Papyrus is an organisation that specialises in the prevention of young suicide, provides services to inform and educate the general public and support young people at risk and families who have experienced a loss.
'We believe that unless we open up the conversation about suicide, we won’t make progress towards preventing it. So we aren’t afraid to talk about it and have been doing lots of work encouraging people to #talkthroughthetaboo. Stress, for a lot of us, is an everyday occurrence. Something we just deal with, a fact of life. But it’s is also a leading cause of mental health problems. What if we could help to relieve stress, and prevent it from becoming a bigger issue, in the most simple way - colouring. Colouring has been proven to relieve stress and anxiety, calming the mind and allowing people to unwind and relax. The aim of this project is to publish a colouring book titled ‘The Art of a Peaceful Mind’. One of the areas we focus on is the importance of keeping our minds healthy, and this colouring book should be used as a preventative tool for keeping a healthy mind.'
The Brief
In an adult colouring book style line drawing, create a visual representation of something that helps you feel calm and relaxed, with a couple of lines explaining what it is you’ve drawn and why.
You can be as literal or abstract as you like. The specifications are that it needs to be A3 landscape with space for your paragraph, and please use a Staedtler 0.3mm fine liner pen. If you prefer to work digitally, please use a 3px brush size.
With your help, The Art of a Peaceful Mind can be more than a stress release. It will be a guide to helping young people.
You can be as literal or abstract as you like. The specifications are that it needs to be A3 landscape with space for your paragraph, and please use a Staedtler 0.3mm fine liner pen. If you prefer to work digitally, please use a 3px brush size.
With your help, The Art of a Peaceful Mind can be more than a stress release. It will be a guide to helping young people.
Submission:
Your work - For hand drawn work this should be scanned at 600dpi and sent as a PDF, digital work should be sent as an illustrator file. If the file size is too big to attach in an email, please use wetransfer and include a link to your work in the email.
A couple of sentences about your piece
Your contact details - Your name, age, university/college (if applicable), and a link to your website/online portfolio for us to include in the book.
If possible, please also include a time lapse video of you creating your illustration.