• 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.