WORKSHOPS
DRAW AND THEN WRITE came out of drawing workshops. Sometimes I could feel the frustration of folks who were convinced that they could not draw. I suggested we write after drawing just like I do in my own drawing practice. Everyone wrote what was true: good and bad. Then we talked. Something special happened: awareness and gentleness. The power of writing after drawing was wonderful. Drawing after writing works for others.
DRAW AND THEN WRITE meets us where we are. We can appreciate our drawings, ourselves, others, and their drawings. Writing and then drawing is the creative process.
Photograph credit: Tomie Yang
WRITE/DRAW: integrated workshop, January 16, 2025, Upstart and Crow, Vancouver
DRAW AND THEN WRITE: practices for noticing more
DRAW AND THEN WRITE is for every one regardless of previous training or skill. It is for those wanting to notice and know more about our outer and inner worlds. This book is for artists, students, teachers, parents, writers, art therapists, awareness practitioners, and the curious.
144 pages, full colour
COMPLETION DATE: 2027
Art/Techniques/Drawing/Writing,
Creativity, Mindfulness
©Louise Phillips, author and artist, 2025
we had a lovely time writing and drawing magpie-style!
We wrote and drew indoors and out. We discovered the wonders of creative practice in collective and took away fresh seeing and write/draw practices.
< in collaboration, drawing, one stone, three pens, and three mark makers, ink on paper, June 10, 2025
Thank you to Upstart & Crow, a not-for-profit literary arts studio for curious readers and creative storytellers alike.
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