D+P Studio News

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Currently browsing Tag: Poetry and creative writing

Autumn leaves, apples, word art and freedom to explore

1 October 2017

Inspired by the Kelvin River area and leaves collected nearby, as well as it being national poetry day, we began with some doodling and writing words in different colours, finding inspiration from our experience and finding ways to bring writing and drawing together.

We used coloured inks, beautiful transparent silky colours, to capture some of the autumnal green and golden brown hues as well as the shapes of the leaves.

Then we used palette knives and rollers to play around with the materials, bringing in some contrasting oil pastel textures, and just try out some different marks and let things flow 🙂 The apples from the community garden we took home and made into jam!

Category: Art Groups Tags: Community Groups, Maryhill Art Group, Poetry and creative writing

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

10 May 2017

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..

Category: Art Groups Tags: Community Groups, Parkhead Arts Centre, Poetry and creative writing

‘Future’ project collaborations with participants..

25 March 2017

Collaborations with individual learners using pens and art brushes – sometimes we would enjoy taking turns on pieces, passing them around the table..

Category: Art Groups Tags: Community Groups, Poetry and creative writing

Discussing creative approaches at the Mitchell Library for combining art and literacy

22 March 2017

At the Aye Write ’17 Adult Literacy event at the Mitchell Library, March – Blair discussing the creative approaches to combine art and design and writing – for the publication ‘Future’ which was launched at the event.