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Our array of colourful Art Brushes..

Folk have been curious about these refillable water based ink Art Brushes by Pentel we are using. We have worked with them in a few groups in recent months and they are a super way to make loose painterly strokes and block in areas of… Read More »Our array of colourful Art Brushes..

Tangram inspired shapes – Maryhill Art Group

Looking at old Chinese Tangram puzzles to begin with, we then started drawing with pencils, before cutting and sticking our own shapes. We experimented with our compositions, considering artwork by artist/ teacher Hans Hofman and Paul Klee for more visual ideas.. ‘Through a painting we… Read More »Tangram inspired shapes – Maryhill Art Group

Sketchy Panorama of Parkhead Cross

Working together at Parkhead Arts Centre on a large cartridge paper piece of the view of the historic Parkhead Cross buildings outside. We had to work quickly to sketch in the shapes of windows, roof lines, roads, road lights, and passing folk. We took turns… Read More »Sketchy Panorama of Parkhead Cross

Collage and mixing up drawings and text – Parkhead Men’s Art Group

The group has experimented creatively with word drawings, bringing in looser drawings/ illustration also to express their ideas about their community, experience and activity within the city..

The first Urban Sketching Tour in Parkhead- following the heritage trail

Rubbings of the ground and buildings, word drawings, sketches with graphite and pens – really enjoyed the urban sketching from Parkhead Art Studio led by Alan Wilson and the luck of the dice to see which task to work on!

Sketchbook work at Parkhead Men’s Art Group

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