Guided Winter Walk and Draw 1

The gallery’s community gardener Mel Chandler will guide the walk, identifying the many species of trees trees in Dolerw park.

Artist Deborah Dalton will accompany Mel, introducing drawing techniques that capture the trees in their winter beauty.

Paper and fine liner provided or bring your own drawing materials. You can also visit our online shop for inspiration.

The walk will follow accessible pathways and is suitable for wheelchair users.

Open to all ages , children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

Meet at Hafan yr Afon main entrance ready for a 10.30 start.

Hot drinks provided from our mobile beverage cart.

The workshop is free. Donations welcomed to support our community engagement programmes.

Please wear warm layers and waterproofs if necessary.

Drawing and Data Collection

Using drawing we will collect visual notes to help learn and identify trees and create a personal image resource of sketches.

Drawing Memory and Learning

Drawing can help you remember information better than writing or taking a photograph. Drawing helps you learn and retain information by integrating visual, kinetic and semantic information.

Deborah will share processes of drawing to help you collect linear data, patterns and symmetries of the line through the subject of trees.

Deborah Dalton

Deborah’s art practice begins with drawing, it’s like breathing. Drawing is like a tool that helps her to navigate ASD, anxiety and sensory overload. Deborah uses drawing to collate these experiences to map and understand both subjects and environments. This process of drawing enables Deborah to feel calm and confident enabling her to access these places.

Deborah’s drawings log an experience of a place, collecting linear data of patterns symmetries, figure ground relationships and spatial awareness.

It can be intense, but also grounding as it becomes a meditative process of ‘drawing the experience of looking’.