Seascape sketching and painting at Whitstable, Kent

Join us for a day trip to ramble, sketch and paint along the stunning Kent coastline ✏️🎨🌊 ✨✍️ Welcome 🥾✨ This event is suitable for all, from total beginners to experienced artists. It is a welcoming space to ask others with help on composition, perspective and shading. If you can, please do bring your own sketchbook and materials of your choice – from pencils, pens and markers to charcoal, pastels and paints. I’ll share paper and materials on the day should you need anything. I’m happy to provide small canvases for this event so we can all paint by the sea, just message me in advance. If we all bring a small something to eat and drink we could have a picnic on the beach 🏖️ ⛵️ About Whitstable ⛵️ Whitstable is known for inspiring J.M.W Turner. His most famous artwork which depicts the area is ‘Oyster Beds at Whitstable, Kent’, a celebrated watercolour commissioned for the book Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England. He also completed several pencil sketches and drawings of the coastline, including ‘Views of the Coast of the Thames Estuary, with Whitstable in the Distance’ (1825). 🚂 Getting here 🚌 Let’s meet at either St Pancras Train Station for the 10.20am direct train to Whitstable, scheduled to arrive at 11.36am, or if you prefer, we can meet at Whitstable Train Station itself. We’ll start our ramble from 12pm and head towards the coast. 🏖️Exploring the area and lunch break (12pm-2pm) ✏️Sketching and painting (2pm-4pm) ✨Share art, chat and postcard sketch (4pm-5pm) 🚂Head back to the train station for the direct 5.50pm train to St Pancras. On the return journey, direct trains to St Pancras run hourly, for example, 5.50pm and 6.50pm. We might find there’s lots to explore and we want to stay longer!