PLEASE NOTE: Expressive Art for Therapy is no longer available. Description below is for informational purposes only. This sampler pack course contains 6 projects, each in a different category: sketching, painting, sculpture, printing, fiber art, and composite art. The projects are low-stress and encourage mindful, right-brain activity. While the art projects encompass a wide range of media, they require only readily available, inexpensive and recycled materials. This course is for those who are interested in
In my opinion, true happiness can be achieved only if our lives include a good balance of elements that can be categorized into 3 different “happiness buckets”. The buckets are related to how we feel- both physically and emotionally. And I believe there are some simple actions we can all take to track and fill each of those buckets. 1) Sensory Pleasure (an ACHIEVE journal element) Sensory pleasure is pleasure we get, quite simply, from
What is Art Happy? It is the kind of happiness you experience when you give yourself permission to do something just for you. Not to please someone else, not because you need to do it, or because you know you’ll have something amazing to show for it, but just because you want to. Art Happy is happiness we encounter when we are present, when we pay attention to the beauty that surrounds us, and we
For me, encaustic art is true organic alchemy. While I often find myself struggling in an attempt to control it, I realize that the unpredictable nature of the medium is what makes it so appealing to me. It forces me to let go, and watch in awe as the mystery of the finished piece unfolds. The temperature, the chemistry of the intermingling materials, even gravity, all have a say in the way everything comes together.
Initially the name blue quarry was inspired by the stone quarry that borders my home. That once active, dusty quarry is now filled with water and has become a peaceful and scenic, blue oasis to many species of graceful water birds, so the name seemed meaningful and worthy of being added to my list. But the list was long and nothing really stood out, until I researched the literal and symbolic meanings of the words. As soon as I got to this