Celebration Event to include Gardening and Bread Making.
Info: https://greensquirrel.co.uk/projects/railwaygardens/
Saturday 4 November 2023
Llandaff Cathedral - meet at 10am.
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Saturday 30 September 2023
Meet at 10am. in Railway Gardens, Railway Street/Adeline Street, Splott, CF24 2BH
We'll be drawing at their Harvest Celebration Event to include Gardening and Bread Making.
Info: https://greensquirrel.co.uk/projects/railwaygardens/
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Saturday 16th September from 2pm.
Meet at Penarth Pier to draw the performances going on as part of the "To The Sea" festival.
Note: we will meet at 2pm. (not 10am.) for an afternoon and evening of live events.
Complimentary bus service around the venues.
Cardiff Drawing Group will be sketching along Penarth seafront on Saturday 26th August.
Meet by the Pier Pavilion entrance at 10am.
Richard will be there.
10am, Saturday 29 July meet at the Ivor Novello Statue in Cardiff Bay,
outside the Millennium Centre.
Info : Ivor Novello
Richard will be there.
Saturday 15th July 2023
Saturday 15th July 2023 from 10am. meet at Railway Gardens, Splott
Info: Railway Gardens
Meet in the car park or at the main entrance.
Information & Location Map : Parc Cefn OnnInfo: Info: Thompsons Park
A CHANGE OF DATE
Instead of meeting on 25th Feb, we will be at the museum a week earlier.
So that's -
Info: National Museum of Wales
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We will be drawing at the National Museum of Wales from 10am. on Saturday 7 January 2023
Coffee and chat from 11:30am.
Info: National Museum of Wales
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Saturday 3rd December 2022 from 10am.
Next meeting of the Cardiff Drawing Group will be on Saturday 3rd December from 10am. at the National Museum, Cathays Park, Cardiff. Meet in the foyer, draw whatever interests you, then coffee and chat in the cafe from 11:30am.
Info: National Museum of Wales
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Saturday 5 November 2022 from 10am.
Cardiff Drawing Group will be at Barry Island!
Join Richard by the Pirates of the Caribbean funfair - opposite the last fish and chip shop from the main road.
FREE entry to the Barry Island Pleasure Park
https://www.barryislandpleasurepark.wales/
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Meet
at 10am. outside the National Museum of Wales, then depending on the
weather, we’ll draw inside the museum or opposite in Gorsedd Gardens
park.
Info: Gorsedd Gardens park
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Cardiff Drawing Group will be in Penarth on Saturday 30 July from 10am.
Meet outside the seafront Pier to sketch the wonderful views, the people, architectural details or anything else that catches your attention!!
Info: Penarth Pier
Saturday 18 June 2022 from 10am. to 12 noon we will be at Insole Court, Llandaff, Cardiff.
Free car park - off Fairwater Road
Free entry to the mansion house and the gardens
Location map - click here
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Saturday 14th May 2022
Saturday 14th May - Cardiff Drawing Group will meet 10am at St. Fagans.
Free entry, drawing outdoors or indoors.
Meet up for coffee and chat from 11:30
St Fagans National Museum of History
Cardiff Drawing Group will be in the National Museum of Wales from 10am. on Saturday 2 April. Draw from the wonderful exhibits, then meet 11:30 at the cafe for coffee and a chat.
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Our last Cardiff Drawing Group get-together had been planned for March 2020, but this was postponed because of Covid restrictions. We have now "un-postponed" this session and will meet on Saturday 5 March 2022
Saturday 5th March 2022 from 10am till 12 noon
Saturday 28 March 2020, we’ll be at the Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay.
Sketch the visitors passing through the foyer or the tourists outside around the plaza.
Or maybe challenge yourself to draw the interior/exterior architecture and views. Richard says bring a ruler with you!
Meet at 10am. in the ground floor foyer, by the Caffi cafe and return there at 11:30 for a chat.
MEETING POSTPONED
SUNDAY 15 March 2020 from 10:30 am.
St. Fagans Folk Museum
Meet
at 10:30 am. inside the main entrance. Draw the cottages, gardens,
buildings, animals, or if the weather is bad we can draw inside the
castle or museum.
Coffee and share afterwards in the cafe.
Organised by Anna.
