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Art Project: Feeling Now
There are days when I get home from work and I'm not sure what I'm feeling. Sometimes its a negative feeling that is distracting me from going about my evening routine. At other times, I know exactly what I'm feeling and I need an outlet for it. Sometimes I'm just feeling great or happy and want to express it creatively.
Th Feeling Now Art Project is one you can do in your art-journal, in a sketch book, or on a canvas. Any surface with almost any medium will do. Although, I don't think that collage would work for this one, since this art project is supposed to be a spontaneous swirling and doodling of colors, shapes and lines. In other words, its an artistic expression of your feelings in immediate and gutteral translation. No forethought should go into it. This is one of the most commonly used art-journaling projects, and will help you clarify and express your feelings.
To do the Feeling Now Art Project:
1. Close your eyes, take a few deep breathes and think about what you're feeling.
2. Put your marker, crayon or brush to the surface and let whatever your'e feeling come out.
3. Don't try to plan it out and don't judge it.
4. Add other colors, doodles, etc. until you feel you've completed "saying" what you wanted to.
5. Take a look at what you've done and if something comes to mind (like it resembles a tree, cloud, star, etc.) go ahead and emphasis that with finishing strokes or colors.
In the Feeling Now Art Project I did above, I was feeling very happy. It was a Sunday, I was at home with my cats and snacking on good food. I decided I wanted to create some artwork around the feeling that I have a great life.
I started out with the color yellow which I associate with energy and happiness. Then I drew something that looked similar to a sun, and added orange, red, and purple to it. These are my favorite colors. After finishing most of it, I saw that it looked like a flower, so I added a green stem and leaves to it.
Remember, to do the Feeling Now Art Project, don't plan anything out. Be spontaneous. And DO NOT JUDGE. Just let it be what it is. That is what art healing is all about.
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