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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News and Articles

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DUPONT ART EXHIBITION RESULTS

October 31, 2025
the 2025 Dupont Art exhibition was a resounding success. We exceeded the football from previous years and sold 12 paintings...
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Dupont Video Workshops

September 25, 2020
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Art Demonstrations

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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...

Chroma of colour

September 5, 2018
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All colours are made up of combinations of different pigments. The resulting colour can be either cold or warm depending upon the exact proportions of each pigment used. When selecting...

Some Useful Hints on Framing

August 9, 2018
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Caroline gave a helpful talk on preparing your painting for the annual show. It’s a good idea to finish off the back of the painting using gum tape and parcel...

Watercolour Treescape Demo 11th July

July 16, 2018
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Using watercolour, this week Caroline presented a demonstration of a treescape. Firstly, putting a sky wash on she advised using a big brush, to avoid “picky” marks, she looked at...

Introduction to Water-Based Oils 18th June

July 2, 2018
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Caroline began with a description of the various brands and associated thinning agents: Jacksons Aquaduo are very thick and expensive Cobra is like System 3 acrylic, that is with less...

Acrylic Demonstration 13th June,2018

June 17, 2018
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  Caroline started the session by explaining some of the qualities of acrylic paints. Acrylic is different from other mediums as the pigments are mixed with polymer resin and this...
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