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Are you looking for a more mindful relationship with your food? In this class, you’ll learn how to use illustration as a practice to cultivate a more mindful, peaceful, and joyful connection with your plate. You will use these seven prompts, one each day, as inspiration for your illustrations:
- Breakfast
- Drink
- Lunch
- Ingredient
- Snack
- Produce
- Dinner
Illustrating food has been one of the greatest gifts in my life, and I am so excited to share this practice with you in this class!
This class is for you if:
- You are seeking a more mindful relationship with your food.
- You are looking to cultivate a more consistent creative practice.
- You are seeking more peace and joy with your food.
- You are a beginner illustrator.
- You are a professional illustrator.
In This Class, You'll Learn How to:
- Use illustration as a creative practice to cultivate a more mindful relationship with food.
- Use a variety of illustration techniques to see your food in a new way.
- Practice observational skills to cultivate greater awareness for your food.
You'll Walk Away From This Class With:
- A greater sense of connection with your food.
- A greater appreciation of food.
- A new awareness for your food.
- More joy and peace with food.
- The beginning of a consistent creative practice.
- 7 food illustrations to remind you of this practice or share to your portfolio.
- A more mindful approach to eating.
What You Need:
- A pen or pencil
- Colors (markers, sharpies, paints, colored pencils, whatever you have on hand works great!)
- Blank sheets of paper or a sketchbook
- Food as inspiration
Free Download:
Ready for more food and art? Download free Prints & Plants Coloring Pages right here: Free Coloring Pages.
Get Social!
Share your journey! Snap a photo of one of your food illustrations and post it to Instagram. Be sure to include #drawandeatwithliz and tag @prints_and_plants so I can cheer you on and share your awesome work to my page!
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Further Resources
1. Food Justice Organizations:
National Black Food & Justice Alliance
Soul Fire Farm
24 Food Justice Orgs from Civil Eats
The list goes on, and I continue to learn. If there are food justice orgs you love, let me know!
2. “How to Draw: Learning Line”
https://skl.sh/2xtzpG7
3. “How to Draw: Create Compelling Compositions”
https://skl.sh/2LyA4Kf
4. Learn more about Illustration on Skillshare:
https://www.skillshare.com/browse/illustration?via=header
Overview
Syllabus
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- Welcome! Let's Draw & Eat
- Create Your Class Project
- Gather Your Materials
- Write Down the Prompts
- Day 1: Breakfast
- Day 2: Drink
- Day 3: Lunch
- Day 4: Ingredient
- Day 5: Snack
- Day 6: Produce
- Day 7: Dinner
- Thank You & Next Steps
