Mindful Art - Online Courses - Adult Learning

This course will explore Art in relation to Mindfulness. You will explore works, and create work inspired by emotions, ideas, and mindfully look at the world around you. The works you produce will be experimental, with guidance from the tutor to incorporate some artistic techniques.

What will be covered on the course?

Week 1: Mark Making and emotions

Week 2: Colours and Feelings

Week 3: Still Life – A Mindful Look into objects

Week 4: Portraits – Expressions and Emotions

Week 5: Seascapes and Nature – expressive simple composition

Week 6: Landscapes and Nature – expressive simple composition

By the end of this course, you will have: 

• Spent time enhancing your wellbeing

• Met others who are interested in Art and Mindfulness.

• Experimented with simple art techniques

• Created art inspired by the world and emotions.

No previous knowledge or skills are required for this course, it is suitable for absolute beginners and those who are new to the concept of Mindful Art. "

What you will need to bring to the course:

• Drawing paper, to create a journal

• Hole punch

• String or cord

• Pencil crayons

• Watercolour paints and paper

• Ruler

• Pencil

• Eraser

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 

• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

• Greater London

• Greater Manchester

• Liverpool City Region

• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland

• Tees Valley

• West of England

• West Midlands

• West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

• Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office

• You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014

Any learner who is not funded full cost fees would apply to these courses.