Making Peace with Reality

Welcome to The Magic of Drawing V: Making Peace with Reality

Explore how drawing can help you accept, understand, and make peace with your personal and external reality. The Magic of Drawing V is designed to guide you through a reflective and transformative journey using drawing as a tool for self-awareness, acceptance, and emotional healing. This course will teach you how to draw what you see, trace your emotions, and ultimately, draw your life to make peace with the present moment.

Course Overview

This course is divided into three two hours sessions, each designed to help you connect with your reality through drawing—tracing the world around you, capturing what you observe, and expressing your life story through art.

• Session 1: Tracing a Drawing

  In this session, you’ll start with the basics—tracing. Tracing allows you to focus on details without the pressure of creating something new. By tracing existing lines and shapes, you’ll develop a deeper sense of calm and mindfulness, helping you slow down and focus on the present moment. This exercise encourages you to accept what is in front of you without judgment, providing a foundation for emotional balance and clarity.

• Session 2: Drawing What You See

  
Here, you will practice drawing exactly what you see. This session focuses on observation and acceptance, training you to capture the world as it is. Drawing what you observe teaches you to let go of preconceived notions and expectations, fostering a mindset of acceptance and peace. You’ll learn how to use drawing as a tool to engage with reality and appreciate the beauty in the simplicity of everyday life.

• Session 3: Drawing Out Your Life

  In this deeply personal session, you’ll draw out the story of your life. This exercise allows you to reflect on your experiences, emotions, and personal journey through visual representation. By visually mapping your life’s path, you’ll gain new perspectives on your past, present, and future, creating a sense of resolution and peace with your reality. This session is about using art to express and come to terms with the complexities of your life story.

Why Join The Magic of Drawing V?

• Cultivate Mindfulness: Learn how tracing and drawing what you see can bring you into the present moment and foster acceptance.
• Accept Reality: Drawing what you observe teaches you to let go of control and embrace the world as it is, without judgment.
• Reflect on Your Journey: Use drawing as a therapeutic tool to explore and make peace with your personal story and experiences.
• Suitable for Everyone: Whether you’re new to drawing or an experienced artist, this course is designed to help anyone seeking emotional clarity and peace through creative expression.

Sign Up Today

Join us for The Magic of Drawing V and discover how drawing can help you make peace with reality and embrace life as it is. Reserve your spot today and start your journey toward inner calm and acceptance through the power of art.

Timing and structure will be announced later

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.