Maryhill Art Group

We started a two week mini project based on a shell – sea theme, using fantastic collections of shells, sea stars, urchins, corals, pebbles and foraged ceramic pieces from the shore, all brought in by the folk in the group. Thanks for bringing these, they… Read More »Exploring shells and corals

Part of the last Maryhill Art Group had been looking at leaves from nearby the HUB community centre, and this time we too that in a slightly different step by investigating things from the forest floor and ground gathered around the nearby river and pathways.… Read More »Connecting to forest floor textures into imaginative landscapes

We had an energetic and creative night at Maryhill Art Group to restart our fun relaxed sessions in the Maryhill Hub! We used different methods to interact with the environment, beginning with some doodly expression with pens then drawing our journey to the building and… Read More »Pattern and pathways – connecting with the environment

Over two Thursday evenings we had a lot of fun together on a pattern/ pictogram project. First we looked at examples of old ways of visual communication and language from around the world, from Egyptian hieroglyphics to Chinese Kanji to Pictish symbols from Scotland and… Read More »Maryhill Art Cave!

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

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

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’.

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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