Art therapy - share your work here

[Rose White]

Looks like a giant squid. She’s wrapping her tentacles around me and pulling me to the depths to protect me—she sees me.

 

[Rose White]

Trying to get away. Bargaining.

 

[Rose White]

Saved by a fig. My fig tree loves me and protects me. “Do not forget,” she tells me, “There is truth in this for you.”

 

[Adobe]

Hello. Emily, here :) I have Complex PTSD and, aside from conventional therapy, I write and do all different types of art to aid in my healing. I would love for others to share their poems and art as well.

 

[Adobe]

I do different types of art.

 

[Rose White]

Nice work @Hulda!!

Here is one that I’m not sure what it is about but it looks like a whale eye and I’m thinking of Jonah

 

[Adobe]

Nice work @Hulda!!

Here is one that I’m not sure what it is about but it looks like a whale eye and I’m thinking of Jonah

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Ah yes Jonah! …. the one who hated some people so much he would not show mercy. The lesson we learn in the whales stomach! Even after he did what the God of mercy wanted he was upset and depressed. Oh how human we are! Mercy is the key. With ourselves and others and let the end result not be by our judgement but His. They were eventually destroyed but they had their opportunity.

 

[Adobe]

I have no innate artistic ability. I cannot tell you how I survived my first drawing class 8 years ago. But there are skills. I did not have to be talented. There are steps you learn layer on layer. Water color I took a class and again there were skills and exercises and as I stuck with it and practiced I found it a great expression. I am more of a realist but love abstract. Quilting, I took a class and found an older person to mentor me. Most all of them are hand made which takes time and slower. I do not like the sewing machine. My patterns are from the “old” days. I don’t do that much. I learned slowstitching off Pinterest and YouTube, the little one with the birches. That was a huge leap as you throw your materials on the floor and they just kind of form an abstract picture in your mind. That is the first time, the wall hanging , I really created out of my being. Slow stitching is a form of mindfulness and it is meditative 5x7, 4x6. The reason people shy away or are fearful is they think they can’t or have no talent or would hate it. I am alone much of the time and can go through periods of isolating quite a bit. These things take me away to another place. I discarded many and cut them up into bookmarks. Drawing gets you in touch with your brain and don’t laugh, I can actually feel I am in my right brain. Another thing that takes me away are classic books. I have a list from a guy from England on YouTube called, “Tristan and the Classics”. He has a great video for those just beginning. His recommends are spot on. From Gothic to historical and they are nothing like the movies. These are some of my forms of mindfulness. The triangle butterfly is Zentangles. Instructions on line and in a book.All you need to do is draw lines. No recognizable. Just scribbling with black marker. Easy book. So all of this takes me to an outlet I find healing. And being productive.

 

[Tinyflame]

I used to love to paint. But threw them all out. Good for you guys!!

 

[Adobe]

I used to love to paint. But threw them all out. Good for you guys!!

Don’t throw them out. Cut them up and you will find art in the. Or cut them up for bookmarks. Keep them. Come back and add more. You will be surprised. Oh so sad. What we discard another sees as a treasure. Are you a perfectionist?

 

[Tinyflame]

Oh no @Hulda yes I threw them out but I mean all the supplies as well. Usually on canvas but whatever I had available was ok. I already threw out anything that applied to me only, and also what I couldnt carry if I had to leave. Different time and place.

No not a perfectionist for that for myself, just knew if I was satisfied or not. I have a sister who's extremely talented so mine is just for fun. I loved to paint, some pastels also but mostly just paint, acrylics and oils. Didn't even need an easel lol.

 

[Friday]

Mod Note : I just wanted to take a moment & remind members we also have an Art Thread, here in Social, for what’s not ‘Art Therapy’

Art Thread

A place to post your art, (art therapy posts should go in this other thread) I love art, haven't done a lot since being a teen, I have a few bits that I think are good, drawings all of em, otherwise I'm learning. This was a quick play with oil pastels on A6 paper

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