Full circle collage session Tues 22nd June

Yesterday we had a really good drawing session with Ahmed, Amina , Muna and Hodan. We stuck cutout images from the National Geographic magazine onto a big bit of paper and began to make a giant collage. Ahmed made a beautiful mermaid and shark with floppy fins and Muna and Amina stuck and drew fish and bird flocks. This worked very well as having images from the magazine gives everyone images to work with and is very involved. So we are going to continue with the giant collage next week.

drawings on the trees 19th june

some very enthusiastic drawers 19th June St Pauls adventure playground

St.Pauls day of opening the new adventure playground 19th June

We stapled paper again to tree bark around the trees in St.PAuls adventure playground which opened having been had loads of incredible things made in it like the massive treehouse, square trampoline, pirate ship and swinging thick rope you can all sit on at once. Understandabl
y all the kids who were there were generally much more interested in enjoying all these amazing things in the playground so didn't get into drawing until later in the afternoon, but then they drew loads.

We had a really good afternoon meeting some really brilliant kids and seeing their drawings.

Also we were quite fascinated by the small square trampoline and the long plastic tune in the treehouse which you can talk down in whatever tree creature type voice you so feel like using.

more drawings made in Full Circle 15th June

Charocal drawings by kids in Full Circle Tues 15th June

We had a drawing session using charcoal and a rubber to draw back into the charcoal.

Beeny's chair drawing shows very well how you can use the rubber to make a light drawing in the charcoal.

I really like these drawings. That tree at the bottom is amazing.

Spiral drawing by Gareth, Big Issue

This drawing was dropped in to the Big Issue to put up on the blog by Gareth who sat and drew with us two or three weeks ago. There are a few drawings we did with him earlier in the blog. It'd be great if Gareth wants to keep drawing with us so hopefully he'll come again!

two drawings Big Issue 8/6/10

Two drawings by two vendors of the Big Issue who sat with us to draw on the 8th of June in the Big Issue.

Diary entry by Jonathan

Diary entry by Jonathan

The workshops are going well. We had 8 kids in Full circle on Tuesday and took them out to the park to memorize something, go back and draw whatever it was from memory. They were all enthusiastic about drawing. we're hoping they come regularly.

The Amana workshop has still to get going, we need to publicize it more. My friend Mohamed might come along next time. The workshops are getting going little bit by bit. I feel positive about them, its really obvious people like drawing once they get over the idea that some people"can' drawn and some "can't".

st werburghs fair 12th june

Here are photos from the drawing we got going at St. Werburghs fair. People drew for hours. we put up paper and started them off and every time we came back there were children (mainly) drawing .

more photos from st werburghs fair

St werburghs fair 12th june

diary entry from mike

this is my first entry on the blog.
my internet has been playing up, but i am again winning the battle, i think, i hope.
i feel very enthused by the doodle draw project.
it seems to be developing very naturally and with each workshop myself and jonny do, i feel i am learning lots of different things, and becoming increasingly inspired and enthused about the potential of this project.
its basic point is that we think anyone can draw, it is fun and therepeutic and wish to break the stigma attached to drawing, and in doing so, reflect upon the fact that anyone can do anything they wish to if they practice and strive towards it.
to paraphrase mohammed ali very badly...
if you think you cannot do something
you say you cannot do it
if you say you cannot do it
you do not do it
if you do not do it
it does not become a habit
if it does not become a habit
you do not practice it
if you do not practice it
it does not become your destiny.

as with drawing, as with plumbing, as with anything.

suggested workshop plan for drawing

intro- 5 mins

who we are
what we are doing... project as a whole and today...

intention that we belive anyone can draw and that it is fun and therepeutic

drawing games

15 mins

face drawing fun...intention fun ice breaker

15 mins

squiggle... intention to show how development from fun to building up image through play... sketch book

consequences

40 mins

split into pairs

2 games of consequences

then take and build upon and draw up onto mountboard

intention... a mixture of the first two... fun and play and development... showing how art is about practice and working on something as well as play

end reflection
10 mins
put all pieces on show and ask to point out favourite pieces and why

Emporium drawing session 5th June 3pm to 5pm

We decided to put up paper on the outside of the Emporium that afternoon to see if passers by would stop and draw. Some did and we left the paper up overnight two nights until Monday morning. On Sunday afternoon more drawing had been done and then pens had been left hanging up on the paper . Monday they'd all gone. Maybe someone had got really into it and wanted to continue drawing back home.