Integration and Slow-Down

Welcome to The Magic of Drawing II: Integration and Slow-Down

Discover the power of balance and mindfulness through drawing. The Magic of Drawing II is designed to help you connect your right and left hemispheres, bringing greater focus, creativity, and integration to your artistic and personal pursuits. This course invites you to slow down, reflect, and draw with purpose, creating harmony between the analytical and creative sides of your mind.

Course Overview

This course is divided into three unique two hours sessions, each exploring the ways drawing can foster deeper integration, mindfulness, and balance.

• Session 1: Crossdrawing

  Engage both sides of your brain with crossdrawing, a technique that combines hand-eye coordination with mental integration. You’ll practice drawing across different axes, challenging yourself to connect the logical and creative hemispheres of your brain. This session helps you improve coordination, focus, and mental agility through structured, yet fluid, artistic exercises.

• Session 2: Drawing Upside Down

  
In this session, you’ll take on the challenge of drawing upside down — a method that pushes your brain to see things differently and improve spatial awareness. By breaking down familiar objects into abstract shapes, this technique encourages deeper observation and strengthens your ability to engage both visual and analytical processes.

• Session 3: Slow Drawing

  Discover the art of slowing down. Slow drawing is about taking your time, focusing on details, and immersing yourself in the process rather than the result. This meditative approach to drawing not only calms the mind but also allows for greater creativity and mindfulness. You’ll leave this session with a deeper connection to your creative instincts and a renewed sense of clarity.

Why Join The Magic of Drawing II?

• Integrate Your Mind: Learn techniques that help connect your right and left hemispheres, fostering a more balanced and integrated mindset.
• Slow Down and Reflect: Practice mindfulness through slow drawing, helping you focus, de-stress, and boost creativity.
• Strengthen Observation Skills: Challenge yourself with unique drawing techniques like crossdrawing and drawing upside down to improve attention to detail and spatial awareness.
• All Skill Levels Welcome: Whether you’re new to drawing or looking to expand your existing skills, this course is open to everyone seeking creative growth.

Sign Up Today

Join us for The Magic of Drawing II and unlock the potential within you by integrating art and mindfulness. Reserve your spot today and embark on a transformative journey of balance, focus, and creativity.

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Dr Unnur Ottarsdottir has worked in a preschool, secondary schools and a high school as a teacher, special education teacher and art therapist. She is a part-time art therapy lecturer at the Iceland University of the Arts and at the continuing education department of the University of Akureyri. She is also a practising researcher at the Reykjavik Academy.

Unnur has practised art therapy in various institutions and in her private practice for 30 years. She runs an art therapy clinic in Iceland, specialising in treatment for children and adults dealing with traumatisation and specific learning difficulties. Her areas of research are art therapy in education for children with specific learning difficulties who have experienced trauma, and art making as a therapeutic and learning approach, including drawing for memorisation and emotional processing.

Unnur has given lectures and written chapters and articles about art therapy and memory drawing which have been published internationally.

Unnur conducted a research study into long-term memory of drawings and words. This is the first time that comparisons between drawn images and written words over such an extended period of time has been studied worldwide.