Draw to Explore with Wallis Eates
Draw to Explore with Wallis Eates
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We're always right where we are, but with a pencil and a piece of paper we can travel in so many ways, right from that spot.
I will guide us through a few simple drawing exercises that will up your connect with the world around you, inviting you to meet yourself and others along the way.
The emphasis is not to make a beautiful drawing to exist in the future, but to engage with the process, slow down, feel into it, be present. Whatever you create will be a memento of the experience.
Join me, join your lines, and let's go exploring.
The next sessions are:
Wednesday 19th February 7-8pm
Tuesday 25th February 7-8pm
I will send you the Zoom link prior to session.
Tickets are £5.50 or £10.50, choose whatever you like. No questions asked. If you're really broke, please get in touch and let me know and I'll invite you for free. No Money, no Barrier, The More, the Merrier.
About your facilitator
Wallis Eates was shortlisted for the Myriad Editions First Graphic Novel award in 2014 and longlisted in 2023. Since then she has worked with brain injury survivors, prisoners, amateur boxers, and adults with dementia, to collaborate on stories through the graphic narrative format. She is currently working on 'Like an Orange', about brain injury and funded by Arts Council England. 'Wings', a collaboration with writer Dr. Victoria Anderson and the men of HMP Wandsworth, is also available by contacting Wallis at walliseates@gmail.com
Wallis is also a committee member of graphic novel forum lead by women, LDComics www.ldcomics.com through which she leads Safe Space for Hard Stories, an online reflective practice support group for autobiographical comic creators. Please feel free to get in touch for more information. She is currently studying for a PhD at Kingston University, researching comics and trauma.