We are thrilled to confirm that our friend Gary Andrews (the Scribbler) will be supporting our National Grief Awareness Week campaign by hosting a Doodle Hour Workshop, on Saturday 5th December at 5pm for our Men’s Grief Day.
Gary will be taking questions and doodling during the session, talking about the loss of his wife Joy and how sketching helped him process his grief.
Gary has also kindly offered to raffle his drawings on the night to raise funds for Good Grief.
Keeping a diary is a common and therapeutic habit, allowing an order to the cluttered thoughts and emotions that occur throughout our daily lives. Naturally, if you are a Disney animator, your diary can take on a visual format to become a ‘doodle diary.’
This is what former Disney animation professional Gary Andrews started doing on his 54th birthday, as a happily married father-of-two, documenting the joy of family life with his beautiful wife and children.
Sadly, tragedy was to strike, and Gary would become a widower and a single parent within three years.