DRAWING FOR ALL

A drawing and sketching workshop on how to create an illustrated map. The course is open to all abilities - especially to those who believe they can’t draw or want to rekindle the joy of drawing.

About this event

You can create illustrated maps of everything: your garden, your holiday adventure, your childhood memories, historical tales and love stories. You can even draw your own plans for the future as personal, hand drawn maps are useful ways to understand where you are and where you want to go in your life.

The course aims to give you the confidence and skills to create your own artwork that connects and communicates with other people. The artist, Michele Tranquillini will give tips on how to improve your visualisation skills and bring clarity to your drawn ideas .

Creating an illustrated map - A short film

About the event leader

Michele Tranquillini is a Milan-based artist who produces travel maps and lively illustrations for newspapers and magazines around the world.

Starting his professional life as an Art Director he went on to open his own studio in 1995 regularly creating artwork for one of Italy’s oldest daily newspapers, Courier della Sera. He went on to study cinema at New York University and develop his calligraphy with Associazione Calligrafica Italiana.

Practicalities

This Course is suitable for age 16+ . Materials are provided but if you have some materials you would like to bring you are welcome - old coloured pencils, watercolours, forgotten in a drawer and never used!

Tickets cost £20 for early bird tickets.

Bursaries can be provided, for more information email [email protected].