How can art therapy be a solution to your problems?
Sometimes, the solution to your problem just won’t come into your head, yet your thoughts are spinning at 100 kilometers an hour, and you feel like your brain is going to explode.
It’s times like this that you could do with trying some ‘art therapy’. At its most basic, the only preparation you need to carry out for this is to grab a pencil and a sheet of paper. Then, just start drawing. It doesn’t even matter what you draw. Within a certain amount of time, your thoughts will become more harmonious and you’ll calm down.
To help you get started, here’s what to do if you’re feeling…
21 Different art therapy exercises for different emotions
1. Tired: draw flowers
2. Angry: draw lines
3. In pain: build a model
4. Bored: color in a sheet of paper in various colors
5. Sad: paint a rainbow
6. Scared: knit something
Related: 15 Art Therapy Exercises to Control Your Mind and Channel Your Emotions
7. Worried: make a doll
8. Indignant: tear a piece of paper into small pieces and arrange it into a pattern
9. Anxious: do some origami
10. Tense: draw patterns
11. Nostalgic: draw a maze
12. Disappointed: copy a portrait or painting
13. In despair: draw your way out
14. Confused: draw an Indian mandala
15. That you need to restore your strength: make a landscape painting
16. That you can’t make sense of your feelings: paint a self-portrait
17. That you need to remember this moment: draw some colored patterns
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18. That you need to put your thoughts in order: draw honeycombs or squares
19. That you need to take the time to make the right choice: draw waves and circles
20. That you’re stuck in a rut: draw spirals
21. That you need to make sense of your most important goal: draw target symbols.
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Are you ready to try art therapy exercises? Or if you have already tried, then let me know your experience in comments.
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Are you a trained art therapist or an intuitive artist healer? Great list.