Art Journaling

Description

Be inspired to draw, and harness this skill to reflect creatively and capture your life and the world around you. Kickstart or boost your creative habit with Jo’s Adventures in this Art Journaling weekend retreat. The focus will be on drawing, enjoying drawing, and using drawing to gain new skills, having fun along the way! At a Glance ~ ~ Build confidence in and enjoy your drawing ~ Use your drawing to creatively reflect on and capture your life and the world about you ~ Explore a range of creative approaches to making journal pages ~ Try out drawing and creative lettering techniques ~ Suitable for beginners and anyone wanting to boost their drawing and creativity What You Will Gain ~ ~ Discover an amazing creative habit ~ Gain confidence in your drawing ~ New ideas for creating personal and thoughtful journal pages More about Art Journaling ~ ~ Starting on Friday evening you’ll begin your Adventures in Art Journaling with an introduction from Jo, and then get relaxed and focused for a weekend of drawing and creative discovery with a colourful and fun warm-up exercise. Throughout the weekend you’ll explore a range of creative approaches and different ways to making journal pages, including maps and mapping to reflect on and capture a walk or journey, breaking things down to visually tell the story of a place or location, and drawing what you love! We’ll take inspiration from Hawkwood itself, inside and out, favourite and found objects, and from moments experienced during the weekend. Jo will come with masses of examples, step-by-step guidance and demonstrations to inspire and support you. There’ll be plenty of time for you to create your own amazing journal pages each day. With fun warm-up activities, drawing techniques and tips, themed drawing sessions, and ideas for using creative lettering, by the end of the weekend you’ll be thinking of all kinds of creative ways to draw and capture moments in your journal. Bring sketchbooks or current journals to share and show others, if you’d like to. Jo will bring all her ‘drawing diaries’ and sketchbooks along with books that she’s gained inspiration from over recent years. This retreat is suitable for beginners or anyone wanting to boost their drawing skills or creativity. Check in is from 4pm, with the first group activity being dinner as a group at 6:30pm. The course will finish on the final day with tea and cake at 4pm. Please bring outdoor wear as you may spend elements of the course outside.

Cancellation policy

Medium - Cancellation and a full refund can be obtained up to 4 weeks before the course starts

Maker

Hawkwood CFT

with Craft Courses since 2019

Message the tutor

Hawkwood is an arts and educational charity providing courses, facilitating training and offering venue hire, set in a stunning location in the Cotswolds. Hawkwood is a beautiful, sustainably run estate. As a charity, we bring together people and organisations from many backgrounds in support of creative endeavour, a flourishing community, and a sustainable environment. We provide a specially curated programme of courses covering leadership, music, arts & crafts and well-being, as well as hosting artistic residencies and events. Many people return to Hawkwood year after year because of our ethos, our fantastic team, and our delicious food.