De-stress therapeutic art

At our de-stressing and relaxing drawing group we enjoyed an illuminating theme of returning light. That light of hope as the sun starts rising in the sky each day – changing the earth, skies and ourselves – as we move away from the darkness of… Read More »De-stress doodling the light of hope ✨

In November we had a mysterious night time theme 🌙 of nocturnal insects, particularly moths with their incredible variety of shapes, curious colour combinations and fascinating patterns. We enjoyed exploring freely with some of us going own way using different materials, and had a relaxing… Read More »Doodling nocturnal moths and insects

At our ghoulish late October De-stress drawing group on Zoom we had a deep autumn theme exploring this lively time of year including autumn leaves 🍂 and the festivals of Halloween and the Day of the Dead with themes of celebrating ancestors and seasonal change… Read More »Halloween and Day of the Dead creativity

At our De-stress drawing group we had an early autumn theme enjoying the wonder of tree fruits in this season of abundance – exploring their textures, shapes and colours – such as nuts, berries, seeds and pods 🫐🌰      Together we found autumnal inspiration… Read More »Drawing the autumn season – fruits and berries

At our colourful June De-stress drawing group we had a relaxing and summery theme of rockpools, their visual delights and endless pleasure, finding inspiration in shells and seaweed and creatures at the coast 🦀🌊 It was a friendly group with a chilled atmosphere before the… Read More »Relaxing mindfully drawing summer rockpools

In May we had an inspiring theme of clouds and cloudscapes, embracing their ever changing sense of impermanence and the unknown, enjoying doodling their lively vitality, textures and colour 🌤 It was a friendly and cosy group on zoom, and after Blair did some relaxing… Read More »De-stress drawing spacious Cloudscapes

At our De-stress drawing group online on zoom, we had a fab theme of new beginnings, hopes and transitions. We peacefully doodled, and explored the change from winter to spring – enjoying drawing the light and shapes of the time of year as more colour… Read More »Relaxing drawing the bright start of Spring 🌱

This month at our relaxing De-stress group we enjoyed a theme of looking from afar, at the landscape from above with an eagle’s eye.  It was an easygoing and really supportive group, with everyone enjoying doodling fascinating textures, contours and patterns ⛰️🏜️ Some people just… Read More »Joyfully doodling spacious aerial landscapes 

After New Year our De-stress drawing group returned for some more relaxing doodling and drawing.  We had a nature up close theme which was fun and also captivating, enjoying the colours and doodling patterns and fractals and close ups of natural living things 🦋🍀  Together… Read More »Nature up close – De-stressing with mindful drawing