Guest Artist: Emily Meredith is an artist and writer based on the Welsh borders between Shropshire and Powys. We hope it will help you into the spring and beyond. You might do this quickly or you might spend ages shuffling and arranging – this is fine!ĥ/ When you are happy with how it looks, stick the pieces down.Ħ/ Check for finishing touches – do you have enough variety of sizes of things, big and small words, any gaps? You might want to cut out a few shapes of your own or use handwriting or letter stamps to add some final touches.ħ/ Stand back and admire your work! Pin it up where you will see it, and do keep looking at it over the next few weeks (or indeed adding to it if you want to). Don’t stick it down yet.Ĥ/ Bit by bit, place other images and words across the board to build up the idea or mood. Then choose a starting point – which image or cut-out word do you want to start with? Place this on the paper. You might be surprised at what leaps out at you.ģ/ Place your plain ‘board’ in front of you.

Gather a good pile of these cut-out pieces. You can tear them instead for rougher edges. Don’t think too hard, just gather things that appeal. Or you can simply go for a mixture of things that appeal to you, whatever they are.Ģ/ From old magazines or other sources, cut out a good collection of images and words that fit your theme.

Or you could make a moodboard to help you get started on a new project or plan, or simply to reflect a colour or theme that you love (say forests or the colour red). What do you want your moodboard to be about? You could use the questions above as a starting point. You can watch a 6 minute film to talk you through this project hereġ/ Set an intention. Optional: photo corners if you don’t want to glue your photos down Old magazines, newspapers or books to cut upĪ collection of papers to collage with (optional)Īny photographs or images you'd like to work with (printed out) Scissors (or a cutting mat and knife) and glue How do you feel as you look forward to the next weeks or months of 2021?Ī3 or larger paper or card (the bigger the better) to act as your ‘board’ How do you feel now as winter comes to an end and lockdowns start to lift? How about starting with one of these questions to inspire your board: You can do this activity on your own or as a family. They can be great way of working out what you feel about something, expressing yourself or making plans for something new. Moodboards have been traditionally used by designers to develop ideas or themes to help them get started on a project. It will be a great way to use up any scraps you’ve gathered from other activities! This week we are going to make a mindful moodboard. We wish you all the very best for this next stage of our lives. We will also invite you to take part in a new community project about birds, inspired by our Dolphin Arts Project, which supports people living with dementia in Ullapool.įor now, thank you for your company and your inspiring responses to the activities that have been shared. We will be in touch again next month, to ask if you would be willing to send us a few words to describe the impact this project has had on you. We would love to see any of your Kaleidoscope artwork whenever you have time and are ready. Sharing what you’ve done: Please continue to share your creative work on our facebook page or Instagram using #ullapoolkaleidoscope and if you can tag that would be very much appreciated. Thank you all for joining and connecting with us. Sharing your artwork offered all Kaleidoscope followers a sense of connection and inspiration through these challenging months. You have delivered some wonderful images of your creative work, shared with us on social media and email. We have celebrated a wealth of artists here in the highlands with a kaleidoscope of variety, which you were invited to respond as little or as much as you liked, in your own time. Can you believe it is the 21st and final week of our Kaleidoscope projectĪ wide variety of art activities have been shared every week for nearly 6 months and you certainly rose to the challenge.

Kaleidoscope drawing