Drawing is a great way to connect with your creativity. If you can hold a pen or pencil and make lines and shapes on paper, you can draw. By spending time drawing on location, you take time to slow down, look at your surroundings, really pay attention and see the world. People have always wanted to make their own marks, from ancient cave paintings and hieroglyphs to modern day street art. Drawings are all around us on signs, packaging, cartoon strips, animated films, instructional diagrams and even on bodies, with tattoos. Drawing is human. It’s for all of us.

Children draw freely with joy but when we grow up there can be a reticence, a fear of not doing it ‘right ’or being ‘good enough.’ As I write this in the spring of 2025, it seems more important than ever that people are encouraged to express themselves and not feel that there are limitations and barriers on their creativity.

Because of that, it’s important to me that I provide a space in the workshops and sketchwalks where adults will feel comfortable to express themselves through drawing and not worry about results, whatever their cultural background, gender, age, religion, or whether they are an absolute beginner or a professional artist. I know that by taking steps to remove barriers and fostering a welcoming environment, I can ensure that everyone can access the joy and benefits of drawing.

I specialise in delivering drawing workshops outside, on location in public spaces and am usually invited by groups or organisations. I also organise my own sketchwalks in London, alongside architect Nuno Pais. I consider accessibility and inclusion in my workshops and sketchwalks. With sketchwalks for example, we check the route several times, putting the approximate distance and route in the written event description.

When invited to give a drawing workshop, I send the organisers a written plan and they will tell me if there are any requests from the participants in advance. In the past I have printed out my own notes to share with someone that had a hearing impairment and amended accessing a location to avoid steps for someone who walked aided by a frame.

If you too need adjustments to enable you to participate in one of my workshops, I am committed to doing so.

I also realise that in-person paid workshops and sketchwalks are not financially accessible for many people, so I also share my knowledge on my YouTube channel and Instagram.

Regarding accessibility, I am very much a work in progress and am open to receiving feedback to improve and develop my knowledge. I aim to implement any learnings as soon as they become apparent to me.

Going forward, I will add closed captions and transcripts for all future videos plus alt text to all future images from April 2025. I will also spend one hour each week adding them to existing images and videos. I also commit to asking organisers specifically about any cultural or religious needs and customs, pronunciation of names, and pronouns.

I will do an annual review of this statement each spring.