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You don’t have to be a professional artist to have the right to create. A unique method of awakening spontaneous drawing in adults.
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You don’t have to be a professional artist to have the right to create. Spontaneous drawing doesn’t require a license to draw a line. We have our own well of images inside us which can be re-activated.
But how? To draw spontaneously, a practical method, offering suggestions and advice, allow us to overcome the anxiety of the blank page.
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  • Spontaneous drawing-dessin spontané, Rue Wéry, Ixelles, Belgium
About Me
Serge is an artist, a specialist in methods of self-expression.
Serge is the author of « Manuel de dessin spontané à l’usage des adultes ». Ed.l’Harmattan – Paris
Autopictographie
This is a name I created in 2005 to define the method and the exercises that go with it, aimed at re-awakening spontaneous drawing in adults. There is very little literature dedicated to spontaneous drawing in adults because we consider that the door has been closed for a very long time,
Education
Serge has a degree in Philosophy from the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
20 years spent experimenting with adults and children, and 99% of powerfully graphic results have proven that it is possible to escape from behind that locked door. More than one hundred exercises based on different techniques make up the backbone of the method. One of its principal characteristics is the close working relationship between learner and teacher. “In substance, writing and drawing are identical” (Paul Klee)
Experience / Qualifications
Self-taught artist
Designer
Painter
Philosopher
Pedagogue
Trainer
Animator
Videographer
Group dynamics specialist
Team Building animator
Age
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration
60 minutes
The class is taught in
English
French
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