1 DAY IN-PERSON WORKSHOP
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
Date: 7/12/24 Sunday 10.30-4.30pm
What is the workshop about?
An exploration of drawing and mindfulness and how the two combined can support new ways of seeing and relating to drawing.
‘The true journey of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes
but in having fresh eyes’ Marcel Proust
Through a series of guided drawing and mindfulness exercises you’ll explore a variety of ways of looking, seeing and expressing your experience through drawing. A practical drawing course engaging a variety of media and sources of inspiration, including the world around us, the imagination and artists’ work.
What will we cover?
During the day we will investigate a range of sources of inspiration for drawing, including our physical senses, the world around us, the imagination, and artists drawings.
Taking simple everyday objects as our starting point, you will be introduced to ways of exploring how your perception can change when you involve different aspects of your sensory experience, which can lead to more appreciation and feeling for your subject matter as well as increased imaginative engagement with it.
You will be introduced to a small toolkit of mindfulness and drawing approaches to help you connect to the drawing process with greater ease, simplicity and clarity. There will be opportunity to investigate a variety of drawing materials and approaches, to refresh your drawing or stimulate new directions.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
Identify how mindfulness can support new ways of looking, seeing and expressing your experience through drawing
Draw with a variety of media and sources of inspiration including the world around you, the imagination and artists’ work
Practice drawing and mindfulness from observation and the imagination with increased confidence
Connect to renewed meaning and purpose in drawing
Engage a toolkit of methods and resources for exploring and developing mindfulness and drawing
Who for
Suitable for those with experience in mindfulness and/or drawing who wish to re-fresh their practice or stimulate new approaches, as well as enthusiastic beginners.
All materials provided