Description
What if your drawing could leave the page?
Draw with a dancer. Then take your drawing into 3D.
Saturday 10th October | 10.30 am–4.00 pm
The Colour Factory, Gordon Road, Winchester SO23 7DD
£100 · All materials included
This one-day workshop explores movement, drawing and sculpture through the expressive methods of Auguste Rodin.
You’ll begin by working with an experienced professional dancer as your model, making rapid, expressive drawings that capture movement, energy and gesture.
We’ll begin with quick drawing exercises designed to loosen you up, encourage you to really look, trust your hand and respond to movement rather than worry about getting everything “right”.
Then you’ll take selected drawings beyond the page — experimenting with watercolour and gouache, tracing and expressive cut-outs before transforming the strongest gestures into small clay sculptures.
MOVEMENT → LINE → DRAWING → CUT-OUT → GESTURE → CLAY → FORM
The aim isn’t to produce one perfect drawing or a perfect representation of the figure. It’s about discovering what happens when you allow the energy to flow naturally from one form into another.
You might discover something in a line, shape or movement that you hadn’t noticed before. You can then take it further, change it, exaggerate it or translate it into another material.
At the heart of my Awakening Creativity approach is a guided, inspirational process that encourages curiosity and playfulness through experimentation, helping you discover a more intuitive and authentic way of seeing and making.
Whether you’re completely new to drawing or an experienced artist, you’ll be encouraged to work experimentally, take risks and discover your own response to movement and form.
During the Workshop You’ll Explore
- Expressive drawing from observation with a professional dancer
- Blind, gestural and other expressive drawing approaches inspired by Rodin
- Using line to capture movement and energy
- Creative cut outs from watercolour and gouache washes
- Developing expressive cut-outs from your drawings
- Transforming selected gestures into small clay sculptures
- Exploring rhythm, movement and the living essence of the human form
- Moving from drawing → cut-out → gesture → clay → three-dimensional form
- Finding greater freedom and confidence through experimentation
- Suitable for complete beginners and experienced artists
What Participants Say
“I just wanted to say how supportive and freeing I found your workshop. You are a great teacher. I would highly recommend your workshops to anyone—beginner or established artist. You’ve inspired me to apply for a formal Art qualification—something I never thought I would do.”
Elaine W.
“Exceptional teacher. Lorna created a space that creatively freed me. A deeply enriching experience.”
“I really enjoyed the session and genuinely found it useful and valuable. I loved the drawing, the clay modelling and exploring approaches that were new to me—feeling the essence of something instead of literally just drawing what you see. I’d never done any clay modelling before. You motivated me!”
Kat Hebden
“Thank you so much for such an enjoyable and encouraging workshop. I thoroughly enjoyed being pushed in different ways and really felt like I was getting into my body and soul through movement.”
Linsey Cox
About Lorna Carmen McNeill
Lorna Carmen McNeill is a mixed media and light artist, teacher and creative process facilitator. She studied Fine Art at Camberwell School of Art, Goldsmiths and The Art Academy, and has taught across higher and further education, the NHS, charitable organisations, community settings and corporate environments.
Her work is rooted in the understanding that creativity is far more than artistic skill—it is a way of being, perceiving and engaging with the world. Through her Awakening Creativity approach, Lorna creates supportive and inspiring environments where participants develop artistic confidence, technical skills and a deeper connection with their own innate creativity. As confidence grows, participants discover their own unique way of seeing, responding and making, allowing an authentic visual language to emerge naturally.
