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BOOKING DRAWING CLASSES, EMPOWERMENT WORKSHOPS & ART COMMISSIONS

“I used to draw…”   “My daughter loves drawing…”   ” Where do I start?”  “I’m a beginner…”   “I wish I could open up that new sketchbook…” “I used to be creative…”  “I always dream about painting a beautiful picture…”  

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Hi I’m Divya Marie Kato.  I’m an artist and entrepreneur and help people of all ages and abilities learn how to draw through my original, creative empowerment programme, When In Doubt, Draw.  
Ken Robinson's #1 TED Talk On Creativity
Ken Robinson’s #1 TED Talk On Creativity

“I was curious about how drawing would help me with my doubt..I was scared to draw before, now I understand that every drawing has infinite possibilities…spending Friday afternoons with you has enriched my life!” – Barbara


“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”  – Sylvia Plath

WORK WITH DIVYA 

Step 1.  Email:  info@divyamariekato.com   Classes:  In Person?  Online? (see below)  Commission?  Workshop?

Step 2. Add info@divyamariekato.com to your address book and look out for an email from me

That’s it!

*Japan:  Discounts for members of RIJ (Refugees International Japan) & FEW (For Empowering Women in Japan)   Ask Divya for details or refer to respective websites.

クラス&ワーショクップの詳細については、こちらをクリックして下さい。メールでのご質問は日本語でも対応可能です。 Email: info@divyamariekato.com  にご連絡下さい!

**Please check out our FAQ section here – if your question’s not answered there, please email us and we’ll get right back to you


DRAWING

When In Doubt, Draw In Person Course & When In Doubt, Draw Online

When In Doubt, Draw. Bringing Creativity Home.
When In Doubt, Draw. Bringing Creativity Home.

CLASS DETAILS HERE

***In Person Classes At Atelier Kato Tokyo:  Spring Term April 23rd – June 24th 2018***

*Japan: Discounts for members of FEW & RIJ Email For Details

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“If you’re a beginner, Divya’s guidance will help you lose the fear of drawing!.. I thought this was just an art class! It’s so much more!”

REGISTER:  info@divyamariekato.com | WATCH CLASS VIDEO | DIVYA MARIE KATO & WHEN IN DOUBT, DRAW POSTCARD FLYER|
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CREATIVE EMPOWERMENT WORKSHOPS

Workshops
Workshops:  At Home. At School. At Work.
Blossom Blast Empowerment Workshop
Doubts To Drawings!

 More here

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Adobe Japan
Adobe Japan

 

The Big Draw:  Bringing The World’s Largest Drawing Festival To Japan!

Email For 2018: info@divyamariekato.com

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COMMISSIONS

Commissioned Art Work
Commissioned Art Work

View Divya’s Portfolio Here

Large Scale Murals To Small Scale Drawings. Commission Art Work From Divya:  info@divyamariekato.com

 


BOOK

Divya's Forthcoming Book

Divya’s Forthcoming Book:  When In Doubt, Draw  Read The Introduction Here or click on image above

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DIVYA’S DRAWINGS

You can follow my most recent work on Instagram here or check out my portfolio here

Divya Marie Kato Profile March 2017
Divya Marie Kato FRSA Artist & Founder, When In Doubt, Draw. “Bringing Creativity Home.”

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ART RETREATS

Drawing Retreat By The Sea

Seasonal Drawing Retreats, from the mountains to the sea, to learn from what nature has to say.

Watch the video here or click on the picture

Application Only. SIGN UP:

To the DMK Newsletter to receive news of forthcoming retreats.

メールでのご質問は日本語でも対応可能です。 EMAIL: info@divyamariekato.com  にご連絡下さい!


