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Sketch PAW
Sketching is most people’s introduction to art and so we try to encourage as many people as possible to start, and then continue, to sketch.
Purbeck Arts Club Sketching Programme
Purbeck Arts Club Summer Sketching Programme runs for 10 weeks throughout the summer months. We organise visits to many beautiful places and the 10 week sessions allow members the opportunity to sketch en plein air and gather reference material to paint in the future. The sessions are not taught however you will be provided with a few exercises that can be undertaken when out and about.
To participate in these sessions, you must be a member of the Purbeck Arts Club to be covered by insurance. The programme is accessible to full members of the club or alternatively, there is a Summer Membership at a cost of £15 to include the 10 sessions. There are additional fees at some of the venues as listed below.
To join Purbeck Arts Club Summer programme please email Jayne Ashton at:
jayneashton0@gmail.com
All sessions run from 10 am to 12 noon and are weather dependant.
Click here to download a copy of the 2026 Summer Programme
2026 Summer Programme
| Date: | Venue: | Notes: |
| May 26th | Tyneham | Car Parking £4 donation suggested. Ideally we would look at car sharing. There is a Salt Pig trailer selling coffee etc open most days. Toilets. |
| June 2nd | Encombe House | By Invitation of Mr & Mrs J Gaggero |
| June 9th | Eastington Farm | By Invitation of Mr & Mrs James. £5-00 per person for charity |
| June 16th | Swanage RNLI | The boat will be on the slip organised by RNLI. £5 charitable donation |
| June 23rd | Holme For Gardens | The gardens at Holme are spectacular. We have chosen this venue to have a group light lunch in the cafe. We will also be looking at car sharing. Entry Fee: Holme have very generously offered us free entrance as we are having lunch |
| June 30th | The Priory Wareham | Beautiful gardens and river. We will be expected to purchase a drink whilst at the venue. |
| July 7th | Durlston | We have chosen this date because alongside sketching there is also an exhibition at Durlston that we can visit: “Abstraction and Realism.” |
| July 14th | Scotts Arms | Views of Corfe Castle |
| August 22nd-31st | Purbeck Arts Club Exhibition | Opening and Coffee morning Sat 22nd |
| Sept 1st | Studland South Beach | Parking NT Car Park. Refreshments Joe’s Cafe |
| Sept 8th | Purbeck Golf Club | We will be expected to purchase a drink whilst at the venue. |
Previous Members Sketching Programme Activities
Over the years our sketching programme has taken us to some very beautiful local places.
We have been to Durlston Country Park and Castle, Corfe Castle Village, Studland Beach, Tynham Village, Swanage Lifeboat Station and Holme Garden Centre and Gardens to mention just a few. Below is a video of a sketching event at Encombe House, (by kind invitation of Arabella Gaggero).
One of our favourite places to go is RSPB Arne. We had our own sketching tent there for a couple of years, which was wonderful. Have a look at the video below from 2016 to see how we got on.
Rehearsal Sketching
It is very special when the visual artists and performing artists are able to work together and so we try to facilitate this as much as possible by trying to have at least one session of rehearsal sketching in our sketching programme every year.
Sketch PAW 2019 Winning Entry
In 2019 we sold sketchbooks at Rollington Barn and asked you to carry them with you around the festival, and draw and sketch whatever inspired YOU in PAW and Purbeck. We also asked you to show us what you did on Instagram and Facebook by tagging #sketchpaw and #dalerrowney. There was a prize for the submission that best captured the spirt of PAW and this was the winner:
Congratulations to Joanne Martin!