Autumn theme at the Maryhill Art Group
We collected leaves and other autumnal objects near the Kelvin River for our drawing inspiration as we returned to the Maryhill Hub for more creativity.
Community Groups
Colour and energy – graffiti workshop
There were over twenty children and adults at the sunny summer workshops for the NUC, guided in creative graffiti and drawing and painting techniques. Many of the young people really engaged with the visual possibilities and were encouraged to work into and around sprayed and… Read More »Colour and energy – graffiti workshop
Astronomical themed art session for children
Drawing on painted paper to create a glossy sheen and black card with oil pastels, we had fun at Ruchill. We created planets, stars, astronauts, galaxies, interplanetary exploration, and deep space!
Drawing Tour to Parkhead Necropolis and looking beyond
We began the final Parkhead Heritage Trail urban sketching tour by loosening up with some fun warm up sketches – blind drawings of the buildings nearby and abstract line drawings. Afterwards we walked from Parkhead Cross to the Necropolis where we had the first demo… Read More »Drawing Tour to Parkhead Necropolis and looking beyond
Urban sketching at Parkhead – doing a demo with biro and marker
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Still life drawing with a Cubist feel
Using oil pastels at Maryhill Art Group we worked from a setup of studio objects including tripod, paint tubes, brushes and water jugs. We looked at artists Picasso and Heron. Their works encouraged us to feel free to block in areas of colour and use… Read More »Still life drawing with a Cubist feel
Mask making inspired by Mexico at the Ruchill group
Children at Ruchill embraced the spirits of the South American and Asian mask theme. Animals and demons were at loose! We used card and coloured paper to make the simple masks with elastic bands connected to paper straps.
Developing abstracts with ink and collage – Maryhill Art Group
We began on some small drawings from shapes in the buildings and garden area. Then had some fun (and a good few splashes) exploring with mixed media with ink, graphite and collage on larger sheets of cartridge paper..
Portraits by children at the Ruchill group
As always a lively afternoon of artwork with the energetic kids at North United Communities. At this session we encouraged the children with demos and examples how to draw portraits from life using pencils in their sketchbooks.
Drawing with graphite and biro pen – Maryhill Art Group
We worked on a few graphite sketches in the peaceful and cool shade of the courtyard. Plenty to draw from the organic shapes in the garden vegetable planters to the angles of the old school itself.
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