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Dupont Art Club Hove

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

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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Proud member of
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

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...

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

You can see over 100+ articles and demonstrations by our art tutors and visiting lecturers

Understanding Colour

April 12, 2026

Emily Jolly took the class today and discussed color, how to describe it and the different ways to produce it. She stated that if you have six basic colors you...

Different Pens for Line Drawing

April 12, 2026

Caroline started her discussion talking about different types of pens and how to approach line drawing with them. In discussing the pens we are referring to the different types of...

Portrait Painting

March 29, 2026

Caroline Instructed us with layering effects while painting a Portrait. She stated that painting a portrait working dark to light and drawing out the face first was one of John Singer...

Using Colored Pencils

February 3, 2026

Caroline started the class teaching the use of colored pencils. She stated that cheap inexpensive pencils do not work well when using colored pencils for a full picture. The best...

Glazing

January 18, 2026

Caroline‘s lecture today was on glazing. Glazing is the layering of transparent mediums in order to affect change in the color of the original piece. It was used during the...

Using Water Based Oils

November 24, 2025

Water-based oils are a relatively recent development. In the past oils were made with and cleaned with turpentine and regular oils. Some artists had difficulty with the fumes from the...

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