DIY art therapy: How to paint for self-care and mental health
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- Art can be very therapeutic, and has helped many people deal with depression, anxiety and stress. For me, painting was a way out of burnout and career crisis, and in this video I share my thoughts and tips on how to design a therapeutic art practice for yourself. How to transition away from perfectionism and the "improve, perform, succeed" mindset that holds so many of us back. And how to make your art practice a form of self-care.
I'll also show you the process of one of my recent commissions - a watercolor blue tit. 💙😌
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TIME STAMPS
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - How I discovered art as a healing tool
02:44 - The "perform and improve" approach to art vs. the therapeutic approach
04:15 - You have value, regardless of talent, performance or success + the importance of "wasting time"
05:18 - How to enjoy something we're bad at + what "improving" really means
07:19 - How to design a space for + ritual around your art practice
09:44 - The pitfalls of sharing your art online + the importance of having a safe space as an artist
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Hi, I’m Louise: an artist, writer & creative solopreneur from Sweden. As a multi-passionate creative, I have spent my entire adult life avoiding traditional employment and instead making a living off of my art.
On this channel, I talk about everything I've learned along the way: About art making, creativity, mental health, and making a living as a creative. Dealing with perfectionism, fears, and overwhelm. Staying sane and productive among stress and distractions. And much more.
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Art saved me. I started as a way to work thru grief & stress when I found my roommate dead from suicide. Art is an absolute necessity that should be encouraged more.
Such an important video! I also found that doing sort of intuitive abstract art without a planned outcome has been helping me overcome the performative perfectionism I am so prone to veer into so frequently. 💜
I am glad I found your channel because you talk about things that really resonate with me. I am trying to launch my own art career after 50 years of only doing art for myself. The harder I try to jump through hoops in the art world, the more stressful art becomes, which is the VERY OPPOSITE affect of why I do art in the first place! My canned answer to all the people who have come in and out of my life, who ask why I don't do art professionally, is that I'm scared if I try to earn a living off of my art, it will no longer be the therapy my brain needs, but a chore. I think we artists can write books on the subject.
Thank you, really appreciate that. 🙏🏻
I agree, it's so easy to taint our relationship to art. Making art your only career is really not for everyone. If I could do anything else, I would. But I have failed at keeping my hobbies and my livelihood separate my whole life. So I kind of have to walk the tightrope. 😅
Omg I am so relating to things you say and talk about.. I am very glade I found your channel ❤ Your Art is Awesome too.. 🥰
I really needed to hear this. What a beautiful message and a beautiful video! Thank you for making such amazing content!
Oh thank you, that makes me so happy. 🙏🖤😊
This talk made me think of sailing. You don't have to know the physics & engineering behind sail design and wind dynamics to get from point A to point B. It may be more enjoyable to simply focus on the sensation of the wind...to be present.
Excellent advice!!
Thank you! 🙏🖤
Your videos are so restful. Thank you, Louise.
Love this. I got into painting after burn out too, I had art therapy at a local mental health place and it helped me to lift out of a severe depression. Your video has reminded me why I love to paint, which had got lost in the process of Instagram algorithms and of trying to make this as a career.
I'm so happy to hear that. Thank you. 🖤 And keep up the painting. 😌🙏🏻
I myself was always into Art specifically lead pencil realism style drawing for as long as I can remember. ( A side note right here I’m a South Paw Hand Dominate so this might also play a lot into my love for the hobby as well)But in the recent few years or just last year as I don’t recall how got into it exactly. But i found myself loving the messiness of paint & sometimes something would come out of it. (Also as a plug i did dabble a bit into Pastel Sticks a bit but it just didn’t hit the same)But most of the time it was just a bit of useless patterns that wasn’t anything. But I loved it because it allows you to have an innocent slice of ourselves in a believable way & not like an out of place manchild/or a emo trying so hard to be hip & cool. Who tries to find their younger self(s) in the world that’s full of in some cases doom & gloom all the time. We can all use a Hobby with an innocent slice of ourselves that doesn’t get squashed by the rest of society.
Absolutely love this video, please never ever take it down :D
I am new follower of your ideas....bcz whatever you said is so touching to my own thoughts. I'm feeling so confident to you by watching your videos...and I thought specially this one is meant for me...really so you are so inspiring..I wish I could learn art your guidance..😐
❤❤❤this Video is very very helpful,and important.........
