The old tensho character for mu – nothing – is actually a pictogram, either of a person dancing, or holding ceremonial pieces of wood, so it is really interesting to work on. The more complicated tensho has a strong balance and the kaisho style of… Read More »Mushin and Unsui calligraphy at Heart Brush
Back at Kelvingrove for the second time this year, this time inside! So much to draw, look at and investigate, so many fantastic and mysterious objects in the East Court. Within a few metres of where we sat we had an array of things such… Read More »Light hearted sketching from the fab Kelvingrove collection
We had an energetic and creative night at Maryhill Art Group to restart our fun relaxed sessions in the Maryhill Hub! We used different methods to interact with the environment, beginning with some doodly expression with pens then drawing our journey to the building and… Read More »Pattern and pathways – connecting with the environment
It was a peaceful journey to Lenzie along the quiet paths and roads. When we arrived we found inspiring examples by Margaret of ink markmaking using a branch or twig from each of the varied types of trees in the grounds. Birch, Plum, Alder, Rowan,… Read More »Being with the season changing – Autumn into Winter
Over two Thursday evenings we had a lot of fun together on a pattern/ pictogram project. First we looked at examples of old ways of visual communication and language from around the world, from Egyptian hieroglyphics to Chinese Kanji to Pictish symbols from Scotland and… Read More »Maryhill Art Cave!
We said goodbye to the brightness of summer and welcomed the autumn breeze and smells and darker nights, with some leafy artworks. The children really engage with the textures and colours of the autumnal leaves, the variety of shapes and types of leaves and different… Read More »Watch a leaf fall
In this group at Ruchill Community Centre different tasks were tried out by the young people. Influenced by anime and manga, dragons were popular, such as the Story of the Small Girl and the Dragon, and imagery from Princess Mononoke, a classic film from the… Read More »A chicken dragon and other lively sketches at Ruchill
We set up to draw inside the humid warmth of Kibble Palace, surrounded by the national tree fern collection (originally planted in the 1880’s impressively) partly as it was quite blowy outside. It was an enjoyable group and people found the two hours was a… Read More »Drawing in the jungle at the Botanic Gardens
We started the day at Lenzie with a chat about the shared cultural connections around the five elements, particularly through the Himalayan area, from India, Tibet to China and Japan. We looked at the variety of meanings as well as the different approaches of the… Read More »Meditation and calm at Brushing Fire
There were varied NUC summer art and craft sessions in Maryhill, Ruchill and Milton with young people and adults, they were fun groups inspired by a few different themes and using ways of working that were enjoyable while learning new methods. There was a large… Read More »Summery art groups – patterns, colour and lucky laugh!
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