Illustration, design, and workshops by Drawesome
My unique approach injects a playfulness, including gamifying art classes, and balancing humour and compassion, creating artwork and workshops with sensitivity and curiosity.
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Drawing for Mortals
Driven by personal experiences of love and loss, I cultivated an unconventional artistic approach to contemplating deep questions on death and end-of-life planning.
24 hour Comic Challenge
I wanted to contribute to the LDComics online community (a women-led comics forum), after an isolating year of Covid lockdowns. I organised and hosted the 24 Hour Comic Challenge for their global network in Feb 2021.
Listen to Your Daughters, Educate Your Sons
I submitted a comic and co-edited a collaborative protest zine created initially as a reaction to the death of Sarah Everard in March 2021, and the police response to vigils in her honour.
Comics – Me and Brain, Me and Bones
In a time of personal emotional turmoil, I found I needed the simplicity and immediacy of the comics format to most authentically reflect the narrative I wanted to portray.
Misfortune Tellers
I was invited to play an interactive role with my humorous origami ‘misfortune tellers’ as part of a mixed discipline exhibition.
Bristol buildings – reportage
As a previous resident of Bristol, the city’s many intricate and distinctive buildings provided many subjects to study. In these artworks I try to pull forward the character of a building, whilst developing my attention to detail.
Praise for Laura
"Laura is an excellent facilitator creating a safe and friendly environment where difficult thoughts could emerge without judgement."
Drawing for Mortals participant
"Laura has an innate calm and natural way of communicating with touches of humour while holding the space for everyone."
Drawing for Mortals participant
"It was so fun to take part in the 24H challenge […] This focussed time and the support of the group energy was very precious indeed to help birthing new images and comic sequences."
24 Hour Comic Challenge participant
"I've learned a bunch about my [creative] process, have developed some new techniques and a bunch of ideas for what to do next."
24 Hour Comic Challenge participant
"Found the exercises great! Was surprised at how instantly I thought of what to draw, loved this session, will do these exercises again."
Gratitude workshop participant