Young people’s art

Funky abstraction and expansive landscapes

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!

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

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

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

North United Communities, Glasgow

Sights of Glasgow painted at NUC Breakfast Club

We started off sketching the main shapes of the composition – of the Clyde river and Hydro, Armadillo and Tall Ship, then added the great Glasgow icon of the Duke of Wellington with his stunning traffic cone hat ? Next the Squinty bridge, Finnieston Crane,… Read More »Sights of Glasgow painted at NUC Breakfast Club

Watch a leaf fall

Watch a leaf fall

We said goodbye to the brightness of summer and welcomed the autumn breeze and smells and darker nights, with some leafy artworks. The children really engage with the textures and colours of the autumnal leaves, the variety of shapes and types of leaves and different… Read More »Watch a leaf fall

A chicken dragon and other lively sketches at Ruchill

A chicken dragon and other lively sketches at Ruchill

In this group at Ruchill Community Centre different tasks were tried out by the young people. Influenced by anime and manga, dragons were popular, such as the Story of the Small Girl and the Dragon, and imagery from Princess Mononoke, a classic film from the… Read More »A chicken dragon and other lively sketches at Ruchill

Summery art groups - patterns, colour and lucky laugh!

Summery art groups – patterns, colour and lucky laugh!

There were varied NUC summer art and craft sessions in Maryhill, Ruchill and Milton with young people and adults, they were fun groups inspired by a few different themes and using ways of working that were enjoyable while learning new methods. There was a large… Read More »Summery art groups – patterns, colour and lucky laugh!

Playing with paint – leaves, handprints and a joyful T-rex

Playing with paint – leaves, handprints and a joyful T-rex

At the NUC summer group with children, we worked on a summer environmental theme, exploring painting and using different materials for mark making including brushes, rollers and hand prints. The children also enjoyed painting on to the leaves directly, and had ideas for rainbows, butterflies.… Read More »Playing with paint – leaves, handprints and a joyful T-rex