Creativity as Spiritual Practice

Upcoming Join D.Lisa West in her Ventura studio for a fun, relaxing afternoon to explore the world of art-making covering a variety of mediums and topics including graphite, oil pastels, creative doodling, and more. Have you ever added water to your pencil drawings? We will do this and so much more. If you are an artist, looking for new techniques, or a weekend doodler looking for inspiration, we welcome you!

D.Lisa also teaches at your office. Lunch and learn sessions and afternoon art sessions are available to book. Inquire with D.Lisa for pricing and to schedule. contact her here

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Doodling can reduce stress and improve memory — and it’s fun! In this playful and exploratory class, you’ll learn a variety of drawing techniques that spur creativity. You’ll experiment with the various types of marks that can be made with pens, pencils (both colored and water soluble), markers, and ink, and how those marks behave on different types of paper.

We will look at art books and sketches for inspiration, including ideas from teacher and illustrator, Lynda Barry. We will also do a creativity experiment based on the book Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work by social scientist Michael Michalko. We will consider how doodling helps with creativity and memory. You’ll leave the class with all the tools you need to confidently doodle — and even doodle in public!

The class will touch on some of the following drawing techniques:

  • Blind drawing
  • Copying a sketch upside down
  • Using your non-dominant hand
  • Drawing by touch
  • Continuous line drawing
  • Erasing as a drawing tool

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As an artist who doodles daily, I’ll teach you how the practice of drawing can be a meditation. I draw in meetings, on newspapers and magazines.
In this interactive and meditative class we experiment making marks on papers using traditional and non traditional materials. We used to meet in the artists studio located in Ballard, Seattle. Now hosted as a Teachable course!

 

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