Pen and Wash
Tutor Zara Slattery
Duration 6 sessions Wednesdays 1pm -3.30pm from 14 June 2017 to 19 July 2017
Location Friends Centre, Ivory Place
This course is part of a Government funded project called Self Health – a national research project designed to measure the impact of adult education courses on mental health and wellbeing. It is for anyone with mild to moderate mental health issues.
Pen & Wash is a wonderful form of artistic expression, one that challenges and unifies the art of drawing and painting. This course offers an opportunity to explore this diverse medium from fine line to experimental mark making, constrained palettes to riots of colour. Throughout the sessions we will use a range of paper, pens and brushes and together we will study its various forms of application through a variety of technique and subject matter.
Who Can Attend?
The project is open to anyone aged 19 or over who has mild to moderate mental health challenges such as finding it hard to go out, not sleeping, worrying, feeling stressed, anxious, sad or low. You will be asked to complete a self-assessment of your mental health to see if you meet the criteria to be involved in the project. People can only attend one Self Health course so that as many people as possible can take part in the research project and provide us with their data. If you have already completed a Self Health course between September 2015 and April 2017 you will not be able to attend another long course but you can attend a Workshop for Returning Learners