Cracking start to the Parkhead Men’s Art Group combining drawing with creative writing. Inspiring community space at the Parkhead Arts Centre set up by Rebecca Fraser. We began with some fun tasks such as sticking down magazine cuttings of words and pasting onto our sketchbooks,… Read More »Sketchbook work at Parkhead Men’s Art Group
Continuing on from the previous weeks, now trying to work with the tactility of acrylic paints, colour mixing and building up the surface, using brushes, rollers and palette knives..
Working with oil pastels from natural objects such as shells, dried nuts, stones – moving into imagination from there. A few minutes on a demo piece..
Drawing branches and tree life – wonderful owls and atmosphere in this piece, really nice illustrative quality..
Some of the expressive and fun mark making experiments by participants at the start of the group. Trying out the enso circle, symbol of universality and the idea of beauty within imperfection.
Small to medium fude for calligraphy on single ‘hanshi’ sheets. The fude brushes hanging to dry – look like they need another good rinse!
Working on the character nen – commonly translated as mindfulness, also attention or care. Before the group starts in the cosy interior of KSD Rokpa. Painting the Chinese characters Ei and Hei – Eternal Peace. Ei is a classic kanji to work on and learn… Read More »Some work from the calligraphy group
Developing the fast initial sketches (in the previous post) into longer pieces. Folk started bringing in shapes based on memory and their experience. Also we moved into nature related compositions. A couple of folk who are into gardening and flowers worked on topographical map like… Read More »Developing the initial sketches – Maryhill Art Group
We worked on some creative and futuristic drawings inspired by architecture. Mostly 3 to 5 minutes for each drawing. One of the students responded to her drawings: space invaders – doctor who… or maybe even cosmic mess!
Collaborations with individual learners using pens and art brushes – sometimes we would enjoy taking turns on pieces, passing them around the table..
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