🎨 Submissions open! Join the 2026 Brain Art Contest & Showcase. This year's theme is In Mind: Community & Culture.
Open to all ages & art forms.
Deadline: Tues, May 26 at 4pm.
More info here: uvic.ca/research/centres/aging/events/brainart/index.php
#BrainArt2026 #MentalHealth #ArtTherapy
"As an artist, you choose what of you to expose and when. Youc ontrol the exposition, narrative and pace of the story. And you can, and almost certainly already, expose your narrative in a nonlinear way, drip feeding it from one work to the next" Art Against Mental Illness Podcast Episode 7 ? Stories
#Art #Artists #Podcast #ArtTherapy #MentalHealth #ArtPodcast #ArtQuotes #ArtQuotes #QuoteOfTheDay #ArtistQuotes #CreativeQuotes
Some coarse sea salt and #watercolours (2023). I kind of like it 😄! #painting #intuitiveart #arttherapy
https;//34Gallery.org & partner WebbieSocial.com present the "Aura" #OpenCall! Join us to explore #perception, #connection, & first #impressions!
DEADLINE: April 30th, 2026
Learn more: bit.ly/3RsI29q
Submit your art: Webbiesocial.com
#SDG3 #mentalhealth #arttherapy #aura
104/365 "Sweet Love" 2x3in/
5x7.6cm #2026tinyart
Inspired by #BlueTue & #sweet at challenge prompts. Thought of my Mami and her love. Plus the love of mothers everywhere 💖
#dailyart #tinyart #watercolor #ArtYear #smArtist #arttherapy
#mixedmedia52 #motherlove #love
Overhead photo taken in winter 2025, of hands with glittery deep green nails clutching various watercolor brushes, and the underlying wooden surface with open palettes of watercolor paint, one of which bears the Rosa Gallery emblem, which are lovely paints from Ukraine. 🇺🇦
Mini-vacay from the daily healthcare gig.🩺 Today is dedicated to my dogs and my creativity.🐺🦊🖌🎨 Think I'll do some limited palette studies. I'll make friends with violet, coral, periwinkle and sand. #Watercolor #WomensArt #ArtTherapy #painting #Photography #AltText #ArtPhotos
📸- me, 2025
"Reminder" by 34gallery.org Curator M.: “I am old enough to remember when things actually turned off. As a #neurodivergent artist, finding hope begins by choosing not to search a screen for it, especially when that screen is shouting.”
More: 34gallery.org/m
#SDG3 #mentalhealth #arttherapy #hope
34gallery.org Artist Novus: "This is the child I was expected to be. But my inner child did not belong to this image. This work is about the weight of who you are asked to be before you know you can say no."
More on LinkedIn: Ellen Craven
#SDG3 #mentalhealth #arttherapy #innerchild
34gallery.org Artist Celestino Espinoza: “This piece reflects on growing up too fast. It is an act of recognition and care: a visual gesture toward the #child who endured, imagined, and remained.”
More on IG: @celangelespinoza
#SDG3 #mentalhealth #arttherapy #innerchild
Blue Whirlpooling - one of my 'Blue Dozen' set of 12 abstract mixed media 2.5 x 3.5 inch Artist Cards Editions & Originals (ACEO). Pinwheeling Blue swirls of various sizes in Blue - 'Midnight' (Dark Blue) and Cyan - 'Peacock' (Cyan Blue), with line, dot and droplet markings in Grabie Acrylic Glitter Gel Pens in dark blue and silver on 200 GSM watercolour paper.
Blue Whirlpooling - #Abstract #MixedMedia #ACEO #TomsStudio #Acrylic #Ink #GelPen #CyanTue #ColourADay
#Art #AbstractArt #Watercolor #Doodle #Geometric #Pattern #Zentangle #Painting #MindfulArt #Zen #MeditativeArt #InstinctiveArt #IntuitiveArt #Artist #ArtTherapy #DailyArt #ArtSky #ArtYear
Blue & Cyan Blocks - one of my 'Blue Dozen' set of 12 abstract mixed media 2.5 x 3.5 inch Artist Cards Editions & Originals (ACEO). Overlapping Tom's Studio Calligraphy Acrylic Ink glazed rectangles of various sizes in Blue - 'Midnight' (Dark Blue) and Cyan - 'Peacock' (Cyan Blue), with line, dot and dash markings in Grabie Acrylic Glitter Gel Pens in dark blue, silver and light blue on 200 GSM watercolour paper.
