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Beginner's Drawing Class

Beginner's Drawing Class

Saturday 08 February
The Holylands - 11am - 2 Hours
Helen Taylor
In this class, we will explore the basics of drawing and equip you with the skills needed to create beautiful and expressive artwork.Our experienced instructor will guide you through the fundamentals of drawing, including perspective, proportion, shading, and composition.We will also be practicing various forms of Mark Making techniques and hopefully will make an empty page less daunting to fill up. Perfect for complete beginners.
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Portrait Drawing Basics

Portrait Drawing Basics

Saturday 08 March
The Holylands - 11am - 2 Hours
Helen Taylor
Get ready to unleash your artistic talents in our Portrait Drawing Basics class!Join us for an exciting session where we'll delve into essential drawing techniques for portraiture. These skills will not only sharpen your foundation but also prove invaluable for tackling more intricate and challenging portrait projects in the future. Let's bring those portraits to life with a splash of creativity and a dash of skill - it's time to make your artistry shine!
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Beginner's Drawing Class

Beginner's Drawing Class

Saturday 12 April
The Holylands - 11am - 2 Hours
Helen Taylor
In this class, we will explore the basics of drawing and equip you with the skills needed to create beautiful and expressive artwork.Our experienced instructor will guide you through the fundamentals of drawing, including perspective, proportion, shading, and composition.We will also be practicing various forms of Mark Making techniques and hopefully will make an empty page less daunting to fill up. Perfect for complete beginners.
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Portrait Drawing Basics

Portrait Drawing Basics

Saturday 10 May
The Holylands - 11am - 2 Hours
Helen Taylor
Get ready to unleash your artistic talents in our Portrait Drawing Basics class!Join us for an exciting session where we'll delve into essential drawing techniques for portraiture. These skills will not only sharpen your foundation but also prove invaluable for tackling more intricate and challenging portrait projects in the future. Let's bring those portraits to life with a splash of creativity and a dash of skill - it's time to make your artistry shine!
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Beginner's Drawing Class

Beginner's Drawing Class

Saturday 14 June
The Holylands - 11am - 2 Hours
Helen Taylor
In this class, we will explore the basics of drawing and equip you with the skills needed to create beautiful and expressive artwork.Our experienced instructor will guide you through the fundamentals of drawing, including perspective, proportion, shading, and composition.We will also be practicing various forms of Mark Making techniques and hopefully will make an empty page less daunting to fill up. Perfect for complete beginners.
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Street Photography

Street Photography

Sunday 26 January
Downtown Belfast - 12pm - 2 Hours
Belfast Photography Group
Abbey Abiodun
People, cafes, vendors, street merchants, buskers, historic buildings, art installations and much more. The power of observation underpins the art of great street photography. Learning to "see" interesting detail is a practised skill and we introduce you to easy methods that will open your photographer's eye and expose you to a world that is alive with detail. The most rewarding part of the class is learning how to approach interesting people and have them willingly pose for you.

We will also go over settings, focusing techniques and lens choices common to street photography to help us capture those random chance encounters.
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£26      
Composition in Photography

Composition in Photography

Sunday 16 February
Downtown Belfast - 12pm - 2 Hours
Belfast Photography Group
Abbey Abiodun
Composition in Photography is how a photographer arranges visual elements within the frame.

In this course, we will discuss five, seven, and even ten, rules that will enhance your photography.

1) Rule of thirds
2) Shapes
3) Negative Space- Positive
4) Line
5) Symmetry and patterns
6) Points
7) Color
8) Tone
9) Distance
10) Balance

As a photographer, beginner, intermediate, or professional. Please join me so we can with together to improve your ability to see the scene you wish to photograph.
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£26      
Beginner's Photography Class

Beginner's Photography Class

Sunday 09 March
Downtown Belfast - 12pm - 3 Hours
Belfast Photography Group
Abbey Abiodun
Ready to learn more about your camera and get out of automatic exposure? Now is your chance!

Join us as we break down your camera to help you learn about shutter speed, aperture, ISO and how these settings affect your exposure.

