Speed Landscape Drawing and Painting
Saturday 02 November
Merchant City - 9am - 2 Hours
Jiachen Liu
The focus of this two-hour structured session is "speed" and "form", i.e. capturing the essence of a subject. You will be guided to complete some "warm-up" colour and drawing exercises and prepared for doing ink and watercolour-based painting in the session. You will learn how to quickly sketch and capture multiple subjects in the garden with ink and wash technique. You will be advised to keep things rather loose and time your drawing/painting.
You will have a chance to meet and greet like-minded people, choose your own subjects in the garden and be guided to complete the exercises, and artwork and have some takeaway homework with the learned technique. All levels and experiences are welcome.
Portrait Sketching for Beginner Meetup
Saturday 16 November
Merchant City - 9am - 2 Hours
Jiachen Liu
Discover the art of portrait sketching in a fun and approachable way! This beginner-friendly class offers you the chance to explore the basics of sketching faces, from understanding proportions to mastering shading techniques. Whether you're looking to express your creativity or develop a new skill, this class provides a relaxed and encouraging environment where anyone can learn. Perfect for those who've always wanted to try drawing but didn't know where to start 2014no experience needed, just bring your curiosity and get ready to sketch!
Beginner's Photography Class
Sunday 10 November
Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AG - 10am - 3 Hours
Hassan Nezamian
This class is designed to give you a solid understanding of the fundamental basics of photography the nuts and bolts stuff that will set you on the path to understanding your camera and how to create great shots. Armed with these fundamentals, you will have the skills and the confidence to approach any style of photography, from portraits to landscapes and everything in between. During this course we will cover such topics as the Exposure Triangle, Camera Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO and Composition. Photography is a technical exercise and there is a lot to learn, but these basics apply to any type of photography. However, as we only have a limited time to cover each of these topics, please keep a copy of this course guide and practice these tricks and techniques over and over again whenever you can. Taking great photos takes time, practice, patience and consideration. In the beginning stages it is very easy to become frustrated that your images dont capture your subject as you would like to. This is perfectly normal and even professional photographers face this same challenge. Be patient with it, youre learning and with practice your photography will improve with every shot.
Street Art Photography
Sunday 24 November
Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AG - 10am - 2 Hours
Hassan Nezamian
Street art is a unique and colorful art form and can be found in all kinds of nooks and crannies in cities all over the world. Capturing art in the streets in photographs can be tricky because these urban art pieces are in public spaces, that are busy and usually filled with a decent amount of traffic. Sometimes you include the people and sometimes, you don't.
Beginner's Photography Class
Saturday 07 December
Argyle Street - 10am - 3 Hours
Hassan Nezamian
This class is designed to give you a solid understanding of the fundamental basics of photography; the 'nuts and bolts' stuff that will set you on the path to understanding your camera and how to create great shots.
Armed with these fundamentals, you will have the skills and the confidence to approach any style of photography, from portraits to landscapes and everything in between.
During this course, we will cover such topics as the Exposure Triangle, Camera Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO and Composition.
Photography is a technical exercise and there is a lot to learn, but these basics apply to any type of photography. However, as we only have a limited time to cover each of these topics, please keep a copy of this course guide and practice these tricks and techniques over and over again whenever you can.
Taking great photos takes time, practice, patience and consideration.
In the beginning stages,it is very easy to become frustrated that your images don't capture your subject as you would like to.
This is perfectly normal and even professional photographers face this same challenge.
Be patient with it, you're learning and with practice your photography will improve with every shot.
kelvingrove art gallery and museum
Saturday 14 December
kelvingrove art gallery and museum
Do you need an updated family portrait? Come along to our mini photo sessions.Mini-sessions are short 30 minute photo sessions for up to 6 people - perfect for families with little ones who can't sit still for too long.
Christmas Portrait Meetup
Saturday 21 December
Argyle Street - 10am - 2 Hours
Hassan Nezamian
Whether you wish to up your selfie game or begin developing a portfolio, this workshop will help you learn the basics of portrait photography, during the holiday season and push your creativity and technical understanding.
Learn which settings are best to use, how to select the best locations, and what lighting and poses highlight a model's best features. We will also learn how to build rapport to get the best reactions and genuine emotions from a person in this festive and yuletide season
Beginner's Photography Class
Sunday 12 January
Argyle Street - 10am - 3 Hours
Hassan Nezamian
This class is designed to give you a solid understanding of the fundamental basics of photography; the 'nuts and bolts' stuff that will set you on the path to understanding your camera and how to create great shots.
Armed with these fundamentals, you will have the skills and the confidence to approach any style of photography, from portraits to landscapes and everything in between.
During this course, we will cover such topics as the Exposure Triangle, Camera Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO and Composition.
Photography is a technical exercise and there is a lot to learn, but these basics apply to any type of photography. However, as we only have a limited time to cover each of these topics, please keep a copy of this course guide and practice these tricks and techniques over and over again whenever you can.
Taking great photos takes time, practice, patience and consideration.
In the beginning stages,it is very easy to become frustrated that your images don't capture your subject as you would like to.
This is perfectly normal and even professional photographers face this same challenge.
Be patient with it, you're learning and with practice your photography will improve with every shot.
Street Art Photography
Sunday 26 January
Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AG - 10am - 2 Hours
Hassan Nezamian
Street art is a unique and colorful art form and can be found in all kinds of nooks and crannies in cities all over the world. Capturing art in the streets in photographs can be tricky because these urban art pieces are in public spaces, that are busy and usually filled with a decent amount of traffic. Sometimes you include the people and sometimes, you don't.
Beginner's Photography Class
Sunday 09 February
Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AG - 10am - 3 Hours
Hassan Nezamian
This class is designed to give you a solid understanding of the fundamental basics of photography the nuts and bolts stuff that will set you on the path to understanding your camera and how to create great shots. Armed with these fundamentals, you will have the skills and the confidence to approach any style of photography, from portraits to landscapes and everything in between. During this course we will cover such topics as the Exposure Triangle, Camera Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO and Composition. Photography is a technical exercise and there is a lot to learn, but these basics apply to any type of photography. However, as we only have a limited time to cover each of these topics, please keep a copy of this course guide and practice these tricks and techniques over and over again whenever you can. Taking great photos takes time, practice, patience and consideration. In the beginning stages it is very easy to become frustrated that your images dont capture your subject as you would like to. This is perfectly normal and even professional photographers face this same challenge. Be patient with it, youre learning and with practice your photography will improve with every shot.
Portraiture With Natural Light
Sunday 23 February
Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8AG - 10am - 2 Hours
Hassan Nezamian
This class is your time to learn and gain a proper understanding of Composition and the importance of light to help boost your photography skills.
We, as a class, will be photographing a model without any on-camera flash or strobe photography. Just the available light, we will walk through, troubleshoot, make adjustments and capture a portrait successfully.
We will also learn how to use light modifiers like a reflector to help capture appropriately exposed shots in not-so-great lighting