In this class, we will practice mindfully drawing patterns together for 14 days to promote a sense of calm and connecting with the present moment.

This daily challenge will explore 14 carefully selected drawing prompts paired with a different mindful exercise each day, to develop your self-care toolkit whilst creating a set of 14 meditative pattern drawings.

This class is for everyone, whatever your skill or experience level - you do not need any drawing skills whatsoever to benefit from this class.

B E N E F I T S
Cultivating a daily mindful drawing practice through drawing patterns has so many benefits!

It is relaxing and meditative: an amazing self-care tool to help support your mental health
No drawing skills are needed whatsoever
Very basic supplies you’ll already have
Easily adapted to suit how much time you have (a drawing could take a couple of minutes or a couple of hours - or more if you get addicted to it!). It’s also easy to pause and come back to a drawing another time if you need to
It can help overcome the fear of the blank page as it’s a super low-pressure creative activity that doesn’t have to look a certain way
If you have a wider art & design practice this can be a great way to explore patterns and textures you could incorporate into your wider art practice
Adaptable to suit a variety of styles and mediums - neat or messy, pen and paper or iPad - this is a practice that can suit anyone!
It makes a fantastic activity to help bust creative block and re-spark creativity when you’re feeling stuck

W H A T Y O U W I L L L E A R N
Each day we will explore one prompt which will act as the jumping-off point for a pattern drawing.
There will be two videos for each prompt:

1: In the first video we will:

Explore the prompt together, and look at some examples of how it could be interpreted to give you a framework to interpret the prompt in your own way
Discuss one related topic - for example, finding inspiration, colour and mood, or adding depth, so that over the 14 days you will build up a ton of additional complementary skills to feed into your pattern drawings
Reflect on one mindful practice suggestion you can incorporate into your pattern drawing that day to add to your creative self-care toolkit

2: In the second video I’ll be guiding you start to finish through an example pattern drawing of how I would interpret that prompt

So feel free to follow along with my example, or create your own version each day!

W H A T Y O U W I L L N E E D
The supplies for this class are very basic - some paper and something to draw with - pens, pencils, markers, crayons - or whatever else you have lying around, and a little time set aside each day for 14 days is all you need!

By the end of the class, you’ll have:

A series of 14 experimental pattern drawings which explore different methods of drawing patterns
A framework from which to grow your mindful drawing practice, developing new ways of making repeated marks and patterns to suit your own style, materials and preferences
An effective self-care tool you can use in your daily life to cultivate a sense of calm and connecting with the present moment through the act of drawing

I can’t wait to see what you create, so let's dive in!

Leah Ruehlicke

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