5-WEEK IN-PERSON COURSE
Explore how mindfulness can enrich drawing and lead to new ways of relating to it. A practical drawing course from observation, and the imagination. This course offers a great introduction to mindful drawing or a way for you to further integrate mindfulness into your drawing.
Dates: 04/2/25 - 04/3/25 Tuesdays 6-9pm
What is the course about?
Through a range of experimental and traditional approaches, be inspired by new ways of seeing and experiencing drawing. Try out a range of ways to draw inspired by contemporary, modern, and historic artists drawings and discover what inspires you about drawing, by engaging a range of subject matter and materials. Learn how mindfulness can stimulate creativity and a sense of freedom and creative flow. A practical drawing course inspired by the world around us, artists drawings, the imagination, and abstraction. This course offers a great introduction to mindful drawing or ways to explore it more deeply. The drawing studio is fully accessible by a wheelchair.
What will we cover?
A range of experimental and traditional drawing approaches inspired by the world around us, artists drawings and the imagination
Ways to release the limiting effects of the judging mind, so you can access more freedom and enjoyment in drawing
Mindfulness skills and drawing methods to inspire new directions
Explore a variety of media and subject matter and discover what interests and inspires you
Some key ideas on how mindfulness works, with reference to scientific theory
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
Draw with more confidence, enjoyment and creative freedom
Apply a range of mindfulness skills in drawing to ignite your creativity and inspiration
Identify materials and subject matter that inspire you
Practice mindfulness to help you identify creative blocks and let go of them
Employ a toolkit of drawing and mindfulness methods to stimulate, inspire and refresh your drawing
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
Suitable for enthusiastic beginners to drawing as well as those with experience in drawing or mindfulness who wish to re-fresh their practice and stimulate new directions.
What you need:
Pencil, willow charcoal, coloured pastels, eraser, pencil sharpener, 8 sheets cartridge paper e.g. A2 or A3, plus any other drawing materials you’d like to use.