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…
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
A simple fun way to make a Halloween mask or Autumnal crown is to use a long strip of thick paper sized to fit around the wearer’s head, and decorate and trim this to your fanciful and fantastical desire! You can enjoy experimenting with different… Read More »Halloween Masks and Autumn Crowns
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
Margaret and Blair walked to the river North of Lenzie and found a sheltered peaceful spot next to a small weir, ideal for setting up for Suibokuga 水墨画 water and ink landscape painting. We used 顔彩 gansai paint sets with fude brushes and cut bamboo… Read More »Experiments outside with Suibokuga Japanese landscape painting with Margaret Kerr
At Clydebank art group we had a lively night with a great turnout of folk trying out all the different materials from pencils and pens to pastels and colourful inks. We had a rocky theme exploring rocky shapes and imagining the carboniferous world that shaped… Read More »Stress free creativity at Centre81
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
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
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
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 🙂