Info: St. Fagans - Art Fund Museum of the Year 2019
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Saturday 15 February 2020 from 10am.
Meet 10am. at Cardiff Museum on Saturday 15 Feb to see the new exhibition - Imagine a Castle: Paintings from the National Gallery, London
Draw
these impressive buildings in dramatic landscapes or sketch the
peasants, farmers, kings and queens, lords and ladies in the museum's
Historic Art galleries.
Imagine a Castle - information
Afterwards, in the downstairs cafe for coffee and chat at 11:30
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Saturday 7 December 2019 from 10am.
Drawing humans or drawing dinosaurs?
Meet at 10am. in the foyer of Cardiff Museum on Saturday 7 December.
Choose to sketch from the excellent photographic exhibitions or capture Dippy the Dinosaur?
Photo information HERE
Dippy information HERE
Coffee and chat from 11:30 in the downstairs cafe.
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Saturday 16 November 2019 from 10am. to 12noon.
Join us for a portrait drawing session with a live model at a new venue.
We've been given meeting space at the wonderful "I Want to Ride My Bike" cafe/bar on Park Place, Cardiff (enjoy their lovely coffee, cakes and snacks).
Opposite the National Museum of Wales - location info HERE
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Saturday 19 October we will be drawing at Insole Court, Llandaff, Cardiff.
Meet by the house entrance at 10am. then wander the wonderful gardens for autumn colours or sketch inside if the weather is bad. Free car park - off Fairwater Road
Free entry to the house and the gardens
Location map - click here
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Saturday 24 August 2019 from 10am.
Meet Richard outside the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff at 10am.
Another chance to sketch the wood sculptures of David Nash, or 'free choice' drawing inside the galleries, or even drawing outside the museum!! Then 11:30am. for coffees in the downstairs cafe to discuss our artwork.
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Saturday 27 July 2019 from 10am.
Add this JULY date into your diary ... Saturday 27th July, 10am - 12pm. Drawing around Penarth Pier and Esplanade
Meet at the Pier Pavilion foyer entrance @ 10am.
Bring sunglasses and/or umbrella ....
Draw in the Pavilion if wet.
Coffee and meeting in the Pavilion @ 11:30am.
Organised by Richard
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Saturday 22 June 2019 from 10am. CDG will be holding a WTD session on Saturday 22 June. Chris Glynn from the Illustration Department of Cardiff Met, has arranged a WalkTalkDraw get-together for the morning. We’ll be wandering, chatting and sketching along the Llandaff riverside, then returning for coffees and to be shown around the School of Art & Design. (Alternative indoor drawing, if the weather is bad). Meet 10am. in the car parking area on Western Avenue, in front of the University buildings.
Location: Cardiff Met, Llandaff Campus, Western Avenue, Cardiff, CF5 2YB
Various buses run from the city centre to the University Campus, or if driving then stay at the dedicated parking area, alongside Western Avenue.
Pay and Display charge on weekends is only 50 pence for the whole day.
CDG = CardiffDrawingGroup
WTD = WalkTalkDraw
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Saturday 15 June 2019 from 10am.
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Saturday 15 June 2019 - meet outside the museum at 10am. then we'll be drawing at the exhibition of works by David Nash, known for his large wood sculptures and the shaping of living trees.
Info: David Nash: Sculpture Through the Seasons
Coffee and chat from 11:30 in the downstairs cafe.
Arranged by Jan
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Saturday 4 May 2019 from 10am.
Drawing around the Bay
Meet Richard 10am. at the Millennium Centre @ the coffee shop near the Ivor Novello sculpture.
Sketching around Pierhead and the Norwegian Church.
Return to the Millennium Centre @ 11:30 for coffee and arty chat. Organised by Richard
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Saturday 23 February 2019 from 10am.
Another chance to see the exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci drawings at the National Museum Cardiff.
There are timed slots for viewing and an entrance ticket will need to be booked on the day, so meet well before 10am. outside the museum.
Check out information on the museum web page -
LEONARDO DA VINCI
Meet afterwards in the downstairs cafe at 11:30 for coffee and chat.
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Saturday 9 February 2019 from 10am. Let's draw somewhere warm!