You are very inspireing,and you are fantastic!!!👍🍀
Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭🤗
lovely, thank you.
You make great videos to work to. I've been putting your channel on as I get through my work day at the computer and its very settling. Thanks for making them :)
Thank you so much, that's exactly the vibe I'm going for. 🤗
Wise words and great advice.
Eres muy talentosa, ¡¡muchos éxitos!!
Thank you! 💕
I 100% agree with you! I have a youtube channel and I'm to the point where I feel I can't do anything without filming it, because I'm passing up content! It's absurd! I need to work on doing it simply for myself💚
I so look forward to your videos. Thank you.
Haha, you too? I know we're not alone in that though. Have heard several other art youtubers talk about it. At least we're aware of the problem. 😅 Thank you so much! 🖤
I just started my UA-cam channel and have zero content because already I am overwhelmed with all I need to learn before I can hope to produce anything someone would spend their short attention span watching. At the end of the day, I just want to do art, but I'm finding to do it professionally I need to know a lot more than just my craft.
I feel you, and this is a difficult subject. I have days when I feel the same way. Like "I just want to be an artist, can I please be allowed to just be an artist?" 😂 And I do think it's still possible to some degree, to be a very traditional kind of artist. To mostly just make art and sell it through galleries. But it will probably take a lot more time and energy than running a UA-cam channel or a blog or an IG account or making Skillshare classes and all the other ways of the "new art market". I think it comes down to: what ELSE could I see myself doing, that will let me build an audience and an income. without making me miserable, and that might even feed my creativity and my art practice? And for me, that thing si UA-cam. Yes, it takes a lot of time that I could spend on making art, and some days i do'nt like that. But at the same time, it fuels my art practice and connects me to other artists and opens up possibilities. So it's a mindset thing, I believe. Maybe for you, it's not YT but some other form of content creation/marketing/relationship building that will accomplish the same thing, while also letting you make lots of art? 😊
@@ArtByLouise I can tell we are like minded about all of this. The ONLY reason I keep IG is because I'm using it more as a journal vs making money off of it, plus I want community with other artists. BUT I really can't stand FB or its CEO, so I am likely going to leave it eventually. I will build my journal and community elsewhere and I think UA-cam is a good place for it. In the end, I will eventually have a fulltime art career because that is where the universe has been leading me without a doubt.
All the time I take to edit videos to upload alot of times I feel it's time wasted I could be working on something else I'd much rather do. I havnt uploaded since the end of July I'm trying to decide if I m going to again or not
Thank you Louise! You give great advise. My problem is finding the time but I going to work on it. I’m happy I found your videos. It gives me inspiration and perseverance to do what I really love to do. God bless!
Thank you for this video keep doing your art and making self care videos this made my day 🎉
Thank you so much. I needed to hear this today.
So beautiful
Thanks for talking about this :)
Brush holder is genius. Thanks for the video.
I needed this
Beautiful friend 😃hai great sharing✌️☺️
Thank you so much 🙂
Thank you
I just found your channel and I love your content so much!
Thank you so much, and welcome. 🖤😊
❤
Hello Louse , Thank you for your posts . I have enjoyed watching and learning from them . Is the free art class still available ?
Heyyyy new friend here. Thanks for sharing this amazing vid 😀😀. Let's stay connected.
Hej! Har saknat dig. Bra tankar och idéer. Jag håller just på att göra om mitt tjusiga vitrinskåp till ett hobbymaterialskåp, trots att det var mycket finare med vintage porslin i. Men jag insåg att jag behövde ha materialet synligt och nära till hands för annars blir det inte av att jag pysslar, syr, målar etc. Kram och fin helg! :)
Saknat dig med! Tänkte att jag skulle sms snart och kolla läget, så det kommer jag nog göra i helgen. 🥰
Åh, ett hobbymaterialskåp låter ju lysande. Och visst kan man väl organisera det tjusigt i korgar och sånt, så att det ser både inbjudande och prydligt ut. Skicka bild när det är klart! ❤
I want to see a picture too of that nice art supply cabinet! 😉😁
Yesss u don't always have to perform, u can actually enjoy doing art ❤
What is that? Coffee or tea?
Tea. 😊
Do you like tea for your inspiration?