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Destress and doodle

Destress and doodle

Relaxing creativity is back on at Clydebank art group tonight, organised by Centre81 and Centre81 Steering Group , please come and join us. Here are some images from the colourful artwork of the participants last week, we tried out lots of materials including art brushes and oil pastels ? Kindly… Read More »Destress and doodle

Summer months of shodo calligraphy at Zen Heart Brush

Summer months of shodo calligraphy at Zen Heart Brush

In June at our Zen Heart Brush Japanese calligraphy group, we practised the chapter title from poet and zen mater Dogen’s Shobogenzo “有時” uji – being time, and talked about the meanings of this, and the meanings of the individual characters themselves, which was surprising… Read More »Summer months of shodo calligraphy at Zen Heart Brush

Autumn creativity

Relaxing doodling is on at Clydebank art group tonight, organised by Centre81 and Centre81 Steering Group, please come and join us. Here are some images from the fun artwork of the participants last week. Kindly supported by West Dunbartonshire Council and Flightpath

October Japanese themed groups 🙂

We are having some Japanese themed groups this October.One is “Cloudbrush, Treebrush” with Margaret Kerr, on Sunday 20th October from 10.30am – 4.30pm in the open countryside of Lenzie. Combining Japanese calligraphy and meditation, we will explore the relationship between clouds, water and the character… Read More »October Japanese themed groups 🙂

From summer into autumn, forest and natural patterns at Clydebank art groups

From summer into autumn, forest and natural patterns at Clydebank art groups

Into September, it is gradually getting more autumnal and the temperature has become cooler and crisper. In Clyebank art group we had a couple of foresty themed nights, enjoying drawing pine cones, leaves, tree fruits and berries, a cute hut and other things! It is… Read More »From summer into autumn, forest and natural patterns at Clydebank art groups

Having fun with mixed media and paints at Clydebank art group

Having fun with mixed media and paints at Clydebank art group

The sunshine was still very strong at the Centre81 when we started to doodle with pencils and pens, having a bit of a relax while drawing some natural patterns and looking at the textures and shapes of objects such as pine cones. We continued the… Read More »Having fun with mixed media and paints at Clydebank art group

Exploring the world of trees at Clydebank art group

Exploring the world of trees at Clydebank art group

Clydebank art group is back after the summer holiday! We had a meditative session drawing trees with the late summer sunshine flooding into the art room. Using varied art materials, we drew different types of trees in an atmospheric way… with a poem or two… Read More »Exploring the world of trees at Clydebank art group

Mindful tree drawings at Kelvingrove

We had a relaxing stress free time at our drawing group outside Kelvingrove Museum, where we connected to the trees and natural elements through our senses and sketching. The weather was a little bit threatening, but the rain stayed off and we all managed to… Read More »Mindful tree drawings at Kelvingrove