MINDFUL DRAWING or DOODLING

by Wendy Fitzgerald

Drawing is the best way for me to calm my mind and relax.   You might find it useful also.

This drawing lesson is designed to help your mind stay focused and bring peacefulness during the process.  You would need few simple dry media such as graphite or/and colored pencils, ball point pens, crayons or pastels and a sketch pad or some paper of any kind. Of course, you have your favorite beverages within reach. This lesson can be repeated by applying different shapes and colors.

STARTING

1.     Turn on some music you love, tell anyone in the house you'd like to be left alone.

2.     Lay out all art materials next to the paper.

3.     Stay present and as detached as possible from the result

4.     Your attention is totally on every single stroke you put on the paper

SHAPES

5.   Start with any shape that comes to your mind, then continue repeat it with varied size and colors, one next to another, let it grow as large as you hold your attention.  Then start another one by switching to another shape. Ready to move on?

LINES

6.  Go to the next project: lines.

7.   Draw lines that curve and flow. Think only of variation of lines flowing together, side by side.

8.   Draw a tree with one continuous line (start with one side of tree trunk and end it on the other side) .

COLOR

9.  Start a random colored background with colored pencil or/and soft pastels, then apply combo of shapes and lines over the background color.

Published in The Villager on  March 4, 2021