We are a friendly Corstorphine based group of amateur artists, who meet on the last Tuesday of every month at St Ninian's Church, Corstorphine.
We provide talks, demos, crits and an annual exhibition. If interested in joining
email: corstorphineartgroup@gmail.com
NEXT MEETING
Hayley Whittingham (Demo) - Tuesday 30th September 2025
7pm, St Ninian's Church, Corstorphine.
September Meeting Members Offer - Bring a Friend for Free.
Congratulations to all the artists who exhibited and sold work at this years 2025 Annual Art Exhibition. Over 135 paintings were on display plus small hand-painted greeting cards by club members.
Below is a small sample of the work from the exhibition.
Successful Opening Night at 2025 Annual Exhibition
There was a large turn out for the private view evening on July 25th, opened by Husna Hussain (Chairperson), who gave an excellent enthusiastic speech about the club, it's activities and the variety of creative work on display. The exhibition is now open daily from 10.30am to 4.30pm until Sat 2nd August when it closes at 3.30pm for purchasers to collect their paintings. Please come along and support this local groups creative activities.
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One of our members, Lorna Hunter also has a solo exhibition in Crinan. If anyone is in the area she has around 20 paintings on display.
June Exhibition Change at Dower House, Corstorphine
The Corstorphine Art Group refreshed their exhibition in June with new paintings, so please come along to the Dower House and view the paintings over a lovely cup of coffee, a sandwich or a cake, in the comfort of the cafe (which are all for sale). Our exhibition is in the Davis Room
upstairs in the Dower House.​
Artist Lesley Anne Derks Demonstrates
Bringing Glow into Oil Painting
Picture Above: - Artist Lesley Anne Derks BA (Hons) Fine Art during her demonstration.
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The members enjoyed a detailed demonstration of the artists
oil painting technique and how to bring the glow of light into
her night time paintings.
​Lesley spoke about her personal work practice, her teaching schedule, the length of time she spends on each painting, and the materials she uses to attain the finished look. She gave lots of advice on the use of background colours, the choice of canvas
or board, and the choice of paper, plus the different types of brushes and blending tools available.
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Informative and Insightful Crit Night
with Leo du Feu
Artist Leo du Feu hosted our Crit Night on Tues May 6th.
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The well attended Crit Night on Tuesday May 6th, was made successful by the members who brought along their pieces of art work. The art covered a variety of different subjects in a variety of media for Leo to analyse, advice and suggest ways of improving, and how to approach their future work going forward.
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Leo also spoke about his own personal work practice, and about his Spring Open Studio on Sat 10th & Sun 11th May 10-4pm.
Several members were interested in attending the event.
Picture above - Leo discussing his work and the members artwork during the crit. ​​​
Insightful Evening by
Artist Tessa Asquith Lamb on Botanical Watercolour Painting and its History
Artist Tessa Asquith Lamb hosted our
March Flower Painting Demonstration Night on Tues 25th March
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The members enjoyed an informative demonstration
and historical talk on the background of botanical painting and a little known 18th century Scottish female artist Esther Inglis, whose style of work was copied within the final watercolour presentation.
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Tessa spoke about her personal work practice, her work within her sketchbooks and her diverse teaching schedule. Our thanks go to the artist for her interesting talk and advice on how to use watercolour for this delicate style.
Bottom left picture - the spring flower from Tessa's garden (right) and the watercolour painting (left) created during the demonstration.
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Excellent Evening Watching a Portrait
Demo by Artist Karen van de Graaf
Artitst Karen van de Graaf hosted our
February Portrait Demonstration Night on Tues 25th Feb.
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The evening attracted a large number of members who enjoyed the informative, well executed demonstration, and our thanks go out to the artist Karen for her insightful and professional delivery.
Karen created a portrait of Corstorphine Art Group volunteer
Husna Hussain (as seen in picture above).​ ​​
Great Turnout for 1st Crit Night 2025
Artitst Hayley Whittingham hosted our first Crit Night on Tues 28th Jan.
The evening was a big success with a large number of members bringing along one or two pieces of art for criticism in a variety of subject matter.
A huge thanks goes out to Hayley for her insightful comments delivered in a professional manner which were enlightening for everyone.
​The winner of the Annual Exhibition Poster picture was also chosen on the night from 6 pieces selected by Hayley Whittingham. The final winning choice was voted for by all members attending the meeting. ​ The winning artist was Carol Carden with her painting of Poppies.
pics Ieft: Carol and Husna with the winning painting,
pics right: Hayley Whittingham begins the crit night,
pics bottom right: great turn out of members for first meeting 2025.
