We are a friendly Corstorphine based group of amateur artists, who meet on the last Tuesday of every month at St Ninian's Church, Corstorphine.
We provide talks, demos, crits and an annual exhibition. If interested in joining
email: corstorphineartgroup@gmail.com
Next Meeting - Tuesday 27th May 2025 Lesly Anne Derks,
who will give a demo on how to 'Make your paintings glow'
https://www.laderks.co.uk/
Informative and Insightful Crit Night
with Leo du Feu
Artist Leo du Feu hosted our Crit Night on Tues May 6th.
The well attended Crit Night on Tuesday May 6th, was made successful by the members who brought along their pieces of art work. The art covered a variety of different subjects in a variety of media for Leo to analyse, advice and suggest ways of improving, and how to approach their future work going forward.
Leo also spoke about his own personal work practice, and about his Spring Open Studio on Sat 10th & Sun 11th May 10-4pm.
Several members were interested in attending the event.
Picture above - Leo discussing his work and the members artwork during the crit.
Insightful Evening by
Artist Tessa Asquith Lamb on Botanical Watercolour Painting and its History
Artist Tessa Asquith Lamb hosted our
March Flower Painting Demonstration Night on Tues 25th March
The members enjoyed an informative demonstration
and historical talk on the background of botanical painting and a little known 18th century Scottish female artist Esther Inglis, whose style of work was copied within the final watercolour presentation.
Tessa spoke about her personal work practice, her work within her sketchbooks and her diverse teaching schedule. Our thanks go to the artist for her interesting talk and advice on how to use watercolour for this delicate style.
Bottom left picture - the spring flower from Tessa's garden (right) and the watercolour painting (left) created during the demonstration.
Excellent Evening Watching a Portrait
Demo by Artist Karen van de Graaf
Artitst Karen van de Graaf hosted our
February Portrait Demonstration Night on Tues 25th Feb.
The evening attracted a large number of members who enjoyed the informative, well executed demonstration, and our thanks go out to the artist Karen for her insightful and professional delivery.
Karen created a portrait of Corstorphine Art Group volunteer
Husna Hussain (as seen in picture above).
Great Turnout for 1st Crit Night 2025
Artitst Hayley Whittingham hosted our first Crit Night on Tues 28th Jan.
The evening was a big success with a large number of members bringing along one or two pieces of art for criticism in a variety of subject matter.
A huge thanks goes out to Hayley for her insightful comments delivered in a professional manner which were enlightening for everyone.
The winner of the Annual Exhibition Poster picture was also chosen on the night
from 6 pieces selected by Hayley Whittingham. The final winning choice
was voted for by all members attending the meeting.
The winning artist was Carol Carden (pictured below left) with her painting of Poppies.
Images below: Ieft: Carol and Husna with the winning painting, right: Hayley Whittingham begins the crit night,
bottom right: great turn out of members for first meeting 2025.
Exhibition Change at
Dower House
Corstorphine
You can now visit the Dower House and view the clubs new exhibition over a lovely cup of coffee, a sandwich or a cake, in the comfort of the cafe (which are all for sale). Our exhibition is in the Davis Room upstairs in the Dower House. This exhibition was refreshed with new paintings in November, so please go along and take a look.
Something Different to End CAG's 2024 Meetings
Our guest artist was Janet McCrorie who rather than give a talk about her art, she had the audience trying different techniques to introduce movement into their own work.
The evening was a huge success with a large turnout of members who seemed to enjoy the exercises and seeing the very different results that we all came up with.
A huge thanks goes out to Janet for a great fun, relaxing and insightful night.
We may have to try something similar again!
Images below: Janet and her artwork, the meeting in action and some of the quick action sketches.
New members welcome
(see below for further information about the group, and past meetings)
Next Annual General Meeting
October 28th 2025
Exhibition 2024
We held a successful exhibition at the end of July where we sold 55 paintings, along with over 80 original greeting cards. Visitor numbers were also up on last year so thanks to everyone who helped organise the exhibition, all the members who submitted paintings and all our visitors many of whom purchased original works of art.
Below are some photos from the Exhibition:
'Medusa'
by Joanna Westwater
Corstorphine Dower House Exhibition
Another exhibition we have running at the moment is in the Corstorphine Dower House cafe where you can also get a lovely cup of coffee in comfort while you check out our paintings (which are all for sale). Our exhibition is in the Davis Room upstairs in the Dower House.
This exhibition was refreshed with new paintings in Novemver, so please make sure to visit it again.
We meet in St Ninian's Church Hall, entry from the car park at the rear of the church, off St Ninian's Road, EH12 8AP on the last Tuesday of the month. Our meetings start at 7pm with a practical demonstration, each topic planned to show the use of a variety of techniques and using different media by an accomplished artist. On two meetings per syllabus, members can bring one or two paintings, either part or fully completed, for a critical assessment by a professional artist. Advice will be given on mounting, framing and overall presentation. These evenings are very popular and are very informative for all present. Also, on one of these evenings, our members choose the Poster painting for the Annual Exhibition. Visitors are welcome for a fee of £5.
Corstorphine Art Club Meetings
contact Club Secretary, Paul Clews corstorphineartgroup@gmail.com