We will then put your new knowledge to the test with the guidance of a professional photographer.
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£67      

Architecture Photography

Architecture Photography

Sunday 30 March
Downtown Belfast - 12pm - 2 Hours
Belfast Photography Group
Abbey Abiodun
Architectural photography can be a great way of exploring and documenting a city, whether it's your home or on holiday. Its about capturing not only the design and accurate representation of a building, but to have the shots be aesthetically pleasing to the viewer's eye. An architectural photographer makes pictures, not takes pictures.

In this session, we will be covering how to better understand Architecture photography and we'll be looking at ways to take some impressive shots and the camera settings to use.
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£26      
Landscape Photography

Landscape Photography

Sunday 20 April
Downtown Belfast - 12pm - 2 Hours
Belfast Photography Group
Abbey Abiodun
Landscape photography is possibly one of the most popular genres, so we'll be looking at how you can improve your shots and help your photos stand out from the crowd. We will be focusing on composition, panoramas, equipment tips and settings to use.

All skill levels welcome! The professional photography instructor will be there to provide advice, feedback and tips on how to improve your photos and camera skills.
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£26      
ABOUT BELFAST
ART
GROUP
Come along to our meetups to improve your art in a relaxed and social atmosphere, and under the guidance of a professional instructor. Complete beginners to experienced artists all welcome.

Our 2 hour meetups are held in a different location each time, usually outdoors.

Bring your own materials which can be anything from pencils or pastels, to watercolour or oils.

If you are a complete beginner all you need to start are a couple of good drawing pencils, a rubber, and a drawing pad.

Who can attend? Open to all skill levels, from beginners to experienced artists. The instructor is there to help everyone.

The meeting point and full details for the day are sent in the booking confirmation email to the email address you provide at time of booking.

Join the Facebook Group here to share your art and enjoy the art of other locals.

You can also subscribe here to receive notifications of upcoming events.

Our meetups and classes are limited to a max of 12 people
REVIEWS
It was a great experience. I was nervous because I have no experience, but Helen made sure that we were comfortable and I feel excited to continue trying the methods that I learned.
5/5
Eileen
2024-10-28
Wonderful chance to meet up with similar minded folks interested in drawing.
5/5
Rosemary
2024-09-30
We attended as a group of three with my 12yr old daughter. We had wonderful time. It was perfect for a quiet Saturday morning and Helen made us feel immediately at ease. We learnt in a relaxed and supportive environment and came away enthused by our experience. We'll be back again very soon!
5/5
Ciaran
2024-09-05

We really enjoyed it and were lucky with the weather. It was a very enjoyable two hours.
5/5
Harriet
2024-08-20
lovely session. enjoyed it very much
5/5
Rory
2024-08-19
I really enjoyed the class. Honestly I was a bit nervous, it was the first time for me. Even if I've been sketching for years I decided to join the beginner class. A very friendly environment, lovely teacher and students. I'd like to join other classes.
5/5
Carlo
2024-08-06

I?m had a pleasant morning with a lovely group of fellow sketchers. Helen was supportive and helpful. I?m glad it wasn?t outside though and I certainly wouldn?t book an outdoor class unless it was landscape in Northern Ireland?s changeable climate!
4/5
Debby
2024-08-05
Lovely being outdoors and we sat comfortably in a covered seating area. Easygoing session and plenty of chat.
4/5
Catherine
2024-07-22
I thought it was a very good introduction to oils. Whilst we didn't spend a lot of time attempting to paint a piece in the medium, we were given a solid introduction to the mechanics of use (e.g., how to mix colour, how to apportion thinners, how to clean etc.,). This for me was particularly important.
5/5
Jonnie
2024-02-27

Very good tutor, relaxed environment and excellent model. Only criticism was cold venue and would have been good to have a few easels available.
4/5
Maggie
2024-02-12
It was a really enjoyable and the overall session went well. Any suggestions I make are only for improvement- I would honestly go back and the session did inspire me to tackle more.
5/5
Linda
2024-02-12
The event was good
5/5
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2024-01-30

PHOTOS
Belfast Art Group
2024-08-18
Belfast Art Group
2025-01-15
Title or Location: Cody
Cody was a much loved rescue and brought joy to his family. I felt using soft pastels was the best medium to use and managed to convey his character, which the client loved.
Credit: Cindy-Kim Picolo
Instagram: @cindykimpicoloart
Knoxville Art Group
2024-11-18

