Recently we were inspired by the textures of stones from hills and seashore, peering into their worlds, as well as the spaciousness of clouds and water. We’re sorry to say that we’ve reached the end of the Clydebank Art Group project so this is our… Read More »Peering into the spacious textured worlds of stones
On a blustery day with the March sun shining through the clouds into the garden and our cozy workspace, we enjoyed practicing Tenkoku 篆刻 seal carving to create our own stamps or inkan (more commonly known as hanko). It is a captivating process and was… Read More »Seal carving and blowing stone dust at the Japanese Garden at Cowden
the heavens and earth are dark and yellow the universe and timeboundless Senjimon 千字文thousand character classic We continued to work from the Thousand Character Classic 千字文 – Senjimon this time at the last Zen Heart Brush, working with genkou 玄黄, partly inspired by the delightful… Read More »Mysterious universe calligraphy at Zen Heart Brush
Well done to the young people and workers at North United Communities we saved the Maryhill HUB (from threat of reduced opening days) with our fabulous banners ?
Last week we had lots of fun with different pens, pastels, pencils and paints, tree landscapes guided our imagination ??? More fun arty workies from last week at Clydebank Centre81 art group! It was a lovely atmosphere with everyone enjoying and trying out the combinations… Read More »Atmospheric tree painting night
At the last Zen Heart Brush we explored the Kaisho and Sosho styles of shodo calligraphy, working with tenchi 天地. We were inspired by the examples of calligrapher Chiei 智永 from his version of the fascinating Thousand Character Classic 千字文 – Senjimon. His name means… Read More »Inspired by the examples of calligrapher Chiei
Here is a video instruction of how to fold an easy origami heart. Enjoy!
Towards the end of the year as the dry leaves rustled across the pavements, Blair practiced Shakyo Sutra tracing at temples in Tokyo, working mainly from Genjo’s version of the Hannya Shingyo – Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra. You can see the hanging… Read More »Tracing the heart of the Heart Sutra – Tokyo 2019
We are back on tonight for more relaxing and doodling at Clydebank art group at friendly and cozy Centre81 The group is welcoming and free of charge, come along and join us tonight at the fantastic Centre81 at 6.30 to 8pm. Destress, find inspiration, enjoy… Read More »Exploring mysterious flowers, maps and mazes through the landscape
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