So, I had a super stressful day yesterday, came home in a stinking mood and felt really frazzled and angry!! My plan was to have some wine, scoff some chocolate and basically comfort eat/ drink myself out of my bad mood... Totally not the healthiest idea but at least I had recognised I needed to move past this angry and stressed out state of mind! So, whilst I was enjoying these treats I also decided to create an art journal piece, as creating art always (haha, nearly always!) helps to calm me down as well.
Recently I have been doing a series of self study art courses, one of which is called Magical Mythical Makings. One of the lessons was about fairies, with a theme of "play". I was actually going to work more on a mermaid piece I have been squirrelling away on, however I thought that "play" would actually get me in more into a happy place.
My journal piece is below, with photos of each stage... Pretty happy with the outcome and it did indeed make me feel happier, less stressed and more playful.
I'm also taking a few more steps into trying to incorporate a bit more calm and de-stressing techniques into my life. I have taken time out today to watch a youtube video on self-love by the wonderful Tam and tomorrow I will be going to my first ever (!!!) exercise class, called Body & Mind, which will be a mix of thai chi, pilates and yoga... Very excited about this!
How do you relax? Do you have any new techniques or ideas for feeling calmer and more playful that you wish to incorporate into your life?
Fairy art journal entry using the theme of "play"...
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| First rough sketch of my fairy, on A4 mixed media paper |
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| On top of the blank space and the wings (for added visual interest... and more space!) I journalled about my thoughts from the stressful day I had and feeling calm and play. |
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| From there I added a wash of colours with caran d'ache neo colour crayons using a colour scheme of lilac, pink and teal and brayered some portrait pink over the top. My fairy is looking a bit creepy at the moment with her first layer of colour! |
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| Here I refined my fairy more and after my journal entry I had come to the conclusion I needed more glitter in my life... So on goes lots of lots of beautiful GLITTER!!! |
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| Nearly there... I decided to make the fairy pop out a bit more but outlining in black marker her face and detailing more obvious strands of hair. |
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| The final touch, a lilac border to tie it all in together. My beautiful fairy feeling calm and playful. |
She is beautiful, thank you for sharing,good luck with exercise class
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