About this Event
Mindfulness & Tarot Drawing
A Creative Retreat for Curious Minds
Step away from the noise of everyday life and spend a day immersed in creativity, reflection, and mindful making.
This inspiring one-day workshop combines intuitive drawing, mindfulness, and the rich symbolism of Tarot to unlock your imagination and deepen your creative practice. Whether you're an experienced artist or someone who simply enjoys drawing, you'll discover new ways of looking, thinking, and creating.
Rather than using Tarot to predict the future, we use it as a powerful creative tool. Each participant selects a card that becomes the starting point for a personal visual journey. The imagery, colour, symbolism, and archetypes within the card become prompts for drawing, painting, writing, and conversation.
Working in a relaxed studio environment, you'll explore techniques that quiet the busy mind, encourage intuition, and help you reconnect with your creativity. Throughout the day you'll build a series of expressive drawings while sharing ideas within a welcoming and supportive small group.
Expect a day of thoughtful conversation, mindful drawing, experimentation, and creative play.
No previous experience with Tarot—or drawing—is necessary.
During the workshop you will:
- Explore mindfulness through drawing and observation.
- Discover Tarot as a creative and reflective practice.
- Learn simple rituals that encourage calm and creative focus.
- Experiment with mark-making, drawing, colour and visual storytelling.
- Develop your own unique response to the imagery within the cards.
- Create a collection of expressive drawings to take home.
- Meet like-minded creative people in an inspiring studio setting.
Tarot offers a visual language that speaks to experiences we all share—new beginnings, transformation, resilience, hope, uncertainty, joy, rest, and change. Through art-making these universal themes become a starting point for reflection and imagination.
The emphasis is on curiosity rather than perfection, allowing creativity to unfold naturally in a calm and inspiring atmosphere.
Workshop Details
Time: 11.00am – 4.30pm
Group Size: Maximum 10 participants, ensuring plenty of individual guidance.
Materials: Paper and drawing materials are provided. Feel free to bring your favourite Tarot deck if you have one, although a selection of decks will also be available.
What to Bring: An apron or clothes suitable for art-making.
Refreshments: A light lunch, tea and coffee are included throughout the day, with a celebratory glass of Prosecco to finish.
Suitable for adults aged 18+.
About the Artist
is an award-winning artist and graduate of the Slade School of Fine Art. Over a career spanning more than forty years, she has exhibited internationally and established a reputation for creating engaging, thoughtful and inclusive arts experiences.
Michelle founded the pioneering arts and mental health charity CoolTan Arts, which received more than twenty-seven national awards, including the prestigious GSK IMPACT Award in partnership with The King's Fund.
She has taught drawing for over sixteen years at Morley College and has led workshops for galleries, universities, hospitals, charities, community organisations and international arts programmes. Her work is held in museum and institutional collections, and she regularly undertakes private commissions.
Known for her warm, encouraging teaching style, Michelle creates workshops that invite participants to slow down, experiment, and discover new confidence through art.
Event venue & nearby stays
HOUSE OF ESTILA, 66A Turnmill Street, London, United Kingdom
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