5 Ways to Create a Peace of Art!

A few projects/exercises you can try on your own:

1. Make an Illustration Inside a Heart:-

Use a heart as a pattern (enlarge and print the image with this post, if you like), and fill in the different parts of the heart with images and designs related to the emotions you are feeling right now.

2. Draw or Paint a Mountain and a Valley:-

Let the mountain represent times you were happy, and the valley those times when you were sad. Include specific images related to those events.

3. Make a Mandala:-

Mandala is a Sanskrit word that can be loosely translated to mean “circle.” Versions of mandalas are found in many religious traditions, including Hindu, Buddhist, and Native American. In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be used to help focus attention, as a spiritual teaching tool, for establishing a sacred space, and as an aid to meditation.  One analogy would be to consider the making of a mandala to be the artistic equivalent of walking a labyrinth. We’ll definitely need to explore mandalas at greater length in a future post. In the meantime, here’s a link to some mandala patterns that may be helpful.

4. Make a Drawing or Painting Related to a Quote You Like:-

Using one of the quotes we posted earlier about Resilience and the Triumph of the Human Spirit or another quotation that you particularly like, take the words of wisdom from someone you admire and turn them into something visually inspiring.

5. Work Collaboratively:-

Everything is better when it is shared with a friend or loved one. Get together with a partner and collaborate on one of the above ideas or another project that will provide comfort.