Oil Painting for Beginners Meetup
Saturday 13 June
Willis Rd - 10am - 2.0 Hours
Fakiha Khan
Join us for an oil painting for beginners meetup introducing fundamentals of oil painting outdoors. Suitable for all levels.
Urban Sketching with Watercolours
Saturday 20 June
Southsea - 10am - 2.0 Hours
Motmainna Moni
Join us for an urban sketching meetup using watercolours. We will explore techniques for capturing city scenes with watercolour paints. Suitable for all levels. Bring your own watercolour supplies.
Landscape Painting with Acrylics Meetup
Saturday 27 June
Southsea - 10am - 2.0 Hours
Fakiha Khan
Join us for a landscape painting meetup using acrylics, capturing outdoor scenes with focus on color, light, and composition. Suitable for all levels.
Botanical Watercolour Workshop
Saturday 04 July
Southsea - 10am - 2.0 Hours
Motmainna Moni
Join us for a botanical watercolour workshop at Canoe Lake. We will explore techniques for painting plants and flowers using watercolours. Suitable for all levels. Bring your own supplies.
Cityscape Painting Meetup
Saturday 11 July
Gunwharf Quays - 10am - 2.0 Hours
Fakiha Khan
Join us for a cityscape painting meetup exploring urban scenes, buildings, and street life with acrylics. Suitable for all levels.
Nature Journaling Through Drawing
Saturday 18 July
Southsea - 10am - 2.0 Hours
Motmainna Moni
Join us for a nature journaling meetup at Canoe Lake where we will practice drawing plants, flowers, and natural elements in a relaxed outdoor setting. Suitable for all levels. Bring your own supplies.
Watercolor Meetup
Saturday 25 July
Southsea - 10am - 2.0 Hours
Fakiha Khan
Join us for a watercolor meetup exploring techniques and painting outdoor scenes. Suitable for all levels.
Mixed Media Watercolour Painting
Saturday 01 August
Southsea - 10am - 2.0 Hours
Motmainna Moni
Join us for a creative mixed media watercolour painting session at Canoe Lake. We will explore combining watercolour with other media to create unique artworks. Suitable for all levels. Bring your own supplies.
Watercolour Landscapes
Saturday 15 August
Southsea - 10am - 2.0 Hours
Motmainna Moni
Join us for a watercolour landscapes painting session at Canoe Lake. We will explore techniques for painting landscapes using watercolours. Suitable for all levels. Bring your own supplies.
Ink and Wash Illustration
Saturday 29 August
Southsea - 10am - 2.0 Hours
Motmainna Moni
Join us for an ink and wash illustration session at Canoe Lake. We will combine ink drawing with watercolour washes to create expressive illustrations. Suitable for all levels. Bring your own supplies.
Relaxed Sketch & Paint Session
Saturday 12 September
Southsea - 10am - 2.0 Hours
Motmainna Moni
Join us for a relaxed sketching and painting session at Canoe Lake. This informal meetup is for anyone who enjoys drawing and painting in a laid-back outdoor setting. Suitable for all levels. Bring your own supplies.
Floral Watercolour Painting
Saturday 26 September
Southsea - 10am - 2.0 Hours
Motmainna Moni
Join us for a floral watercolour painting session at Canoe Lake. We will explore techniques for painting flowers using watercolours. Suitable for all levels. Bring your own supplies.
Drawing for Beginners
Saturday 10 October
Portsmouth - 10am - 2 Hours
Doug Robertson
In this beginner-friendly class, you'll learn the basics of drawing. Our instructor will guide you through fundamental techniques including line, shape, shading, and composition. This outdoor class is held at Victoria Park. All skill levels welcome. Participants should bring their own sketchbook, pencils, and eraser.
Beginners Photography Class
Saturday 13 June
South Parade - 10am - 3 Hours
Jon Mainwaring
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.
Nature Macro Photography Meetup in an English Country Garden
Sunday 21 June
Stansted - 10am - 2 Hours
Jon Mainwaring
The gardens at Stansted Park will be a blaze of colour in June, making it a perfect location for flower and macro photography. You'll learn how to capture fine details, textures and patterns that are often overlooked, using simple and effective techniques. Suitable for all experience levels, the session focuses on slowing down, observing closely and creating striking close-up images. If you don't have a macro lens we can use other techniques to explore details and the world in miniature. Smartphone shooters will also be able to capture great images!
Stansted Summer Festival
Sunday 28 June
Stansted - 10:30am - 2 Hours
Jon Mainwaring
Step into the lively and quintessentially English atmosphere of Stansted Summer Festival with your camera in hand! This festival offers an incredible mix of historic re-enactments, vintage cars, samba drummers and bands, and vibrant summer stalls. Whatever your preferred subject and style, there's something for everyone here - street photography, portrait photography, documentary photography .. a meetup not to be missed!Entry Fee This meetup requires a separate ticket purchase for the festival. Tickets are NOT included in the meetup price. Please book your ticket in advance via the official festival website httpswww.stanstedpark.co.ukstanstedsummerfestival2025Bring a DSLR, mirrorless, or high-quality smartphone camera. A zoom lens is recommended for capturing distant details.Wear comfortable shoes as we'll be walking around a lot.Arrive 10 minutes early to check in with the group and discuss shooting strategies.
Entry Fee: This meetup requires a separate ticket purchase for the festival. Tickets are NOT included in the meetup price. Please book your ticket in advance via the official festival website: https://www.stanstedpark.co.uk/stanstedsummerfestival2025
Bring a DSLR, mirrorless, or high-quality smartphone camera. A zoom lens is recommended for capturing distant details.
Wear comfortable shoes as we'll be walking around a lot.
Arrive 10 minutes early to check in with the group and discuss shooting strategies.
Street Photography at Southsea Food Festival
Sunday 05 July
Southsea - 10:01am - 2 Hours
Jon Mainwaring
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.
Butterflies and Blooms - Nature Macro Photography
Sunday 19 July
Southsea, Portsmouth - 10:15am - 2 Hours
Jon Mainwaring
Perfect for nature and macro photographers, this meetup will start at the butterfly house at Portsmouth's Natural History Museum. There are a variety of beautiful butterflies to capture against stunning floral backgrounds. Some patience is needed, but the rewards can be spectacular shots! From here we'll move to the gardens and Southsea's Rose Gardens to capture more colours of the natural world.
Street Photography at Portsmouth Cultural Festival
Saturday 01 August
Portsmouth city centre - 11am - 2 Hours
Jon Mainwaring
In this meetup we'll join the cultural festival taking place in Victoria Park to mark the 100th anniversary of the city of Portsmouth. Events like this are great for street photography and there will be stalls, street food and live entertainment giving great opportunities for natural style portraits. Expect vibrant colours, smiling faces and lively performances!
International Kite Festival in Portsmouth
Sunday 13 September
Southsea Common - 10:30am - 2 Hours
Jon Mainwaring
Join us for a vibrant outdoor photography session during the International Kite Festival in Portsmouth. This is a great chance to practice capturing motion, color, and scale as hundreds of kites fill the sky. Whether you're refining your composition or just enjoying the festive atmosphere, this class will help you build confidence in photographing fast-moving subjects in a dynamic environment.
