MARGINALIA: DRAWING MEDIEVAL DOODLES!

MARGINALIA: DRAWING MEDIEVAL DOODLES

Live class Wednesday 3rd December

Taught by Luisa-Maria MacCormack

MARGINALIA: DRAWING MEDIEVAL DOODLES

Led by Luisa-Maria Maccormack, this class will be a playful exploration of the strange and wonderful world of medieval marginalia. In the illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages, monks and scribes filled the margins of sacred texts with doodles, jokes, and fantastical imagery—everything from sword-fighting snails and grinning cats to hybrid beasts and curious human figures. These whimsical drawings reveal the humour, imagination, and everyday lives of the people who created them.

In this session, we’ll dive into these bizarre and brilliant doodles as inspiration for our own drawing practice. Students will be guided through exercises in re-creating some of the most famous marginal figures before developing their own imaginative hybrids, monsters, and playful characters in the medieval spirit.

This class will be an opportunity to embrace the lighter side of art history while experimenting with line, pattern, and storytelling through drawing. Perfect for beginners and more experienced artists alike, it will encourage you to loosen up, laugh, and find inspiration in the margins.

Materials:

• Paper
• Pencils or pens
• Coloured media (optional: coloured pencils, watercolour or gouache!)

ABOUT OUR TUTOR

Luisa Maria MacCormack is an artist, writer, and educator whose practice spans drawing, ritual, mythology, and feminist theory. She is the co founder of LDG (London Drawing Group), and founder of The Feminist Lecture Program a collective committed to accessible, interdisciplinary feminist education. With a background in Fine Art and Art History, Luisa’s teaching blends critical insight with a playful, intuitive approach to making. Her sessions invite participants to explore materials and ideas with curiosity and freedom, often drawing on themes of embodiment, ecology, and the sacred.

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We're really looking forward to you joining us.

Love,

LDG