Meet at 10am. in the foyer of the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff on Sat 9th Feb. As well as the museum collections of art, natural history, science, etc. there's a new show of 12 Leonardo da Vinci drawings, also it will be the last but one day to see Tim Peake's space capsule, and the Artes Mundi 8 exhibition continues for only a few more weeks. https://museum.wales/cardiff/whatson/ See you there for drawing, then coffee and our first 2019 chat
(in the downstairs cafe from 11:30am.)
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Saturday 8th Dec. from 10 - 12 noon. Stop Shopping and Start Sketching! A pre-xmas meeting at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.
Draw Tim Peake's Spacecraft, Poppies for Remembrance, Artes Mundi artworks or the paintings of Kyffin Williams, then meet in the downstairs cafe for a seasonal chat and coffee. Suggested by Jan
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Thursday 15 November
Join Anna for a visit to the Glynn Vivian Gallery in Swansea on Thursday 15th November to see the "On Paper" exhibition. Meet at the bus stop on Customhouse Street, Cardiff to take the X10 bus, departing at 09:35 and arriving in Swansea at 10:45am.
It's a short walk to the gallery for coffee, see the exhibition, lunch if desired and free time in the afternoon. Buses return at 15 mins past each hour until 17:15pm.
(free travel for seniors with All-Wales concessionary bus pass)
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Saturday 10 November from 10am.
Christmas is coming ... lets get together for an early mince pie! National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Meet in the foyer at 10am. on Saturday 10 November before setting off to Draw your favourite object! from the fascinating collections of art, science, natural history, etc. Then 11:30 in the downstairs cafe, to 'show and tell' your selection. Organised by Richard
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Wednesday 3rd October from 7pm.
Interested in drawing with fountain pens, ink and water?
Meet at Beelzebub's, Church Street, Cardiff for an experimental session of playing with different pens and (this month) with BROWN ink!!! https://www.facebook.com/CardiffPenInk
Organised by Andra
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Wednesday 5 Sept from 7pm.
Cardiff Pen & Ink
Meet at Beelzebub's, Church Street, Cardiff on Wednesday 5 Sept from 7pm.
Come and play with different pens, inks, papers, techniques (without a set goal of producing an artwork). Bring what you currently use and are willing to let others try out.
https://www.facebook.com/CardiffPenInk
Organised by Andra.
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Saturday 18 August from 10am.
DRAWING SECRET CARDIFF Meet 10am. at Cardiff Central Station, to draw at 1 of 2 surprise secret venues, both within 10 minutes walk from the station.
There will be contingency plans for bad weather.
Gather for coffee and to reveal all at 11:30am.
Organised by Anna.
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Saturday 4th August from 11am.
KIZUNA exhibition at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Meet 11am. in the main hall of the museum for a calligraphy performance and drawing-with-a-paintbrush workshop, then from 1pm. sketch at the Aikido martial arts demonstration. Follow these links for information -
KIZUNA Japan-Wales exhibition
Calligraphy performance and workshop
Aikido martial arts demonstration
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LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL Friday 27 July from 10am till 12 noon. On Friday 27th July, in the morning from 10am till 12 noon, we'll be at Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff Inside : draw the impressive Epstein sculpture (Christ in Majesty), the Rossetti triptych, the fine arches, tombs and stained glass windows.
Or sketch outside : the architecture, the gardens and tranquil views. Parking is good if you arrive early, by 9.30am. but can be busy later.
Meet at the main entrance doorway, coffee and chat afterwards.
Organised by Richard. Info: City of Llandaff
Info: Llandaff Cathedral
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THREE-IN-A-ROW Friday 8th June from 6 - 8pm.
Portraits - Private view of work by Anna Polya at Llanover Hall Arts Centre
Location - click here
Saturday 9th June from 10am.
Insole Court House and Gardens, off Fairwater Road, Cardiff
Location - click here
Cafe on site, free car parking, free entry to house and gardens.
Sunday 10th June from 10:30am.
Farm Open Day - drawing at Goldsland Farm, Wenvoe, Cardiff
Location - click here
Information - click here
A lovely free day out for all your family and friends, click here to read about our visit in 2015
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Friday 1 June from 7:30pm. Poet's Love - another chance to be entertained by Chris Glynn (along with Richard Parry).
