5 WEEK IN-PERSON COURSE
Explore the richness of the imagination in drawing and painting. Cultivate a range of methods for stimulating and connecting to what inspires you, and ways to express your imagination freely through the medium of painting and drawing.
2 SESSION ONLINE COURSE
Part 2 of our exploration of contemporary and modern artists relationship to the theme of ‘nature’. During the course we will explore diverse practices and approaches to drawing from nature, to inspire our own drawings. Our mindfulness practices and teachings will focus on the ‘being mode’, as a way to support a more enriched sense of connection to and relationship with ourself, nature and the world around us.
Note: The course is also available via recordings if you are not able to attend the LIVE sessions
1 DAY IN-PERSON WORKSHOP
‘The true journey of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having fresh eyes’
Marcel Proust
Explore the enriching relationship of drawing and mindfulness and how they can support new ways of seeing and stimulate new directions in your drawing. This workshop is dedicated to the use of colour, drawing inspiration from the work of Hilma af Klint
ONLINE AUTOMATIC DRAWING
Identify and explore how automatic drawing can support you to access creativity and the imagination, with inspiration from a variety of modern and contemporary artists work. Suitable for those with experience in this drawing approach (who’d like a morning of guided practice), as well as beginners.
This workshop is also available via recording if you are not able to attend the LIVE session
3 HOUR IN-PERSON WORKSHOP
An introduction to drawing and mindfulness and how mindfulness can support greater confidence, creativity, and a sense of freedom when drawing. The workshop is suitable for beginners to mindful drawing including those with experience in one or other discipline.
ONLINE 5 WEEK COURSE
Explore how mindfulness can enrich drawing and give you more creative freedom. This course offers a great introduction to mindful drawing or ways to explore it more deeply. A practical drawing course from observation, and the imagination.
1 DAY IN-PERSON WORKSHOP
An exploration of drawing and mindfulness and how more ‘being’ as distinct from ‘doing’ in the drawing process can lead to many benefits including a greater feeling for your materials, connection to your subject matter and a sense of creative freedom.
1-DAY ONLINE HOME RETREAT
This one day home retreat offers a day of meditation and creative practice, drawing inspiration from art, nature, poetry and Buddhist symbols
3 HOUR IN-PERSON WORKSHOP
An introduction to drawing and mindfulness and how mindfulness can support greater confidence, creativity, and a sense of freedom when drawing. The workshop is suitable for beginners to mindful drawing including those with experience in one or other discipline.
3-DAY RESIDENTIAL RETREAT
How can we live more open, loving, creative and engaged lives? What supports and inspires us to do this? How might meditation with an ancient oak and making contact by means of beauty, love and gratitude lead us towards a deeper understanding of the nature of creativity? These are some of the questions we will be asking during our time together on this retreat, as we mark the season of harvest and equinox.
4 SESSION ONLINE COURSE
An exploration of contemporary and modern artists relationship to the theme of ‘nature’. During the course we will explore a range of diverse practices and approaches to drawing from nature, to inspire our own drawings. Our mindfulness practices and teachings will focus on the ‘being mode’, as a way to support a more enriched sense of connection to and relationship with ourself, nature and the world around us.
Note: The course is also available via recordings if you are not able to attend the LIVE sessions
7-DAY ONLINE HOME RETREAT
Connecting to creativity and the imagination through art, mindfulness and nature
The Heart of Imagination offers a week of meditation and creative practice, drawing inspiration from poetry, art, nature and Buddhist symbols.
4 DAY ONLINE SUMMER SCHOOL
Explore ways of accessing and deepening your relationship to your imagination and discover imagery that has meaning for you. During the course, there will be opportunities to extend your knowledge and experience of drawing and painting, and mindfulness practices to support you to connect with your materials, subject matter and imagination, in noursihing ways..
5 WEEK ONLINE COURSE
Explore the richness of the imagination in drawing and painting. Cultivate a range of methods for stimulating and connecting to what inspires you, and ways to express your imagination freely through the medium of painting and drawing.
4 DAY ONLINE RETREAT
During the retreat, you will be guided through different creative forms including meditation, drawing, imagery, poetry and music to find new ways to relate to your experience and life itself. The retreat aims for you to create space, to loosen your perception and find greater freedom.
1 DAY IN-PERSON WORKSHOP
An introduction to drawing and mindfulness and how when practised together they can support greater confidence and creativity in drawing. Through a variety of guided exercises, explore how the two disciplines relate and how each can enrich the other. This course is suitable for beginners to drawing and/or mindfulness.
4 WEEK IN-PERSON COURSE
Explore a range of imaginative and traditional approaches to drawing the human figure and how mindfulness in the context of drawing can inspire new ways of seeing and responding to you materials and subject matter. ce.
