TRONDHEIM PARKWAY - THE ROAD TO DULOCH PARK

Morag's drawing of Trondheim Parkway (above) as it once was and a photo of the iconic buildings on the way out. Trondheim Parkway is now the gateway to the massive housing development, Duloch Park. Tom's watercolour (below) shows the now depopulated area, a far cry from hustle and bustle of the once celebrated flats. Some say for the better, others not..

Duloch Park develpment, in all its vastness, has it's own infrastructure, including a Tesco superstore. Art room regular, Ray provided the photo below, showing the area pre-development.

JOHN'S EXHIBITION IN ROSYTH

Last week's post featured John painting a side of beef for the above exhibition. Memories of shopping in the 1950's, an unrecognisable world for today's Red Bull Pot Noodle yoof.

TRAINERS

The young team started some trainer designs..
Liam did a watercolour study of a beer mat..

TUESDAY 20 APRIL

PORTRAITS..

Judith completed her portrait of Natalie, which I will be passing on to Natalie herself as part of my Nine Trades of Dundee Project. I'm sure Natalie will be well chuffed with this painting.

Harris Grieve, budding artist, takes time out from drawing Wall.E to show how photogenic he is - i'm biased, of course. Good to see the younger children enjoying the space as much as the more senior members of the class.

Check out John with his beef carcass. John offered to provide some illustrations for an exhibition in Rosyth about the 1950's. He thought this bold image might give the younger folks in the class a lesson in where their foodstuffs actually come from!

 

Busy Busy.

BUSY FRIDAY AFTERNOON

After a quiet morning, a small posse turned up and got down to some picture-making in the afternoon. Judith and Jenneth worked on their watercolours, Ray carried on with his pencil study of Tom's grand-children and the young team (jay, sanjey, mark and nathan) got down to designing some trainers.

Ray very kindly gifted his portrait to proud grandfather, Tom. Top bloke.

FRIDAY 9 APRIL

A quieter morning at the Eco-House, with just Robert in the art room. An opportunity to update the blog and various mundane tasks.

 Robert kindly brought one of his many 'how to draw' books. This one was specifically about portraiture, so he felt it might be useful for Tom, who's currently tackling a portrait of his two grand-daughters.

RAY'S WORK IN PROGRESS

Working on a slightly smaller scale than his Masonic Lodge Fresco, Ray is sending me his work on the Abbey as it progresses for some online advice, rather than carrying it into the eco-house every day. A few of the students have been tackling portraiture recently, so Ray emailed me one of his efforts.(see below.)