Andrew Thurm (Journaling)

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  • North east-based health professional with an art background
  • A mental health nurse for 30 years
  • Has found that using a sketch book in a certain way can act as a therapeutic activity benefitting wellbeing
  • It does not matter if you think you can or can't draw, the guided process itself can lead to significant benefits for the individual.
Use of sketching to aid reflection, memory and thinking is not new, yet the benefits sometimes are prone to get overshadowed by other classroom politics. This well-thought-out course is almost like a personal artistic retreat when you can take stock of your natural setting and develop techniques which you can take away and continue to employ as part of your future wellbeing.  
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NATURE JOURNALING FOR WELLBEING

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

*NEW* Nature Journals can be an ideal way to connect more closely with nature. It has proven benefits to our wellbeing, and is a fun way to add value to even the shortest walk. Explore the different ways to record your finds, and leave with a plan and the beginning of your own journal. Ideal 

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NATURE IN INK AND COLOURED PENCIL: WOODLAND

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Artist and author Helen Hanson’s unusual combination of ink and coloured pencil, originally developed for landscape, is applied to the natural world in this exciting new course. Use creative mark-making in ink, dry coloured pencil, embossing and lifting out to depict the plants, birds, animals and features of the woodland environment. This is slow art, 

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