Energise Yourself |
"I have gained new skills doing the textile activity and pushed my boundaries"
Learn new techniques and sharpen existing skills. Build confidence with drawing proficiency and create accurate drawings from observation.
Wellbeing benefits:Be resourceful |
I want to be curious and interested in things around me more.
Dependent on what is being drawn.
On my own or with others.
Indoors or outdoors.
Regular drawing can help build confidence and skills. Try with different objects, using different marks. Practice skills by habitually making quick drawings out and about, such as in a café or museum.
Drawing from observation makes us notice things in more detail, and generally improves our abilities to be observant. A special study, run at the Harvard Medical School in 2005, actually found that trainee doctors diagnosed symptoms more accurately after a course of observational drawing.