Expressing Emotion and Making Human Connection with Lisa Rothstein

Expressing Emotion and Making Human Connection
A drawing workshop with Lisa Rothstein | DrawingOutYourGenius.com

Bring more humanity, story, and feeling into your drawings.

Whether you’re a facilitator, consultant, coach, or visual thinker, this hands-on online workshop will help you move beyond stick figures and charts to create drawings that truly connect. Led by cartoonist, writer, and visual facilitator Lisa Rothstein, you’ll learn simple, expressive techniques to make your drawings come alive with emotion.

In this 60-minute session, you’ll learn to:

• Draw faces that express real emotion: joy, frustration, surprise, pride, and more
• Add simple body language and gestures that tell a story
• Capture the emotional content of what people are saying, not just the words
• Choose when and where to bring emotion into your visual notes or illustrations
• Replace lifeless stick figures with quick, expressive characters anyone can draw
• Also, we’ll practice drawing animals!

Why it matters:
Emotional expression brings humanity to your visuals. When you show people feeling something — not just doing something — your audience instantly connects. A character straining under the weight of too many tasks says more than a to-do list ever could. A joyful customer sketch communicates success faster than twenty PowerPoint slides.

Who it’s for:
Facilitators, coaches, consultants, UX designers, and anyone who uses hand-drawn visuals to communicate ideas, tell stories, or engage groups. No art degree required: just curiosity, a pen, and a willingness to make marks on paper.

Format:

• Live online session (Zoom)
• 60 minutes of drawing, laughter, and learning
• Materials: Paper and pen or tablet of your choice