www.daniabstract.co.uk

“Paint What You Feel” began as a small project with a simple purpose: not only to learn new skills or spend time among fellow artists, but to explore the deeper act of letting yourself go — allowing your mind to wander, and your soul to express the words it never managed to speak, through colour and form.

I am grateful for the chance to witness this process, to hold space for moments of release, and perhaps even to be part of healing old soul‑wounds… or at least letting them breathe and bleed safely onto a canvas.

My workshops are intimate, nature‑rooted painting sessions where we slow down, breathe, and explore colour, symbolism, and intuitive expression.

You don’t need experience, only curiosity and a willingness to play with paint.

What happens in a workshop

• We begin with a short grounding moment

• I guide you through colour mixing, brushwork, and simple techniques

• You explore your own ideas, symbols, and emotions on canvas

• I support you individually throughout the process

• You leave with your own finished painting and a renewed sense of creativity

These sessions are relaxed, warm, and personal; more like a shared ritual than a formal class.

Anyone who wants to reconnect with creativity, learn painting in a gentle way, or simply enjoy a mindful, artistic experience.

• All materials included

• Your finished painting to take home

• Tea, conversation, and a calm, welcoming atmosphere

• Guidance tailored to your pace and style.

You can find booking details at:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thenorthendtrust/2016171 ,

or join us directly at:

True’s Yard Fisherfolk Museum,

North Street,

King’s Lynn.

PE30 1QW

The dance of letting go, of trust, of release, of believing that softness carries its own strength.
A strength without fighting, without scorching, without the need to force anything into being.
Just… letting go.

The Air dance is the moment we become weightless.
Where movement happens without effort, where the body lifts without trying, where breath becomes the quiet engine of everything.

Air teaches us that surrender is not weakness.
It is the art of rising without resistance.

Whisper...

Such a wonderful element we explored today, so full of softness, movement, and quiet revelation.

Another dance… still a dance, yet so different.
Different strengths, yet without competing, they settle under the same… rhythm, pulse, tide!???

I have always had mixed feelings about water: loving it deeply, yet fearing its depth, its embrace.
Strange how we can love and not love in the same breath.
But what matters is that we all need it, we all depend on it, just like we depend on air.
But that is another story for our next Paint What You Feel session. 😉

Fire… so many ways to see it, to feel it, to wander through its meanings. We each return to what rises in us, how it touches our own skin, our own story.
For some, it’s filtered through the heaviness of our times: war, destruction, the ache of what burns.
For others, it’s a living pulse climbing through a tree, a spark of rebirth, or the quiet power of holding the flame.
Some meet it as comfort, the memory of a night in the wilds, or that threshold moment at twilight where burning light meets the soothing hush of water.

I see it as a dance, the most extraordinary dance I’ve ever witnessed.
A dance that can build and destroy at the same time.
A force that opens new doors by burning away the old paths, or simply etches the image of sheer passion into whoever stands close enough to feel it.

It was a fabulous session, and as many people as we were, that’s how many different visions of fire emerged.

Showcasing our art at the end of a session is one of my greatest joys.

Not because of the final result, but because of the happy faces beside me.

Not everyone feels comfortable being in a photo — and I always honour whatever makes you feel safe and at ease. What matters most is knowing that each person leaves the workshop with a sense of accomplishment. It’s a wonderful and courageous thing to step into a creative space, to allow yourself to be thoughtful and expressive, and to trust that you will not be judged or graded for your performance.

Just showing up is already an act of bravery and beauty.