Expressing Emotions through Painting

Description

Do you ever find that you have extreme mood swings? Or that you are inhibited in your productivity to achieve your goals? Do you tend to repress emotions because you “don’t have time for them”? You’d be surprised how much this affects our lives.

Sometimes it’s difficult to express and move through emotions considering the limitations of words. For a long time, I have been subconsciously expressing emotions by creating when it didn’t feel safe to express them in the physical world.

In this class I’ll guide you through:

• How you can use colour connotations to express emotions.

• How you can use different mark-making to express emotions.

• How shades, tones, and the level of contrast can be a way to express an idea or emotion.

• Some texture ideas to experiment with when you make an abstract piece to express your emotions.

• Some activities to get over being too much of a perfectionist. Perfectionism kills this process, so we need to practice letting go and listening to our intuition.

• A meditation to identify the emotion or emotions you’d like to express.

• Questions to consider before creating your piece.

• Making a piece that embodies your chosen emotion/feeling.

• Introspection to see if you have subconsciously expressed something. This can be a really great self-discovery technique.

Why should you take this class?

The skills you will learn in this class are skills you can continue to use day-to-day to better the overall quality of your life. When you stop, acknowledge emotions, and try to release them, they have less power over us and lose intensity. This can mean being more productive, more understanding, and in a better mood.

You will also have fun being very experimental in painting and drawing. You will connect with your inner child and be introduced to how much perfectionism takes a toll on us.

Who is this class for?

Anyone of any level! The only requirement is an open mind.

What materials will you need?

All materials are optional. You can pick what works best for you, but here are some ideas:

• Acrylic paints

• Watercolour paints

• Oil paints

• Pencils

• Pens

• Charcoal

• Pastels

• Paint brushes

• Canvas

• Paper

• An easel/table easel

• Jar of water (depending on chosen paint)

• Paper towels/cloth for excess paint

• Painting palette or cardboard

• Palette knives

• Paint roller

• PVA glue

• Tissue paper

• Sponges

• Bubblewrap

• Masking tape

• Old toothbrush

• Corrugated cardboard

• Candle wax from tealights

• Ink

• Straws to blow ink

Below are some pieces I’ve created using these techniques to express emotions.

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