✍️ VisualDoodle™ FUNdamentals Creative Day Retreat

Welcome to the Wonderful World of VisualDoodles™ where the magic begins ✨

Step into a world where imagination is celebrated, creativity is encouraged, and every simple line reveals new possibilities.

Join me, Ann English - Visual Strategist, TEDx Speaker, author and creator of VisualDoodles™ - for a fun, inspiring and interactive Creative Day Retreat where you'll discover that VisualDoodling™ isn't about artistic talent... it's about learning a visual language and unlocking the power of visual thinking.

Many people believe they can't draw... I believe anyone can learn to VisualDoodle™

Throughout the day, I'll guide you through a series of carefully crafted VisualDoodle™ experiences, each one designed to build your confidence and unlock the next stage of your visual journey.

If you can write... you can VisualDoodle™ ✍️

What You'll Discover✨

Like learning any new language, every VisualDoodle™ journey begins with the FUNdamentals. Together we'll build the confidence, visual vocabulary and creative foundations you'll need to become a VisualDoodler™ ✍️

⭐️ 1. Build Your Confidence - the magic begins with Pixie Dust™ as you discover the FUNdamentals of Visual Vocabulary, where simple shapes, dots, lines and circles become the building blocks of every VisualDoodle™

⭐️ 2. Quieten Self-Doubt - transform your writing into your own VisualDoodle Bug™ and realise you don't need artistic talent as you learn the FUNdamentals of Expressive Mark Making™

⭐️ 3. Spark Your Creativity - explore the FUNdamentals of Visual Thinking through VisualDoodle™ Lightbulbs and see why there isn't one "right" way to represent an idea... because there are as many possibilities as the ideas themselves

⭐️ 4. Celebrate Your Individuality - create your Superpower Self™ and bring it to life as you learn the FUNdamentals of Visual Storytelling through character design, animation symbols and lettering

⭐️ 5. Think Like a VisualDoodler™ - each FUNdamental builds naturally on the last, helping you grow your visual vocabulary, break free from the belief there's only one "right" way to draw, and start thinking like a VisualDoodler™

Creative Day Retreat✨

🗓️ Tuesday 8 September 2026

⏰ 9:30am - 2:30pm

📍 Brinkburn Brewery, 1A Ford Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1NW

✨ In-person experience - limited places

🎫 Book your Golden Ticket - step into the Wonderful World of VisualDoodles™

By the end of our Creative Day Retreat together, you'll have the confidence to continue your VisualDoodle™ journey, communicate ideas visually and know that creativity isn't about artistic perfection... it's about giving yourself permission to play, explore and bring ideas to life... one line at a time.

What's Included✨

Your Creative Day Retreat with Ann English includes:

Exclusive launch celebration of the Wonderful World of VisualDoodles™
VisualDoodle™ FUNdamentals Creative Day Retreat Masterclass
Interactive VisualDoodle-a-long™ activities with Ann
Printed VisualDoodle™ FUNdamentals Visual Guide
Exclusive VisualDoodle Blueprints™
Magic Pen
Welcome refreshments
Lunch
Connect with others beginning their VisualDoodle™ journey
Exhibit your VisualDoodles™ in 'The Gallery'
And there's a prize for every VisualDoodle™ shown!

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Imagine What You'll Create... ✨

These Superpower Self VisualDoodles™ were created during a guided VisualDoodle™ taster activity at my Celebration of Imagination event at Brinkburn Brewery.

This was just a taste of what awaits inside the Wonderful World of VisualDoodles™

Now imagine what you'll create as you build your confidence, grow your visual vocabulary and learn VisualDoodle™ FUNdamentals during the Creative Day Retreat on your journey to becoming a VisualDoodler™ ✍️

📸 Photo Credit: Zoe Campbell Photography