Charcoal Workshop for The Big Draw with artist Liz Atkin
Liz Atkin
Part of Saturday workshop series
Bethlem Gallery
Join artist Liz Atkin to explore charcoal techniques and processes exploring texture, mark making and movement.
Join artist Liz Atkin, who is an ambassador for The Big Draw, to explore charcoal techniques and processes exploring texture, mark making and movement. In this workshop for the Big Draw festival, you will have the opportunity to create seascapes from small to large scale, and together we will create a large collaborative drawing inspired by the textures of the shoreline.
Liz Atkin’s work is deeply interconnected with the physical nature of her life-long experience of Compulsive Skin Picking, also known as Dermatillomania, one of a group of Body-focused Repetitive Behaviours. Liz describes its ‘constant energy – there is a real rhythm to it in my body’. Drawing with charcoal is her way to refocus this energy through the speed and control of her hands and fingertips across the page. For Liz, charcoal possesses a texturally therapeutic quality, a soothing antidote to skin picking’s deeply tactile character. Since moving to Whitstable in 2021, she has been captivated by the coastline, from sea swimming and walking along the shore, to avidly drawing the tidal textures. Her Whitstable in Charcoal series of small and large scale drawings channels her obsession with capturing the sea.
About Bethlem Gallery events
Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. Concessions are available for SLaM service users, people over 60, students, people receiving ESA, people registered disabled and their carers. We take photos at our workshops to use on social media – please speak to the facilitator if you do not want to appear in any photos.
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Tickets:
£10 and free
Suitable for ages:
16+
Organised by
Bethlem Gallery
Family Friendly Facilities: Families are welcome. We have toilet facilities and can arrange a quiet room where possible if needed. The Gallery and Museum are situated on the grounds of Bethlem Royal Hospital - there are 200 acres of woodland and fields open to the public which you are welcome to visit.
Accessibility:
We aim to make the gallery accessible to all. If you have suggestions, questions or need assistance during your visit, please contact us at info@bethlemgallery.com or call us on 020 3228 4101.
More information below:
Step free access to the building
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Baby changing facilities
Lift to first floor
Seating available on request
Guide and assistance dogs welcome
Large print exhibition booklets (ask at desk on arrival)
Audio description tours can be arranged
Disabled parking bay opposite gallery entrance and free parking on hospital grounds.
Free WiFi
Quiet spaces: outdoor benches in parkland, Chapel opposite gallery open daily, Community Cafe (please ask staff for directions) with comfortable seating areas open until 4pm weekdays and 2pm on Saturdays.
Quiet day visits can be arranged