Visual Diary Workshop
Discover how visual journalling can be used as a tool for skill development, mental health management and self reflection.
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About the workshop
Every day for the last 10 years, Emma Charleston has done a drawing about her day. Initially used to hone her skills as an illustrator and graphic designer, her visual diaries have become a useful tool for reflection on both her professional and personal life.
In this hands-on workshop, Emma will talk about her practice and share examples before leading a series of analogue drawing exercises to help you kick-start your own visual diary practice.
During the workshop, you will:
Discover how Emma and other artists approach their visual diaries
Learn how the practice can be used for professional skill development, such as data visualisation, typography and visual communication
Explore using visual diary entries as a way to reflect and spot patterns in work, relationships, friendships and more
Work through a series of prompts to create your own visual diary for the previous week
Learn how to express yourself in drawing by combining different materials
This workshop is open to all and all materials will be supplied.
Agenda and timings
18.00–18.30 – Arrive for pizza and refreshments
18.30–18.45 – Welcome and housekeeping
18.45–20.30 – Workshop
Attendees will need to sign in at the reception desk. A LTUX Brighton volunteer will greet you and give you directions to the room. There will also be signage along the way.
Please ensure you arrive by 18.45 as the reception desk will close once the workshop starts.
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Speaker info:
Emma Charleston (she/her) - Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Lecturer
Emma has been working as a graphic designer and illustrator since 2010, across studio, in-house and freelance settings. Her predominant focus has been on the charity/non-profit, education and arts/cultural sectors. She is part of the Geeks For Social Change collective (gfsc.studio), and new tech workers-co-op Cookie Wolf (cookiewolf.co.uk) Latterly, she also lectures in User Experience Design and Graphic Design at the University of the Arts London.
Learn more about Emma's work:
Image credit: Emma Charleston