PERSONAL VLOG | I learnt to draw in five days!
Channel: Pooky Knightsmith Mental Health
Date: 2019-08-06

And now for something completely different!  Having not picked up a pencil since primary school, I went on a five day drawing retreat in rural Wales.  It was the 'Drawing on the right side of the brain' drawing course I'd first heard about in Carol Dweck's book Mindset many years ago.  I'd always been interested in the idea that anyone could learn to draw but was very surprised that this turned out to be true.  I have much more to learn, but you'll see from my vlog that I learnt a lot, and fast... 

If you'd like to learn more about the course, visit Anna Black's webiste: http://www.learn-to-draw-right.com. She was a wonderful teacher and the setting was simply idyllic.  A great few days and just what I needed to help me reset after a busy academic year and following the recent death of my father in law to whom I was very close.  

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