FEW
When In Doubt, Draw Creative Empowerment Workshop Adobe Japan
ADOBE Japan
ANA Intercontinental Tokyo
HuffPostArts
Drawing Together
Live Art Work
TEDx x TIS School
BCCJ
Dokkyo University
Columbia Int. School
Workshops
Sundai College
Tedx Workshops
LUSH Japan
FEW
Afrika Rose Tokyo
TEDxYouth Tokyo
International Rose & Gardening Rose Show Japan

I WANT YOU TO DRAW SOMETHING FOR ME


DMK CommissionsDMK Portfolio Information: Commissions

Drawings | Paintings | Large Scale| Birthday | Wedding | Wall & Door | Etching | Design 


DMK Body Art

DMK Body Art

PREGNANCY & BODY ART

Details: hear from the Mamas and watch an incredible time lapse click here


VIDEO: International Rose & Gardening Show Main Stage Mural 2017
TIME LAPSE PAINTING VIDEO: International Rose & Gardening Show Main Stage Mural 2017

Watch Time Lapse Painting Video Here

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LIVE ART AT BRIDGE STREET MARKET 2017

Time Lapse Live Art Bridge Street Market 2017
Time Lapse Live Art Bridge Street Market 2017

Watch Video Here

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DMK. DRIVEN TO DRAW.

Inspiring Stories DMK

Dreaming Bigger All The Time.

Growing more to be able to give more.

Divya Marie Kato has been living and working in Japan now for over 10 years and is incredibly grateful for all the opportunities that have shaped her life here so far.  She is always happy to hear about projects where there are opportunities to give back to the community.  Get in touch with her directly should you have an upcoming creative community based project.

Currently supporting our beautifully funky family, our parents, the community of FEW (For Empowering Women in Japan), Alam Aksara providing educational opportunities for children in Indonesia, Pencils of Promise building schools in developing countries – a good start!  Thank you to everyone for supporting DMK.  As we dream bigger, our hopes of making a difference, to those both close to us as well as others around the world, are becoming real. One drawing at a time.

Big love and ever draws, Team DMK x


DMK When in doubt draw 2016


For Empowering Women in Japan
ADOBE Systems Japan
TED x Youth
Tokyo Families
HuffPostArts
LUSH Japan
COTY Japan
ANA Intercontinental Tokyo
Afrika Rose Tokyo
The Big Draw
British Chamber of Commerce Japan
Metropolis Magazine
Dokkyo University
The Indian Express
InterFM Guy Perryman Show
Tokyo International Players
RSA Japan
Shine On! Kids
Bridge St. Market Tokyo
Blossom Blast 2017
Canadian Chamber of Commerce Japan
Tokyo American Club
International Rose & Gardening Show Japan

Beginners are BEST

Take off the label ‘drawing.’  Now the labels ‘good’ and ‘bad’.  Now the bigger label ‘creativity’. And finally the mighty one ‘art.’  What’s left?  Just you and a blank page.  Pick up a pencil. Start and see. I’ll show you how.

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Drawing Helps Us Deal With The Tough Stuff. And Own Our Story.
Brene Brown

“We’re getting a divorce”, “It’s an earthquake”, “It’s cancer”, “He’s not coming back”,  “We should break up”, “The house is being repossessed”, “I’m moving to Japan”, “We’re bankrupt”, “I’m addicted”, “I don’t love you anymore.”

A few things from my story.  I’ve been drawing my whole life, although I never knew why other than this was my way of processing the world: to be with my thoughts and feelings, to understand and be able to express them.  Get my feelings out onto the page.  I started as most of us do; chubby fingers clutching chunky crayons. Long before experience and education.  For me, this is why drawing is so important. It helps take us back and helps us work things out. Not from the outside. But from the inside.  A tool with which we can explore ourselves and our place in the world.  I know we share so many of these stories and experience doubt on a daily basis.  The news. That call. The stuff that hit the fan this week.  Here’s what to do when we don’t know what to do. Or what to say.  It’s something that’s served me incredibly well in life. Kept me moving forwards. And therefore something I believe in and love to share.  I’ve seen all the things it can do for me and for others too.