Belfast Art Group
2025-01-09
Title or Location: THE GIANT
The Giant is just one of characters I have created painted and writen about ..in my story Kilkeelia ..Kilkeelia is Queen The Lough is King there are now 22 characters that are fantasy creatures that live in and around Belfast Lough..the Giant is one. .the pieces are created through photography and mixed media ..the whole theme is to create from the depth of the organical image a creation which comes to life .. The Giant embodies all the strengths struggles emotions hope's dreams and inspi
Credit: Heather Green (loveofthelough)
Facebook: Loveofthelough by HeatherGreen
Instagram: Loveofthelough
Knoxville Art Group
2024-11-18
Belfast Art Group
2025-01-03
Title or Location: Dog art

Credit: Karina Petrova

Knoxville Art Group
2024-11-05
Belfast Art Group
2025-01-02
Title or Location: Summer
This painting was done from a photo I took near the end of summer in Bangor. I was attracted by the combination of colours of the pink hydrangeas and the bright yellow Black- eyed Susan?s and I wanted to remember the feeling of summer and the bright colours. After painting the image, I found that the painting just wasn?t working and I felt that I needed another colour. I used my artistic license and changed some of the pink hydrangeas to the blue, which worked much better for the painting. E
Credit: Cindy-Kim Picolo
Facebook: Cindykimpicoloart
Instagram: @cindykimpicoloart
Brisbane Art Group
2024-11-04

Belfast Art Group
2024-12-27
Title or Location: Long time pony companion
A friends daughter horse died, I I experimented with drawing a likeness with my version of line drawing, for her.
Credit: Mishafurbyart
Facebook: Michele Norman
Instagram: Mishafurbyart
Orlando Art Group
2024-11-04
Belfast Art Group
2024-12-18
Title or Location: My brother and his cat
An oil study of my big brother and his cat. My brother is very ill and capturing precious moments are priceless.
Credit: Nicola Coogan
Facebook: Nicola Coogan Art
Instagram: nicolacooganart

Orlando Art Group
2024-11-04
Louisville Art Group
2025-01-14
Title or Location: Shelby St.
Watercolor with watercolor Crayon Part of ?Out your back door ? Series The everyday, in a New way.We all see the word differently.
Credit: Aaron Vertrees
Facebook: Jaaronvertrees
Instagram: Jaaronvertrees
Baltimore Art Group
2025-01-14
Title or Location: My studio
?Into the Unknown?, 14x11? oil. It takes courage - to continue moving forward when you don?t see where you?re going.
Credit: Oleg Shvets
Instagram: @olegshvets_art

Oklahoma City Art Group
2025-01-13
Title or Location: Taken in my residence Art Studio in Harrah, Oklahoma
This image was hand drawn and oil painted on a 12x16 canvas sheet. It is in memory of a baby Squirrel that myself and my teenage daughter raised years ago. We called him Icarus.I was Veterinarian Technician at the time and my daughter actually grew up to be a Veterinarian. Such laughs we had with that baby Squirrel!
Credit: Susan (Stubbs) Akers
Facebook: Susan Stubbs at Static In The Attic
Adelaide Art Group
2025-01-13
Title or Location: Snowy River memories
My husband Brenton and I took off just before Christmas to the mountains of the Great Dividing Range, following the Snowy River to the ocean. I took a thousand photos, but wanted to paint one of the stunning memory images I bought with me when I returned home. I love to travel with my husband and paint wherever we go.
Credit: Rachel Porter
Facebook: The Starling?s Nest
Instagram: the_starlings_nest
Melbourne Art Group
2025-01-13
Title or Location: Leska
Leska was a well loved Bernese Mountain Dog who lived in Amsterdam. She lived a short life of 6.5yrs where her owners had to make the tragic choice of allowing her to grow her angel wings due to kidney failure. The found out on Christmas Day, they let her doggy friends come to visit and say their goodbyes and the day after Boxing Day is when she flew.This beautiful girl was painted in Faber Castell Pitt Pastels, Derwent pastel pencils, Caran D'ache pastel pencils and Nouvel Carre pastel rods.
Credit: Alison Jamison
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ajspetportraits?mibextid=ZbWKwL

Aberdeen Art Group
2025-01-13
Title or Location: Wee "Hamish"
Original oil on canvas 20" x 20"First painting of the year, great fun to paint.
Credit: Eric Meikle
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