Cardiff Drawing Group members welcome again at St Edward's Church, Penylan, Cardiff. A talk, illustrated musically, followed by 35 minute song cycle, an opportunity to get inside the music and poetic ideas. Tickets on the door £6 / £3 concessions.
Sketching during the performance, refreshments and chat afterwards.
Further details - CLICK HERE
Location - CLICK HERE
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Saturday 2 June from 10 - 12 noon
Drawing Portraits from the Old Masters.National Museum of Wales - a sketching session with Richard O'Connell.Meet in the foyer at 10am, coffee and chat afterwards.
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| Richard's coloured pencil drawing of Pope Innocent X after an oil on canvas painting by Diego Velázquez (1650) |
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Saturday 19 May from 6 - 8pm Travellers Gallery, Barry
An invitation to attend the private view of artworks by Bernard van Lierop, being held at the Travellers Gallery, Platform 1, Barry Station, CF62 7AE Entitled "Some I made earlier..." this show is a collection of work from 1962 to 1996, including study drawings of the human figure. The exhibition continues until 29 June 2018
Monday to Friday 7am - 12 noon
Location: Barry Railway Station
Info: Bernard van Lierop
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Friday 11 May 2018 from 10:30am - 12:30pm Newport Medieval Ship
Another chance to draw the artefacts and timber remains of this fifteenth century merchant sailing ship, discovered in 2002, buried in the muddy banks of the River Usk. Meet at the warehouse conservation centre, Queensway Meadows Industrial Estate, Newport NP19 4SP Info: about the Newport Medieval Ship
Info: Warehouse Location
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Saturday 21 April 2018 from 10:30am - 12:30pm Drawing the Newport Medieval Ship
Sketch the artefacts and timber remains of this 1400s merchant sailing ship, discovered buried in the muddy banks of the River Usk. Meet at the warehouse conservation centre, Queensway Meadows Industrial Estate, Newport NP19 4SP Info: about the Newport Medieval Ship
Info: Warehouse Location
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Swansea - Sunday 15 April 2018 Cardiff Drawing Group visit to Swansea on Sunday 15th April. The Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea is hosting a major exhibition of the work of Kathe Kollwitz, one of the leading artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Drawings and prints - portraits and self-portraits. Meet at the bus stop on Customhouse Street, Cardiff at 11:00am. to catch the 11:15 bus to Swansea bus station (service X10), arriving 12:25, then a 15 minute walk to the gallery. Or, if travelling by car, meet at 12:40 in the gallery. There are options for return buses, the last one is at 18:00pm.
Return ticket is £8 or free with a concessionary bus pass. Info: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
Info: Portrait of the Artist: Kathe Kollwitz
Info: First group X10 bus
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Sunday 8 April 2018 from 3 - 4 pm. St Edward's Arts and Music Centre, Westville Road, Penylan, Cardiff, CF23 5DE
We'll be drawing at a Piano Recital by Chris Glynn (£3 admission)
Further details - CLICK HERE
Location - CLICK HERE
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Saturday 24 March from 10am - 12 noon
Visit Sebastian at his art studio in Warwick Hall, Whitchurch, Cardiff for a session of still-life drawing with tea, coffee and arty chat.
Website: Sebastian Aplin drawings
Contact info click here
Search Google maps for the location.
Warwick Hall Studios, off Whitchurch Road, Cardiff, CF14 3NR is situated in the back alleyway between Banastre and Soberton Avenues. Note: Car parking can be difficult in this area (allow plenty of time to find a spot) or use the frequent buses which run along Whitchurch Road.
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Saturday 10 March from 10 - 12 noon
MEMORY DRAWING
Richard will be giving a session on "drawing from memory" - the more you look the more you see
- capture images in your head
- remember the essentials
- sketch still-life & faces
- have fun :-)) Meet at 10am. in the Creative Suite room, Floor 5, Central Library, Cardiff
Cardiff Central Library
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Saturday 17 Feb 2018
Come along to the Creative Suite, Level 5, Cardiff Central Library on Saturday 17 Feb from 10am - 12 noon. We'll be sharing ideas and experimenting with different drawing materials - charcoal pencils, pastels, technical pens, water brushes, coloured papers, etc. This is also another chance to continue filling your little sketch-folders with more of those amazing rooftop views. Cardiff Central Library is at the bottom end of The Hayes, opposite the John Lewis store. Take the lift from just inside the foyer, up to floor 5 (the very top level of the library).
