The Mindful Sketchbook Sessions: Saturday 26th April 2025 1pm - 4pm
Join me for 3 hours and connect with yourself, your creative self-expression and with other like-minded souls. Experience mindfulness, flow and relaxing creative play in these warm, friendly and non-judgemental sessions. No art experience or abilities necessary. Here the focus is on applying the attitudes of mindfulness to creative play. Put aside obligations and worries for an afternoon and nourish your soul, while focussing on the process of really seeing, creating and connecting.
Who is it for?
Anyone! This workshop is suitable for complete beginners who’ve not picked up a pencil since childhood. It is also suitable for experienced and confident artists. This is not an art instruction workshop (although guidance and tips are available). The emphasis of the workshop is not on producing “perfect” or “good” art - it is about bringing the attitudes of mindfulness to our creative self expression. It is about giving yourself permission to play and explore and to find the beauty in your creations. It is about giving yourself a few precious hours to connect relax, play and create, to reconnect with your own creativity and joy and share the experience with other like-minded souls.
What will you get?
A warm welcome into my own home and comfortable space to connect, create and relax
Use of a wide variety of art materials including watercolours, acrylic paints, graphite and coloured pencils, charcoals, inks, oil and dry pastels, collage materials and tools.
Welcome and introductions
The opportunity to explore still-life sketching and abstract mixed media journalling
A homemade cream tea
PDF Guide on continuing your creative practice
What do you need to bring?
A suitable sketchbook (I would advise paper of at least 150gsm weight if you wish to explore wet media such as watercolour or acrylic paints). For a list of recommended supplies or for the option to purchase a curated kit, please see Addition Info for Optional Art Kit
Any art materials of your own - either favourite supplies or perhaps ones you haven’t yet got round to using! (Sharing is of resources is encouraged but by no means obligatory.)
An open mind and curiosity!
Cost
£35 per person
Join me for 3 hours and connect with yourself, your creative self-expression and with other like-minded souls. Experience mindfulness, flow and relaxing creative play in these warm, friendly and non-judgemental sessions. No art experience or abilities necessary. Here the focus is on applying the attitudes of mindfulness to creative play. Put aside obligations and worries for an afternoon and nourish your soul, while focussing on the process of really seeing, creating and connecting.
Who is it for?
Anyone! This workshop is suitable for complete beginners who’ve not picked up a pencil since childhood. It is also suitable for experienced and confident artists. This is not an art instruction workshop (although guidance and tips are available). The emphasis of the workshop is not on producing “perfect” or “good” art - it is about bringing the attitudes of mindfulness to our creative self expression. It is about giving yourself permission to play and explore and to find the beauty in your creations. It is about giving yourself a few precious hours to connect relax, play and create, to reconnect with your own creativity and joy and share the experience with other like-minded souls.
What will you get?
A warm welcome into my own home and comfortable space to connect, create and relax
Use of a wide variety of art materials including watercolours, acrylic paints, graphite and coloured pencils, charcoals, inks, oil and dry pastels, collage materials and tools.
Welcome and introductions
The opportunity to explore still-life sketching and abstract mixed media journalling
A homemade cream tea
PDF Guide on continuing your creative practice
What do you need to bring?
A suitable sketchbook (I would advise paper of at least 150gsm weight if you wish to explore wet media such as watercolour or acrylic paints). For a list of recommended supplies or for the option to purchase a curated kit, please see Addition Info for Optional Art Kit
Any art materials of your own - either favourite supplies or perhaps ones you haven’t yet got round to using! (Sharing is of resources is encouraged but by no means obligatory.)
An open mind and curiosity!
Cost
£35 per person
Join me for 3 hours and connect with yourself, your creative self-expression and with other like-minded souls. Experience mindfulness, flow and relaxing creative play in these warm, friendly and non-judgemental sessions. No art experience or abilities necessary. Here the focus is on applying the attitudes of mindfulness to creative play. Put aside obligations and worries for an afternoon and nourish your soul, while focussing on the process of really seeing, creating and connecting.
Who is it for?
Anyone! This workshop is suitable for complete beginners who’ve not picked up a pencil since childhood. It is also suitable for experienced and confident artists. This is not an art instruction workshop (although guidance and tips are available). The emphasis of the workshop is not on producing “perfect” or “good” art - it is about bringing the attitudes of mindfulness to our creative self expression. It is about giving yourself permission to play and explore and to find the beauty in your creations. It is about giving yourself a few precious hours to connect relax, play and create, to reconnect with your own creativity and joy and share the experience with other like-minded souls.
What will you get?
A warm welcome into my own home and comfortable space to connect, create and relax
Use of a wide variety of art materials including watercolours, acrylic paints, graphite and coloured pencils, charcoals, inks, oil and dry pastels, collage materials and tools.
Welcome and introductions
The opportunity to explore still-life sketching and abstract mixed media journalling
A homemade cream tea
PDF Guide on continuing your creative practice
What do you need to bring?
A suitable sketchbook (I would advise paper of at least 150gsm weight if you wish to explore wet media such as watercolour or acrylic paints). For a list of recommended supplies or for the option to purchase a curated kit, please see Addition Info for Optional Art Kit
Any art materials of your own - either favourite supplies or perhaps ones you haven’t yet got round to using! (Sharing is of resources is encouraged but by no means obligatory.)
An open mind and curiosity!
Cost
£35 per person
Optional Art Kit £55
Don’t have any of your own art supplies and feel overwhelmed or confused by what to get?
At the request of previous participants, I have curated a beginners kit that will provide all the tools you need to start sketching. These are good value, decent quality basics (it’s easy to spend a small fortune on art supplies which I would not advise if you’re just getting started or experimenting).
You can click the affiliate links below and purchase them yourself or you can purchase the kit and have it waiting for you on the day of the workshop. I make a negligible profit on this - it’s really just to make your life easy!
The kit includes:
6 x Sketching pencils, eraser and sharpener set
6 x Fineliners and brushpen set
Mesh zip pouch to contain it all