30/08/2026
What a special day!
Yesterday we brought Ways of Seeing to Stretford as part of The Unofficial Stretford Museum programme (Stretford Town Centre ) with an exhibition, Sketch Walk, zine-making and creative activities. 💛
The exhibition brings together paintings by my students, inspired by their daily lives and imagination, alongside my work and contributions from the community.
Despite the rain, we still headed out for our Stretford Sketch Walk! ☔️✏️ We explored the streets with pencils and cameras, then came back to develop our sketches with watercolour.
It was lovely to see people getting creative — drawing, making zines and adding their own work to the Community Drawing Wall.
And a big thank you to everyone who joined Mary’s live portrait drawing yesterday! ❤️ She loved meeting and drawing everyone!
Free Ways of Seeing prompt zines are also available to take home, so you can continue your own Stretford sketch journey. ✏️
Alongside the exhibition, we shared my students’ photography of natural spaces around Manchester and some of my urban sketches of Manchester and Stretford.
A big thank you to everyone who came along and made yesterday so special. ❤️
The exhibition continues until 31 August. See you there! 💛 xx