Happy Valentine’s Day 2020
Here is a video instruction of how to fold an easy origami heart. Enjoy!
Young people’s art
Halloween Masks and Autumn Crowns
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
Markmaking with fresh veg!
As part of Parkhead Artist’s summer programme in the old schoolhouse we had an afternoon of colourful school dinner themed creativity and play.
Sculpting with clay with young people
We created monsters, a ring holder, dinosaurs and various other fun 3D pieces…
School holidays – a trip to the seaside
Was such a fun day, we really felt we were at the beach ??? Was such a fun day, we really felt we were at the beach ??? Posted by Drawing and Painting Studio on Tuesday, 30 July 2019 A photo on the day from Parkheadartist’s instagram… Read More »School holidays – a trip to the seaside
Ice cream summer!
The enthusiastic young people enjoyed creatively exploring bright colourful summer patterns at the fabulous Centre81 in Clydebank! The enthusiastic young people enjoyed creatively exploring bright colourful summer patterns at the fabulous Centre81 in Clydebank! Posted by Drawing and Painting Studio on Tuesday, 30 July 2019
Funky abstraction and expansive landscapes
Well done to The Maryhill HUB team for organising their vibrant community art exhibition. Here are some images from the North United Communities artworks display…?⛺️????? Photos courtesy of The Maryhill HUB
Spring experiments and lots of tensho!
The primary school group on Saturday at North United Communities in Maryhill Hub tried Japanese calligraphy for the first time and had lots of fun! To begin with we did some short meditation together, just grounding and breathing, settling, and then touching the materials which… Read More »Spring experiments and lots of tensho!
Clouds and heart-mind at Maryhill Hub
Secondary school young people at the Friday night North United Communities group embraced Japanese writing and Shodo calligraphy. The group had some meditative time first to feel the textures and weight of the materials, such as the types of fude brushes, suzuri ink well and… Read More »Clouds and heart-mind at Maryhill Hub
Shodo calligraphy at Ruchill Community Centre
At our first Sasakawa Foundation sponsored event in Ruchill, local children and staff tried out Japanese calligraphy for the first time, using traditional materials such as fude brushes and sumi ink to write some Chinese kanji characters. We explored a natural theme of light and… Read More »Shodo calligraphy at Ruchill Community Centre