www.visitcardiff.com/seedo/cardiff-central-library/
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Saturday 10 Feb - The Naked and The Nude? Manchester Art Gallery removed a previously displayed painting of naked nymphs - read all about it … BBC report HERE ... Manchester response HERE On Saturday 10 February we meet at the National Museum of Wales for a chat by Richard about this, and the importance of figure / life drawing in art. The Cardiff exhibition "Bacon to Doig" closes in a few weeks, so this is a chance to study and sketch here (and the other galleries) particularly in relation to The Naked and The Nude? Meet in the Museum foyer at 10am.
Coffee afterwards in the downstairs cafe. Manchester Art Gallery
National Museum of Wales
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Saturday 27 January 2018 from 10 - 12
A follow-up visit to Cardiff Central Library for another chance to draw the unexpected views and amazing rooftop cityscape. Select a totally new viewpoint or continue adding to the little sketch folders, ready for work to be displayed in the library's glass cabinets. Cardiff Central Library is at the bottom end of The Hayes, opposite the John Lewis store. Take the lift from just inside the foyer, up to floor 5 (the very top level of the library) and meet there at 10am.
http://www.visitcardiff.com/seedo/cardiff-central-library/
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Saturday 20 January 2018 from 10 - 12
Cardiff Central Library - a new venue for 2018 Draw the amazing cityscape and rooftops of Cardiff, capture the strange perspective and aerial views of people in the streets below! Situated at the bottom end of The Hayes, opposite the John Lewis store.
Take the lift from just inside the foyer, up to floor 5 (the very top level of the library) and meet there at 10am. Information and location:
http://www.visitcardiff.com/seedo/cardiff-central-library/
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Our last get-together in 2017, drawing at our favourite place, the wonderful National Museum of Wales, Cardiff Saturday 16 December from 10am till 12 noon Meet in the foyer before going off to sketch, then coffee and a chat in the downstairs cafe from 11:30 See you there to say goodbye to 2017
Saturday 14 October 10am - 12 noon Spend your Saturday morning at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff,
free entry and it's warm and dry inside!
Meet at 10am. in the foyer, draw from the wonderful collection of paintings, sculptures, natural history, etc. Around 11:30 we'll be in the downstairs cafe for coffee and a chat and then, if you can stay longer, there's a free tour starting at 12:30pm - highlights of some of the art galleries with a volunteer guide (book at the information desk on arrival). https://museum.wales/cardiff/
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Saturday 23 Sept from 10am.
Meet outside Barry Town Hall & Library at 10am. and sketch in King Square for an hour before going in to the Art Central Gallery for the latest exhibition of work by VOGA (Vale of Glamorgan Artists). Richard and two other artists will be talking about their work between 11am and 12 noon. Drawing at King Square, Barry - busy Saturday shoppers, colourful local characters, Victorian architecture and nearby Central Park - something for everyone.
Click for info:
Art Central Gallery
King Square, Barry
Central Park
11am - 12pm. Saturday 23rd September
Art Central, Barry Library, King Square
Three VOGA artists talk about their work
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Sunday 3 September from 2:30 to 4:30pm. Croesllanfro Farm, Newport is open as part of the National Gardens Scheme - come and draw in these beautiful surroundings. Two acres of mass plantings, stone barn and formal courtyard, with indoor areas if the weather is wet. Home made teas available.
https://www.ngs.org.uk/find-a-garden/garden/15210/ Going from Cardiff? Please let us know in advance if you can offer a lift or need one (Anna can take 2 people). Meet outside Cardiff Museum at 2.00pm to share lifts, otherwise meet 2:30pm. at the farm.
Saturday 29 July 2017 from 10:30am.
Meet up with Richard at 10:30am. in the foyer of the Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay.
View the VOGA art exhibition in the upstairs Futures Gallery, then draw
inside or out around the bay and the old dock basins.
Coffee and chat at 12 noon in the Millennium Centre.
The Pierhead Building - info
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(picture: Julian Nitzsche, CC-BY-SA-3.0)
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Doing anything this weekend?
