- Thursday 18 November, 6-6.45pm
Booking essential
The Drawing Room examines the range of possibilities within contemporary drawing practice.
Arcana Stories: Artist Sophie McKay Knight will lead an imaginative drawing session based around Tarot card characters. Participants will visually explore - the Fool, the Magician and the High Priestess. No prior knowledge of, or belief in Tarot is required! Starting with a few quick exercises, Sophie will guide you through creating images inspired by these fascinating archetypes.
You will need:
- A photo of a person who inspires you - this can be anyone of any age - including yourself!
- A small item from nature - eg: flower, leaf, shell, twig, piece of fruit.
- White paper x 4 sheets, A4 size or smaller
- Any other sort of paper - this can be coloured paper, old magazine or newspaper, or tracing paper x 2 sheets any size
- glue stick
- Scissors
- Marker pen or felt tip pen
- Biro
- Pencil
- Rubber
- Any other dry media, such as chalk, pastel or charcoal.
- This session is for adults and is suitable for ages 12+.
A Zoom link and brief will be sent to participants before the session.

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