5 minutes of Mindful Creativity
When it all feels a bit too heavy or serious, creativity can offer a bit of light relief for both body and mind. Taking 5 minutes to engage in some simple mindful drawing exercises will not only build up your technical skill and confidence if you practice regularly, it will also give you a nice dose of dopamine that can boost your mood and improve your overall sense of well-being.
Lesson 1 / Line
Working with a range of pigment liners this first taster of mindful creativity scaffolds mark-making, exploring the weight of line using different pressures and stroke directions. These kinds of ‘drills’, when repeated over time, build up the muscles in the wrist and improve co-ordination. Although these exercises may seem simplistic its the repetitive nature of the exercises that induces the mind into an almost meditative state. Find a quiet spot in the house, pop on some music as you work or light a candle to help you get in the ‘zone’.
Lesson 2 / Line
Building on the exercises from the previous tutorial, we start to look at extending those shapes as well as adding a few extra to our vocabulary…
Check out our Line Starter Kit over in the shop, as well as a delicious selection of art materials that are now available to order online!
Lesson 3 / Line
Say hello to the absolutely stunning Pentel Brush Pen - a super versatile and flexible drawing tool that just has so many mark-making opportunities.
In this tutorial Ellie takes you through the different surfaces of the brush - encouraging you to use the brush itself to do the work for you.
Lesson 4 / Line
Time for some form-finding - there is so much springing into life in our gardens at the moment! Connect to your senses by picking, smelling and then drawing these beautiful forms.
Enjoyed these classes so far?
You’ll love our Summer Sketchbook Club which this season, takes place online too! Click here for more info!
Lesson 5 / Line
Our last lesson of the line series is a flower power special - delving a little deeper into mark-making with the Pentel Art Brush Pen - we’re exploring the shapes and forms of different seasonal flowers and simply adapting the way we use the pen to create lighter or stronger forms.
Hold on to your hats as we tune into pattern in our next 5 Minutes of Mindful Creativity Series - coming up this Friday in support of #mentalhealthawareness