Come and join us for some or all of these happenings over the 2017 bank holiday weekend, lots of things to see and draw, don't forget your sketchbook.
Saturday 27 May from 10am.
Meet up with Richard who'll be at Art Central, Barry from 10am - 12noon.
'Six Hands' – an exhibition of drawings by Antonia Spowers and Martina Jirankova-Limbrick. Charcoal, pen and pencil, line and tone drawings of the artists’ hands, feet and life drawings. As well as framed images, there are others hanging washing-line style - an exciting, addictive display.
Sunday 28 May from 10 - 12noon
Free Drawing and Collage workshop with Anna at The Mindfulness and Wellbeing Centre, 250 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff from 10am - 12noon
Paper, textiles, scissors and glue provided but you might like to bring your own favourite drawing pens/felt-tip pens/black markers.
Sunday 28 May from 2 - 4pm.
Visit the Cardiff Met Campus, Llandaff to see the Summer Show of work by students at the Cardiff School of Art.
Meet in the foyer of the Art School building at 2pm. See the exhibitions and wander through the design departments including Ceramics, Graphics, Fine Art, Illustration, Architecture, Textiles, etc.
Tuesday 30 May from 10:30am
Some of us will be drawing in Newport, popping into The Barnabas Arts House around 10:30am for coffee and cake before going off to explore the neighbourhood and sketch the local views.
Follow these links for more information …
'Six Hands' exhibition, Art Central, Barry
The Mindfulness and Wellbeing Centre, Cardiff
Cardiff School of Art & Design, Llandaff
The Barnabas Arts House, Newport
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Saturday afternoon - 13 May 2017 from 2pm.
Spend Saturday afternoon at Insole Court, Llandaff, drawing the wonderful Victorian house and mature gardens.
Free entry, free car parking, cafe on site.
Meet at 2pm in the car park.
The Potting Shed cafe serves afternoon teas, or bring your own picnic!!! https://www.insolecourt.org/
https://www.insolecourt.org/about/history
https://www.insolecourt.org/the-potting-shed
Location map here -
https://www.insolecourt.org/visit/getting-here
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Saturday 8 April 2017
- time for a Newport adventure!!
Lots of things to see and lots of things to draw. Venue links here ....
The Barnabas Arts House
Newport Museum & Art Gallery
Riverfront Theatre & Arts Centre
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Saturday 18 March 2017 from 10am.
Morning? Afternoon? All day?
It's another busy day for the Cardiff Drawing Group on Saturday 18 March. In the morning we are at our favourite museum for sketching, coffees and arty chat.
In the afternoon we'll be at Cardiff Castle to draw its amazing interiors, the Norman Keep, wartime tunnels and city views from the Roman Walls. Join us all day, or in the morning from 10am, or in the afternoon from 1:30pm 10:00 we'll meet in the National Museum for sketching, coffee+chat
12:30 time to pop around town for a quick lunch
13:30 meet at the entrance to Cardiff Castle then inside drawing everything!
15:30 pop over the road to the Nata Bakery for coffee+Portuguese custard tarts
16:00 all done - happy days Do you have your Key to Cardiff Castle?
Get FREE admission if you live or work in Cardiff.
Follow this link to get your own Castle Key Card
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Saturday 25 Feb 2017 from 10am. A busy Saturday morning at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Meet in the foyer at 10am, go drawing, then coffees and chat together. See the new exhibition -
Bacon to Doig: Modern Masterpieces from a Private Collection
Don't miss -
Nature's Song: Chinese Bird and Flower Paintings
and this will be the last weekend of the Artes Mundi 7 show. Also, from 12:30 you could join a free guided tour: Highlights of Art.
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Saturday 11 Feb 2017 from 10am
Cardiff Drawing Group goes to Newport We'll be drawing at the Barnabas Arts House gallery, very quirky, and also weather permitting, along the river front or around the new town centre. The gallery has a good little coffee shop serving sandwiches, paninis and cakes. And very nice too! Whether you travel by train, by bus or by car, we'll meet at the gallery itself around 10-10:30am. to chat with the owner and see the exhibition space. Barnabas Arts House, New Ruperra Street, Newport, NP20 2BB
See the gallery location here