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生命 - life springing up with shodo calligraphy

生命 – life springing up with shodo calligraphy

At the Zen Heart Brush in November, we practiced ‘生命 seimei – life’ in the cosy Kagyu Samye Dzong, Tibetan Buddhist centre. Winter has arrived and energy is waning in Glasgow just now but we vigorously enjoyed writing ‘life’! We talked about life, the elements,… Read More »生命 – life springing up with shodo calligraphy

Free flowing abstract fun!

Free flowing abstract fun!

Last night at Clydebank art group we had a free flowing fun evening of painting with pattern and colours to brighten up our wintery day! Thanks to all the participants who came along to the group this year. The next session at the fabulously friendly… Read More »Free flowing abstract fun!

Expansive night skys and celestial heads over the city

Expansive night skys and celestial heads over the city

Last time we enjoyed a night sky ? theme with oil pastels and coloured paper, bringing in cityscape and celestial heads. More of our creative adventures last week at Clydebank art group ????

Wonderful star filled spacious dark nights

Wonderful star filled spacious dark nights

Last time we enjoyed a night sky ? theme with oil pastels and coloured paper. Words and doodles from Clydebank art group inspired by the mystery of the night sky and space – the waxing and waning of the ? , tides, stars, darkness, shadows..… Read More »Wonderful star filled spacious dark nights

Exploring autumn with collage

Exploring autumn with collage

Last time we enjoyed an autumnal ? theme with collage cutting and sticking, in our group there is always plenty of freedom also to go your own creative way if you want to, and lots of help and encouragement when you need it too ? we help you feel… Read More »Exploring autumn with collage

Leafy textures and colourful doodles with inks

Leafy textures and colourful doodles with inks

The group is welcoming and free of charge, come along and join us tonight at the friendly @Centre81 at 6.30 to 8pm. Destress, find inspiration, enjoy trying out our drawing materials ? Last time we enjoyed an autumnal ? theme, in our group there is always plenty of… Read More »Leafy textures and colourful doodles with inks

Feeling the autumn colours in our shodo calligraphy group…

In October at our Zen Heart Brush group, we hamonized with the season and decided to write ‘koyo, 紅葉’ autumn colours. To help us get in the mood and connect with the natural feeling, there were some red and golden leaves on the table to… Read More »Feeling the autumn colours in our shodo calligraphy group…

Looking, sensing, watching in the Botanic Gardens…

This time in the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow, our drawing group tucked ourselves into the deep ferny vegetation of Kibble Palace to draw the frenzy of intertwining plants. We had a quirky session of drawing textures and shapes, then moved onto looking at the wider… Read More »Looking, sensing, watching in the Botanic Gardens…

Japanese shodo calligraphy at the Beautiful autumnal Cowden Garden

Japanese shodo calligraphy at the beautiful autumnal Cowden Japanese Garden

We had a lovely day at the Cowden Japanese Garden with enthusiastic people taking part, it was a colourful autumn day and tranquil atmosphere, a perfect setting to enjoy a workshop of Japanese shodo calligraphy. After a short talk about shodo we slowly strolled outside,… Read More »Japanese shodo calligraphy at the beautiful autumnal Cowden Japanese Garden

Relaxing doodling and free creative time at Centre81

Relaxing doodling and free creative time at Centre81

Our friendly free of charge group welcomes you to come along and join us tonight at the fabulous Centre81 at 6.30 to 8pm. Destress, find inspiration, enjoy trying out our drawing materials ??? Last week at the Clydebank art group we had some fun with a nature rocky… Read More »Relaxing doodling and free creative time at Centre81