In-Person Hand Drawn Mapping Workshops.
I'm experienced in running hand drawn mapping workshops for adults in museums and galleries. Each workshop is site-specific and participants are invited to join me on a short walk of the area which they then map. Workshops ideally last a day but can be adapted to last a half day.
I'm experienced in running hand drawn mapping workshops for adults in museums and galleries. Each workshop is site-specific and participants are invited to join me on a short walk of the area which they then map. Workshops ideally last a day but can be adapted to last a half day.
Full day workshop at Ditchling Museum of Arts + Crafts
As part of the workshop, participants learn:
– how to research the territory with notes and sketches.
– simple gridding up techniques.
– how to use negative space effectively with pattern, illustration or stories.
– how to create decorative compass roses and cartouches.
– how to design personalised feature icons and keys.
– easy to draw but simply elegant hand lettering.
– how to research the territory with notes and sketches.
– simple gridding up techniques.
– how to use negative space effectively with pattern, illustration or stories.
– how to create decorative compass roses and cartouches.
– how to design personalised feature icons and keys.
– easy to draw but simply elegant hand lettering.
I provide plenty of real and facsimile hand drawn maps and map detail examples for inspiration and by the end, students will have started to produce their own personal map of the area using the skills they have learnt.
Half day workshop at ONCA Gallery.
Recent In Person workshops have included:
Praise for Hand Drawn Mapping Workshops:
'Such a treat to spend many hours in good company, learning new skills and being creative.'
'Had a great day learning how to draw maps with Helen Cann in Eastbourne at Towner Gallery.'
‘I so much enjoyed the course last Friday. And I finished my map! ...Thanks for the inspiration...’
'I really enjoyed her workshop. It was one of the best days this year...she is such a good, kind, patient teacher and inspiring.'
‘A most inspiring day; you have led me back on to the straight and narrow, or twisty and crooked, of routes and maps and journeys. Thank you.’
'I've been working on this map over the past few weeks....It's the first map I've created and was definitely informed by tips and tricks I learnt from Helen Cann during a workshop at ONCA'.
'It was such a fun day - thank you Helen Cann and Ditchling Museum for an excellent workshop'.
