Community Groups

Vibrant collage and crafty bold shapes

Vibrant collage and crafty bold shapes

This week we picked up on the shapes of the garden courtyard, buildings and summer foliage that we had explored with A4 drawings the week before. We used collage and some simple craft cutting and sticking this time, combined with the lovely transparent inks, with… Read More »Vibrant collage and crafty bold shapes

Summer drawings from the courtyard

Summer drawings from the courtyard

It was a bright day in the Maryhill Hub, and beautiful looking out the large windows to the garden courtyard and plants and vegetables growing there. We started with some doodly drawings based on the shapes in the courtyard, such as the raised beds, organic… Read More »Summer drawings from the courtyard

Sea urchins and shells turning into skulls and robots!

Sea urchins and shells turning into skulls and robots!

At the Ruchill after school primary group the children worked on their sketchbooks, drawing mainly with pencils this session. They began looking directly at some small natural objects like shells and a fragile pale green green sea urchin shell. After sketching in peace for a… Read More »Sea urchins and shells turning into skulls and robots!

Colours of heather, hill and forest

Colours of heather, hill and forest

At the last Maryhill art group we used pastels to develop some landscapy pieces and textures, inspired by images of the Highlands and a wee book of poetry and art by Hamish Fulton ‘Wild Life – Walks in the Cairngorms’.

Mountain caves and nesting mythical birds

Mountain caves and nesting mythical birds

At Ruchill community centre we worked on the A4 sketchbooks with the children on some imaginative drawings and doodles. It’s really nice to see their engagement with markmaking, and freedom to express themselves through art!

The flow of water moving along the river, the curving lines of gliding birds, patterns in rocks - Maryhill art group

Freedom to have fun with ink and varied brushes – Maryhill Art Group

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Imagining passing clouds and rugged mountain ranges - Maryhill art group

Imagining passing clouds and rugged mountain ranges – Maryhill art group

After listening to some inspiring poetry about clouds and mountains, including Hanshan’s about a path through mountain scree and boulders, we made some loose drawings of hill ridges and wispy floating clouds. Everyone’s work was different – capturing the feel of the elements and mystery… Read More »Imagining passing clouds and rugged mountain ranges – Maryhill art group

Ruchill children drawing stones, shells, a sea urchin and an olephaunt!

Ruchill children drawing stones, shells, a sea urchin and an olephaunt!

The North United Communities after school group (Primary years 5 to 7) played around with acrylic inks and different brushes and twigs, working from a selection of natural objects like stones and shells. One of the boys was more into drawing a Tolkienesque olephaunt which… Read More »Ruchill children drawing stones, shells, a sea urchin and an olephaunt!