Painting & Drawing: A Self Discovery (Art Therapy)

Day & Time:

Saturday

10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Venue:

MIA City Campus, No. 70, Jln. Ampang, 50450 KL.

Instructor:

Guat Ling

Available spaces:

20 persons

Level:

Beginner

Art therapy is a unique experience based on using the medium of art as an instrument of change. Through this series of workshop, the instructor will guide participants using charcoal and soft pastels as painting tools to let participants draw portraits using different methods. The methods include blind drawing, paint with sensual touching, seeing and painting in group of 2-3 persons. You will learn and enhance your inner awareness and thereby discover a new presentation of yourself. Explore and evoke your senses and feeling via the various methods of painting.

By the end of the workshops, you will have a more in-depth understanding of portraits, reveal many characteristic of a person and you can get in touch with them deeply.

About Instructor:

Guat Ling holds BA (Hons) Degree in Visual Communication Design from Middlesex University, London, UK (1995). She has worked in several design companies including Hallmark Greeting Cards, Communications Identity, Silicon Media and Immortal Design (Malaysia). She was a design educator at KBU International College for 10 years before becoming a full-time artist and a freelance designer. Her artworks has been exhibited both locally and abroad namely Penang, Klang Valley and Seoul, Korea. She has served as honorary Secretary for wREGA (Graphic Association of Malaysia) from 2012-2014 and is a professional member of wREGA.

Currently, with her background in Art Therapy from Alumnus University, Germany, she conducts therapeutic arts to the public.