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Saturday Night Painting Club · LeedsYour new Saturday night.

Two hours, a canvas and a lit still life, at a small table in a real art studio in Leeds city centre. Paint from 6 till 8, then the rest of the night is yours.

Saturdays 6–8pm · 6 easels · Everything included · All levels

Two painters smiling beside framed paintings of the sea and a red-flowered doorway at a studio exhibition evening

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Not your usual Saturday night

Six easels. Your painting.

  • A table of six, not a room of thirty.A small table, so there’s room to talk, and help gets to you.

  • Your painting, not a copy.Nobody paints along to a host’s picture. You paint what’s in front of you, your way.

  • A real art studio.A gallery space in Leeds city centre, not the back room of a bar.

  • Everything’s on the table.Canvas, acrylics, brushes and knives, and a cup of tea.

The Painting Club table set for the evening with sunflowers, fairy lights and blank canvases

The night

Paint first. Then the night’s yours.

  1. 6pm. Find the blue door.

    Unit 5, Aire Street Workshops, 3 minutes’ walk from Leeds station. Ours is the blue door just right of the archway. Come straight in.

  2. Settle in, then warm up.

    Every session opens with a short exercise, to get past the blank canvas.

  3. Two hours at the easel.

    A still life under studio lights, or bring your own subject. Help is on hand whenever you want it.

  4. 8pm. Take it home.

    Walk out with your canvas, or leave it with us to dry and collect next week.

From the table

Made on a Saturday night in Leeds.

Finished canvases laid out on the Painting Club table: sunflowers, a horse, a cat, a plant
A painting of a cake stand on an easel
A painting of a potted plant on an easel
A red flower painted in acrylic on a lime green ground
A red and orange abstract painting with black diamond shapes

Who’s at the table on a Saturday?

Two people painting side by side at the Painting Club table

Date night.

Something to do together that isn’t another dinner. Paint side by side, then go and eat.

A group painting round the long Painting Club table

Friends’ night.

A catch-up with something to do with your hands. £22.50 each when you book together.

A woman with red hair and glasses painting at the Painting Club table in the evening, a palette, a pot of pencils and a small plant in front of her

A night for you.

Come on your own. It’s a table of six, and everyone’s looking at the same still life, so conversation is easy.

Book your Saturday

Pick your night out.

One Saturday

£29a session

One night, one canvas, everything included.

Book a Saturday

Come together

£22.50each

Two to six of you, booked together.

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How to find us

Look for the blue door.

Unit 5, Aire Street Workshops
Aire Street, Leeds LS1 4HT
  • 3 minutes’ walk from Leeds train station
  • 20 minutes’ walk from Leeds bus station
  • Ours is the blue door just right of the archway. Come straight in.
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The red-brick Aire Street Workshops building in Leeds, with our blue door, just right of the archway, circled and pointed out with an arrow

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to have painted before?

No. Painting Club is for all levels. Every night starts with a warm-up, and help is on hand.

Can I come on my own?

Yes. It’s a table of six, and everyone’s painting the same still life, so it’s an easy place to chat.

What’s included?

Your own place at the table, a canvas, acrylics, brushes and knives, and a cup of tea. You take your canvas home.

Can I take my painting home wet?

Yes, or leave it with us to dry and collect it next week.

What should I wear?

Something you don’t mind getting paint on. We have aprons.

Can I book the studio for a party?

Yes. We run private art parties in Leeds for birthdays, hen dos and showers, from £12 a head.

Where are you?

Unit 5, Aire Street Workshops, Aire Street, Leeds LS1 4HT, 3 minutes’ walk from Leeds station. Ours is the blue door just right of the archway, so come straight in. No on-site parking, but there’s parking nearby.

See you Saturday.

6 to 8pm, Unit 5 Aire Street, Leeds.

The Painting Club room in the evening, fairy lights above a table set with easels and sunflowers

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