Hallam Art Group

About us

The Hallam Art Group has been meeting since 1974. In our weekly meetings, our members encourage each other to develop skills in painting, drawing, oils, acrylics, watercolour, pastel, charcoal and graphite.

Our special sessions include life-drawing, still life painting, demonstrations from artists, lectures and video presentations.

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Life Drawing 2025 #1
Life Drawing 2025 #1

The first life-drawing session of 2025

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Tone Workshop
Tone Workshop

Glyn gave a workshop on tone (value). Looking closely at the importance of accurate values.

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2024 Autumn Exhibition
2024 Autumn Exhibition
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Stephen Coates Watercolour Workshop
Stephen Coates Watercolour Workshop

We held a Sunday workshop with Sheffield watercolour painter, Stephen Coates

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Hallam Portrait Artist of the Year
Hallam Portrait Artist of the Year

We held a portrait event in the style of our favourite TV painting competition.

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Portrait Workshop 2
Portrait Workshop 2

On Sunday 9th June, we held our second Portrait Workshop

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Best of YouTube (for artists)
Best of YouTube (for artists)

We present a selection of YouTube videos which might be interesting to our members..

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50 Years of Art
50 Years of Art

The group celebrated its 50th anniversary with a party.

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Life Drawing
Life Drawing

Our third life-drawing session of the recent era.

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2024 Spring Exhibition
2024 Spring Exhibition

The 2024 Spring Exhibition at Sheffield Botanical Gardens

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Anna Massey Workshop
Anna Massey Workshop
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Portrait Workshop 1
Portrait Workshop 1

Workshops are back. The first workshop of 2024 was a portrait painting session.

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The Secrets of John Singer Sargent
The Secrets of John Singer Sargent

A richly illustrated magic-lantern presentation looking at the life, the scandals and the methods of John SInger Sargent

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The 2023 Autumn Exhibition
The 2023 Autumn Exhibition

The 2023 Autumn Exhibition was a hit with the public, despite the dismal weather.

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Life Drawing Event
Life Drawing Event

We held a life-drawing event on 19th October with model Paul. Click to see a gallery of some fantastic work done by members .

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Annual General Meeting
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Spring Exhibition 2023
Spring Exhibition 2023

Hallam Art Group held its annual spring exhibition in Sheffield’s Botanical Gardens.

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Kandinsky Event
Kandinsky Event
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Our exhibition is now closed. Congratulations to Caroline Egglestone @carolineegglestone for winning the best picture award with her painting Moonlit Valley. She was presented with the Eric Gregory award by the group’s co-founder Isabel Blinco
This weekend is our annual Autumn Exhibition. On Saturday morning at 10am we open the doors of Hallam Community Hall with an exhibition of more than a hundred original paintings. (all of them for sale). Christmas is just around the corner, and this
This weekend we held another Sunday workshop with Sheffield watercolour painter, Stephen Coates @coatesartuk - Stephen led the group through the construction of a watercolour painting, step by step. Everyone was surprised by the great outcomes. #ha
The watercolour artist Stephen Coates came along to give a fascinating talk on watercolour painting. @coatesartuk presented ways to think about how the paint works and demonstrated techniques to make it happen. Even the watercolour skeptics were im
Thursday night saw the completed portraits come back for judging. Our three judges picked paintings on the basis of uniqueness, character and likeness. The final winner was a painting which exemplified all three. 1 Ishbel Gordon (winner) 2 Pippa M
Sunday afternoon saw our second portrait workshop of the year. Eight artists attended the workshop given by @glynwilliamsartist - with @hbrady.art stepping in as the sitter. Some lovely, well-observed studies. #portrait #oilportrait #hallamartgroup
On Thursday Hallam Art Group held a party to celebrate its 50th Anniversary. Isabel Blincow, (one of the two founding members) told the story of how the group came into being. The party attracted both current and former members. We ended the eveni
Thursday evening we held another life-drawing session with @liah.edwardes who was kind enough to model. Poses were 5,10 and 20 - minutes. But that was long enough to see some fantastic, well -observed drawing from our members. #hallamartgroup #lifed
And the Hallam Art Group 2024 Spring Exhibition comes to a close. Liz Timms won the best painting award with her painting of Padley Gorge. Jennifer Meiring won the best floral painting category. This was out biggest show to date with many more me
This Saturday, Hallam Art Group holds its annual spring exhibition and sale of original art. Come along to see new paintings from our members. Including @kerseygerry @phillockwood2173 Isabel Blincow @glynwilliamsartist and many others. #sheffieldar
One week from today, Hallam Art Group will open the door on its 2024 Spring Exhibition at the Sheffield Botanical Gardens. Come along to the Dorothy Fox Center to see a huge collection of original paintings, prints and cards by Sheffield artists. I
Thursday evening saw a very well attended event. Local artist @annamasseyartist10 came to give a workshop. She took the participants through the process of developing a painting of a Highland cow. Through drawing, applying watercolour and then buildi
Today (Sunday 21 Jan) we held our first workshop of 2024. A portrait painting workshop with ten painters. We are grateful to Joe who held a single pose for three hours! Thanks to everyone who attended, including @rosdraw2020 @phillockwood2173 - we
The Secrets of John Singer Sargent HAG member and Sargent fanboy @glynwilliamsartist presented a 90 minute talk on #johnsingersargent. The “magic-lantern” show looked at the life, the scandals and the painting secrets of the Gilded Age p