Dupont Art Club Hove

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Dupont Art Club in Hove

Welcomes everyone from absolute beginners to professional artists.

You can have as much or as little help as you would like.

Weekly Art Sessions in Hove

We have a tutor at each session on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Art Sessions

Online Art Gallery

Online Gallery

YouTube Videos

See Art Tutorials by Dupont Art Club’s two excellent instructors, Lucy Parker and Caroline Marsland. An excellent way to keep your painting skills up.

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Brighton & Hove Arts Council

Dupont Art Club was formed in 1981

You can read more about our club here

We meet at the Ventnor Hall at the Central United Reformed Church, Blatchington Road, Hove, BN3 3YF

Exhibitions

Dupont Art Club has regular exhibitions at Joliffes cafe in Brighton, our members also exhibit in Brighton and Hove Open Art Houses in May and December, Brighton and Hove Arts Council Art Show and Dupont's own annual exhibitions. See more information on our exhibition page.

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DUPONT ART CLUB ANNUAL SHOW 2025 Come see the special display of member’s children’s art!

August 30, 2024
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DUPONT ART CLUB ANNUAL EXHIBITION!

June 3, 2024
Come visit us at Ventnor Hall at Blatchington Road in Hove (BN33YF) to see our annual ART EXHIBTION open daily...
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Dupont Video Workshops

September 25, 2020
You can see Art Tutorials on Dupont’s You Tube by Dupont Art Club's two excellent instructors, Lucy Parker and Caroline...
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Art Demonstrations

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Watercolour Painting of Patterned Fabric

January 13, 2019
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Caroline Marsland took the Wednesday Dupont class through how to watercolour paint a patterned fabric on paper. We were not painting the fabric.  She started off by lightly drawing the general...

Painting with Charcoal and Watercolour

November 16, 2018
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On November 14th instructor Caroline Marsland did a demo on painting using charcoal and watercolour. This was done on 140 pound watercolour paper. This medium is good for moody pictures....

Painting leaves in watercolour and in acrylic by Caroline Marsden

October 31, 2018
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When working in watercolour you should always work light to dark. Caroline started by lightly sketching the outlines of the leaves in pencil and then she used masking fluid to...

Painting a still life in acrylic by Caroline Marsden

October 17, 2018
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When tackling a complex  subject like a vase of flowers, it's a good idea to draw the outline of the entire thing using a dark colour. Start the outline by...

Rest areas in paintings

October 3, 2018
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Caroline used the Pre-Raphaelites to demonstrate very good use of rest areas in paintings. Rest areas are essential to allow the viewer to easily move their eyes around the space....

Tonal Values in Drawing 19th September

September 23, 2018
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Caroline’s session today was a talk about how the use tonal values affect a painting, followed by a demonstration of how to build up tone in a pencil drawing. First...
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