Reconnect - express yourself series - painting

Reconnect - express yourself series - painting

Expressive yourself series: Expressive Painting

Magnetic Ideals are excited to announce this workshop as part of a free training and skills sessions programme to develop new skills and help build community through creativity and confidence building. The programme is here to help you Reconnect with your life and purpose, and we look forward to sharing this journey with you!

What is expressive painting?

Expressionism is a style of art in which we engage with a topic in terms of emotions, mark making and exploratory engagement rather than focusing on making things realistic. It is about thinking and feeling, making marks and playing with colour, rather than simply observing and representing. There is no right or wrong, and expressive painting is a format you can explore freely whether you have experience in art or not, it should be fun, freeing and liberating!

Creating abstract art intuitively provides important benefits to our mental health. Engaging in non-representational, intuitive painting is a safe, secure, and at times therapeutic way to explore our inner worlds, express ourselves, and develop a healthier understanding of who we are and what we need. Spontaneously choosing colours and shapes, rather than words, to express feelings provides a sense of security and anonymity. Tools like expressive art can help people access and express both difficult and positive feelings in ways we might otherwise find difficult.

This workshop is run by experienced facilitator Kirsty Lumm please contact kirsty.artsforlife@gmail.com if you have any queries.

The event is run by Magnetic Ideals and Arts for Life, it is taking place at the Justlife Hub, which is wheelchair accessible.

For more Reconnect! events see our booking page.

We would like to say a huge thanks to The National Lottery Community Fund for making this project possible!