“If we want the crisis we’re in now to end well, we need to harness the entire intelligence of the human mind. Not just the rational, analytical mind…the vast brilliance…that sages have been talking about since time out of mind..”  – Martha Beck, Coach & Author, TED Talk 2011

Until we raise the profile of creativity in education and society, as something innate to our species and integral to our development, we’re raising adults who will suffer doubts and fears without sufficient tools to navigate them.  We need both sides of our brain.


Champions Of DrawingEssentialismBig Magic

“Once, when I was struggling with a book, I signed up for a drawing class, just to open up some other kind of creative channel within my mind. I can’t draw very well, but that didn’t
matter; the important thing was that I was staying in communication with artistry at some level. I was fiddling with my own dials, trying to reach inspiration in any way possible. Eventually, after enough drawing, the writing began to flow again…”  – Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic

“Stress is the biggest problem affecting our society today.”    –Deepak Chopra in conversation with Oprah Winfrey

“Play is an antidote to stress, and this is key because stress, in addition to being an enemy of productivity, can actually shut down the creative, inquisitive, exploratory parts of our brain. You know how it feels: you’re stressed about work and suddenly everything starts going wrong. You can’t find your keys, you bump into things more easily… I have seen play reverse these effects in my own children. When they are stressed and things feel out of control, I have them draw. When they do, the change is almost immediate. The stress melts away and their ability to explore is regained.”  – Greg McKeown,  Essentialism

Sir Ken Robinson’s TED Talk, Do Schools Kill Creativity?, remains the most widely watched in the world:  “We are educating people out of their creative capacities…I believe this passionately, that we don’t grow into creativity, we grow out of it. Or rather, we get educated out of it.”

Drawing On The Right Side Of The BrainBetty Edwards famously combined it with neurology in her classic book, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, and more recently, extolled the benefits of it in old age:  “What to do about growing old?  In an article in the New York Times, the author Gerald Marzorati suggests that one way to offset the feeling of growing old is to “Find something—something new, something difficult—to immerse yourself in and improve at.”  The author cites growing evidence that learning and practicing a complicated skill can improve brain functions, especially memory. Drawing fits Mr. Marzorati’s recommendation for those who are aging to find a skill that can be endlessly learned and improved upon, no matter the age. I can attest to that in my own work, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain…I truly believe…it is an endless search. And, I should say, there is great pleasure, joy, and satisfaction in continuing to learn.”


Maybe you believe you aren’t creative, you can’t draw…

BUT, you secretly always wanted to draw or paint something incredible.  Maybe someone made a comment similar to this when you were a child – “Haha!  You can’t even draw a moon!”

BUT, that little artist in you still wishes and dreams of creating.  Maybe you even tried a few times and couldn’t get your vision down on paper in all it’s awesomeness.

BUT, you’d like to try again and have someone guide you in fully translating your imagination onto paper.


DRAW YOUR WAY FROM DOUBT TO DONE

Stuck to Sparks:  Discoveries, Possibilities, Ways To Move Forward
Seeking to Connection:  Clarity, Purpose, Meaning
Stressed to Source:  Calm, Presence, Processing Your Story


When In Doubt Draw: Learn How To Draw. Use It For Life.

When In Doubt, Draw. Bringing Creativity Home.
Get Drawing Now

Download Your Free When In Doubt, Draw Beginner Guide To Drawing. Divya's Handmade 22 Page E-book.

Enjoy the exercises and let me know where you'd like to go next! DMK x

Workshops Worldwide: Creative Empowerment

Adobe Japan

Is 2018 The Year You Discover Drawing?

Wishing You A Creative 2018! Click For Video!

Commissioned Art: ANA Intercontinental Tokyo

Atelier KATO Opens In Tokyo

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Winter Term 2018:

January 8th – March 31st

Spring Term 2018:

April 23rd – June 24th 2018

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Divya’s Interview On The Guy Perryman Show

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DMK News

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  • Dragon Commission ANA Intercontinental Tokyo
  • Atelier Kato Opens In Tokyo

The Big Draw Comes To Japan!

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Enjoy the exercises and let me know where you'd like to go next! DMK x

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