Creative Clinic: Online Draw to Unwind
Draw to Unwind: Online Art Workshops
A series of mindful drawing workshops for Creative Clinic with artist Liz Atkin who will guide you through calming approaches to drawing, inspired by the work of well-known artists, and giving the freedom to experiment and have fun. Make space to refocus, relax and recharge with drawing activities that support mental wellbeing using accessible art materials that can be adapted with whatever you have at home. No previous drawing experience is necessary.
Spring workshop series 2026
Session | Theme | Suggested Art Materials |
Week 1, Tue 24 February 7:30-8.30pm | Mandala designs | White paper, black fine liner or black gel pen - a range of different sized circular things (bottle tops, coins, small bowl etc) and a ruler. Optional - other colour paper / colouring pens |
Week 2 Tue 3 March 7:30-8.30pm | Biro eyes | Bring white paper, blue, red, black - or any other colour biros |
Week 3 Tue 10 March 7:30-8.30pm | Land art and sculpture inspired by Andy Goldsworthy and Peter Randall Page | Bring white paper, graphite pencils and colouring pencils. Optional extras: willow charcoal, black paper, chalk |
Week 4 Tue 17 March 7:30-8.30pm | Inspired by Fernand Leger and Jean Debuffet | White paper, felt tips, black sharpie, black marker pens and fine liners |
Week 5 Tue 24 March 7:30-8.30pm | Still life drawings inspired by Giorgio Morandi | White Paper, graphite pencil, black fine liner, black biro, gel pen or sharpie. Optional extras: colouring pencils, black or grey paper, soft pastels |
Week 6 Tue 31 March 7:30-8.30pm | Colourful abstract art inspired by Gillian Ayres | White paper, graphite pencil, and anything you have at home or work to use colour such as colouring pencils, watercolours, crayons, soft or oil pastels or felt tips |
You will need to book for each session separately. An email with Zoom login details will be sent to you for each session.
About Liz
Liz Atkin is an artist and educator. She reimagines her Compulsive Skin Picking and anxiety into drawings, photographs and performances. Liz is a mental health advocate and raises awareness for the disorder around the world. She has exhibited and taught in the UK, Europe, Australia, USA, Singapore and Japan. Her work is permanently held in the Wellcome Collection, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, Derby Museum, and Bethlem Gallery Collection supported by the Peter Sowerby Foundation and National Lottery Heritage Fund. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, she gave away more than 18,000 free #CompulsiveCharcoal newspaper drawings to commuters on public transport in London, New York, San Francisco, Singapore, Cologne and more.
Liz teaches art in schools, hospitals, hospices, prisons, arts venues and universities. She is an ambassador for The Big Draw, the world’s largest drawing festival, focusing on the role of creativity for health and wellbeing. Liz received the Unstoppable Spirit Award forOutspoken Advocacy at the TLC Global Conference for Skin Picking and Hair Pulling Disorders in San Francisco in 2018, and was a finalist in the Janey Antoniou Award with Rethink Mental Illness in 2018. Her work has featured on TEDx, BBC News, Woman’s Hour, Vice, Women’s Health USA, Huffington Post, Channel News Asia, Metro, AlJazeera and more.
