Bruton Art Society

Expressive drawing with soft pastels
2025-04-11 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Hadspen Village Hall, Lime Kiln Lane, Hadspen, Castle Cary, BA7 7LW
Tutor: Kate Lynch
Friday 11th April, Hadspen Village Hall BA7 7LW, 10am – 4pm
Book £40 plus £5 for materials, online by 4th April
*Note: Book both Kate Lynch workshops for £75 in total.
Kate will be sharing her approach to expressive charcoal and soft pastel drawings which her illustrations of traditional rural crafts in Somerset, are so well known.
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Expressive drawing with willow charcoal
2025-04-10 10:00 - 16:00 | Hadspen Village Hall, Lime Kiln Lane, Hadspen, Castle Cary, BA7 7LW
Tutor: Kate Lynch
Friday 10th April, Hadspen Village Hall BA7 7LW, 10am – 4pm
Book £40 plus £5 for materials, online by 4th April
*Note: Book both Kate Lynch workshops for £75 in total.
Kate will be sharing her approach to expressive charcoal and soft pastel drawings which her illustrations of traditional rural crafts in Somerset, are so well known.
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Portraiture; a route to character and likeness
2025-03-13 10:00 - 2025-03-14 16:00 | Hadspen Village Hall, Lime Kiln Lane, Hadspen, Castle Cary, BA7 7LW
Tutor: Toby Wiggins RP
Thursday13th and Friday14th March – Hadspen Village Hall BA7 7LW
10am – 4pm
Book £80 online by 6th March.
We are fortunate to have Toby, who is an elected member of the Royal Portrait Society, to guide and inspire us to paint a portrait(s) over two days, using real life models.
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Expressive Acrylics - Land and Sea
2025-03-07 10:00 - 16:30 | Hadspen Village Hall, Lime Kiln Lane, Hadspen, Castle Cary, BA7 7LW
‘Lynn is an award winning expressive artist, who is infused with an unwavering passion for painting’ .
‘I paint what I feel, the energy of the subject and the emotion it evokes in me.’  This immersive one-day workshop is perfect for beginners and those wishing to loosen up their painting style and discover new techniques.
Bookings for BAS workshops will open after the Annual General Meeting on 16th January. If you wish to book this workshop please return here after that event.

Paper Art
2025-02-20 10:00 - 2025-02-21 16:00 | Hadspen Village Hall, Lime Kiln Lane, Hadspen, Castle Cary, BA7 7LW
Tutor : Naomi Kendall
Thursday 20th and Friday 21st February, Hadspen Village Hall BA7 7LW
10am – 4pm
Book £75 online by 18th February
Naomi is an artist based in Somerset who makes art using paper.
She is a member of the paper Artist Collective and features as a master artisan in the Michelangelo Foundation’s Homo Faber Guide.
In 2022 she was the Evolver Magazine Prize winner and has exhibited her work both here in the UK and abroad.
In her own words,“ Paper is versatile and strong and comes in an endless variety of colours, weights and textures. It’s such an every-day material yet it can be transformed in so many ways.”
Bookings for BAS workshops will open after the Annual General Meeting on 16th January. If you wish to book this workshop please return here after that event.

Art of Snow and Ice
2025-02-07 14:30 - 16:30 | Caryford Community Hall, Ansford Park, Castle Cary, BA7 7JJ
Jenny will look at early examples of artists who have made ice and snow a subject since at least the 15th century when winter scenes began appearing in illuminated books of hours. She will show Breughel; take in the much loved Skating Minister, Japanese prints and some Impressionist, Post Impressionist and early C20th works, ending with the contemporary artists Peter Doig and Andy Goldsworthy.

Annual General Meeting followed by a lecture by Will Vaughan "Drawing the Line"
2025-01-16 14:30 - 16:30 | Caryford Community Hall, Ansford Park, Castle Cary, BA7 7JJ
“There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another”. MANET
The French painter Manet may well be right. The line may well be no more than a human construct, something we impose on the natural world as we perceive it and try to describe it. Yet however artificial, it has been one of the key elements that have enabled us to explore and measure the world – and indeed the Universe. It appears first in the earliest cave art, more than seventy thousand years ago, and has been a basic tool for artists ever since. In this talk, Will will explore how it has been used and thought about by artists through history, as well as considering ways in which some artists in recent time have sought to circumvent it.
Members free. Guests £5.00

Painting Day at Sherborne
2024-08-21 10:00 - 15:30 | Sherborne
Delightful country town in north Dorset with ancient abbey church and schools. Meet at the war memorial in front of the Abbey on Half Moon Street.
Bring lunch and usual materials
Booking not required.

Painting Day at East Somerset Railway
2024-08-06 10:00 - 15:30 | East Somerset Railway, Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP
Heritage railway at Cranmore near Shepton Mallet. A small country branch line station on the former Somerset and Dorset Railway closed in 1966. Now preserved with a complete railway infrastructure including station buildings, museum, signal box, engine shed etc.
Open visit
Kindly hosted by Railway Trustees
Bring lunch and usual materials
East Somerset Railway would like a donation so a contribution would be appreciated.

Painting Day at Yarlington House
2024-07-24 10:00 - 15:30 | Yarlington House, Nr. Wincanton, BA9 8DY
Listed grade II house and stable wing of 1782 set in parkland in an elevated location above the village, with a superb kitchen garden.
Kindly hosted by Count Charles and Countess Carolyn de Salis
Bring lunch and usual materials
Please note: Painting Days hosted in private gardens are for the enjoyment of Bruton Art Society Members ONLY.

Painting Day at Sexeys Hospital
2024-07-17 10:00 - 15:30 | Sexey’s Hospital, Bruton, BA10 0AS
Ancient almshouses founded by Hugh Sexey in 1623 accessed off the High Street. Now 28 retirement flats arranged around a courtyard with a chapel, and gardens leading down to the river Brue.
Kindly hosted by Hospital Trustees
Bring lunch and usual materials.
Booking not required
Please note: Painting Days hosted in private gardens are for the enjoyment of Bruton Art Society Members ONLY.

Painting Day at Batcombe
2024-07-03 10:00 - 15:30 | Batcombe, nr. Bruton, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6HE
Pretty village, one of Somerset’s finest, set in rolling countryside near Bruton. Meet at the war memorial at Batcombe on the corner of Vinings Hill and Gold Hill.
Bring lunch and the usual materials.
Booking not required

Painting Day at Wyke Champflower Manor
2024-06-26 10:00 - 15:30
Listed grade II manor house in a lovely garden with the grade I listed parish church of The Holy Trinity (1623) attached to the house.
Kindly hosted by Elizabeth Winkley
Bring lunch and usual materials
Booking not required
Please note: Painting Days hosted in private gardens are for the enjoyment of Bruton Art Society Members ONLY.

Painting Day at Pitcombe Farmhouse
2024-06-12 10:00 - 15:30 | Pitcombe Farmhouse, Bruton, BA10 0PE
18th century former farmhouse in an idyllic setting with pretty gardens on the river Pit, with separate cottage, and fields leading to the parish church.
Kindly hosted by Merida Drysdale
Bring lunch and usual materials
Booking not required
