At Ruchill NUC after school Primary group we doodled to begin with in the sketchbooks, then had a look at some autumnal leaves gathered outside, mainly sycamore and oak leaves. One of the boys made a rubbing from a leaf using pastel, while other children… Read More »This Is My Brain!
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… Read More »Autumn leaves, apples, word art and freedom to explore
The combinations of deep hued colours, from crimson to viridian green, and textures was really enjoyable to look at. We also read some short Haiku poems too about the autumn leaves and moon.
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.
Recently I was asked by a student about this image and how it was painted. It was made during an outdoors art session – working from memory of being in the landscape and trees. We used shirtcard (plastic coated paper) with three colours of acrylic… Read More »Experimenting with water based paints and mark making
Rumbling Bridge rubbing edit 2 from Drawing and Painting Studio on Vimeo. Graphite sticks and oil pastels are ideal for doing the rubbings (more eloquently termed frottage!), picking up all the fine textures, some like a half hidden language in the rock and bark. Feeling… Read More »Rock and wood rubbings with lead and pastel
We walked in the big tree country from Dunkeld and Birnam train station, gradually moving up by the Hermitage and its towering tree garden to the really Rumbling Bridge over the River Braan. Then we headed along the open hillside and back through dense and… Read More »Art Walk in the depths of Birnam Forest
When making some stencils in advance for workshops the Olfa rotary cutter was ideal for the job, sketching out lightly with pencil first and cutting shapes smoothly with the Olfa into paper and cardboard.
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
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!
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