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Mindful Drawing

5(3 reviews)
Learn lasting strategies to help you find peace on the page in this 6 week mindful drawing course.
10 Students
Online
£90 pp
Beginner
What happens in this class?

Over the course of 6 weeks, you will:

  • learn a series of timed drawing exercises designed to help to quieten the logic and language parts of your brain
  • learn how to access the creative, visual parts of your brain
  • be drawn, gently into the present moment by bringing your awareness to your sense of sight.
  • become absorbed in the process of seeing
  • begin to notice that your chattering thoughts start to fade
  • find your "still point in the turning world". (TS Eliot) through the process of observational drawing
  • be introduced to a new drawing exercise each week gradually building up…
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What you will learn
  • Observational drawing techniques
  • Mindfulness techniques
  • Different ways of seeing - edges, spaces
What you will need
  • Something to draw on - any paper will do
  • Something to draw with - you're preferred tool
  • Something to draw - an object you like

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Latest Reviews
5(3 reviews)
Becs - 23 March 2021
Really loved learning the techniques which Marigold taught to switch into the right side of the brain - and find myself using these tricks as I walk around to observe the world a bit differently. Marigold held space while I drew using my new knowledge and was a lovely peaceful person to spend time with. Highly recommend carving this time out once a week.
Becs - 23 March 2021
Really loved learning the techniques which Marigold taught to switch into the right side of the brain - and find myself using these tricks as I walk around to observe the world a bit differently. Marigold held space while I drew using my new knowledge and was a lovely peaceful person to spend time with. Highly recommend carving this time out once a week.
Betty Anderson - 10 February 2021
Iit was a great class. I learned a lot. She is a wonderful teacher. I would take classes from her again. The venue worked very well. Thanks
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Age Requirement

12
All students under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Flexible cancellation policy

Any class can be cancelled and fully refunded within 24 hours of purchase. See cancellation policy.
Your Teacher

Marigold started out as a Primary School Teacher and taught for 15 years in inner city London Schools. Her career culminated in a headship at an East London Primary School but in 2018 Marigold took the brave plunge to follow her heart and pursue a career as an artist and maker.

For years she'd pour over books such as "Makers of East London" and "Hackney Studios" on Sunday afternoons, dreaming wistfully of a life as a maker and now she finds herself a fully fledge full-time maker with a studio in Hackney Downs! Throughout her career in education…

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Reviews

Becs - 23 March 2021
Really loved learning the techniques which Marigold taught to switch into the right side of the brain - and find myself using these tricks as I walk around to observe the world a bit differently. Marigold held space while I drew using my new knowledge and was a lovely peaceful person to spend time with. Highly recommend carving this time out once a week.
Becs - 23 March 2021
Really loved learning the techniques which Marigold taught to switch into the right side of the brain - and find myself using these tricks as I walk around to observe the world a bit differently. Marigold held space while I drew using my new knowledge and was a lovely peaceful person to spend time with. Highly recommend carving this time out once a week.
Betty Anderson - 10 February 2021
Iit was a great class. I learned a lot. She is a wonderful teacher. I would take classes from her again. The venue worked very well. Thanks