Blue & Cyan Blocks - #Abstract #MixedMedia #ACEO #TomsStudio #Acrylic #Ink #GelPen #CyanTue #ColourADay
#Art #AbstractArt #Watercolor #Doodle #Geometric #Pattern #Zentangle #Painting #MindfulArt #Zen #MeditativeArt #InstinctiveArt #IntuitiveArt #Artist #ArtTherapy #DailyArt #ArtSky #ArtYear
Blue Strata - one of my 'Blue Dozen' set of 12 abstract mixed media 2.5 x 3.5 inch Artist Cards Editions & Originals (ACEO). Tom's Studio Calligraphy Acrylic Ink in 'Peacock' (Cyan Blue} and 'Midnight' (Dark Blue) & Pebeo Studio Permanent White Gouache wavy blue lines of various widths background. Additional emphasis line markings, dots and dashes in Grabie Acrylic Glitter Gel Pens in dark blue, silver and light blue on 200 GSM watercolour paper.
Blue Strata - #Abstract #MixedMedia #ACEO #TomsStudio #Acrylic #Ink #Pebeo #Gouache #Grabie #GelPen #BlueTue #ColourADay
#Art #AbstractArt #Watercolor #Doodle #Pattern #Zentangle #Painting #MindfulArt #Zen #ZenArt #InstinctiveArt #IntuitiveArt #Artist #ArtTherapy #DailyArt #ArtSky #ArtYear
Cyan Blocks - one of my 'Blue Dozen' set of 12 abstract mixed media 2.5 x 3.5 inch Artist Cards Editions & Originals (ACEO). Overlapping Cyan glazed rectangles of various sizes in 'Peacock' (Cyan Blue) Tom's Studio Calligraphy Acrylic Ink with line, and cross markings in Grabie Acrylic Glitter Gel Pens in dark blue, silver and light blue on 200 GSM watercolour paper.
Cyan Blocks - #Abstract #MixedMedia #ACEO #TomsStudio #Acrylic #Ink #GelPen #CyanTue #ColourADay
#Art #AbstractArt #Watercolor #Doodle #Geometric #Pattern #Zentangle #Painting #MindfulArt #Zen #InstinctiveArt #IntuitiveArt #Artist #ArtTherapy #DailyArt #ArtSky #ArtYear
Elfin Landscape - one of my 'Blue Dozen' set of 12 abstract mixed media 2.5 x 3.5 inch Artist Cards Editions & Originals (ACEO). Tom's Studio Calligraphy Acrylic Ink gradient background with wispy clouds in the sky, four switchback hills, with trees, foliage, & a little Elf house with a rounded roof. Sky and clouds - 'Peacock' (Cyan Blue} and 'Midnight' (Dark Blue) for the hills, foliage & buildings. Additional emphasis line markings in Grabie Acrylic Glitter Gel Pens in dark and light blue on 200 GSM watercolour paper.
Elfin Landscape - #Abstract #MixedMedia #ACEO #TomsStudio #Acrylic #Ink #GelPen #BlueTue #ColourADay
#Art #AbstractArt #Watercolor #Watercolour #Landscape #Doodle #Painting #MindfulArt #Zen #ZenArt #InstinctiveArt #IntuitiveArt #Artist #ArtTherapy #DailyArt #ArtSky #ArtYear
Blue Blocks - one of my 'Blue Dozen' set of 12 abstract mixed media 2.5 x 3.5 inch Artist Cards Editions & Originals (ACEO). Overlapping blue glazed rectangles of various sizes in 'Midnight' (Dark Blue) Tom's Studio Calligraphy Acrylic Ink with line, chevron and cross markings in Grabie Acrylic Glitter Gel Pens in dark and light blue on 200 GSM watercolour paper.
Blue Blocks - #Abstract #MixedMedia #ACEP #TomsStudio #Acrylic #Ink #GelPen #BlueTue #ColourADay
#Art #AbstractArt #Watercolor #Doodle #Geometric #Pattern #Zentangle #Painting #MindfulArt #Zen #InstinctiveArt #IntuitiveArt #Artist #ArtTherapy #DailyArt #ArtSky #ArtYear
"Oh, Blue Jean,
look out world,
She got Latin roots
She got everything
Jazzin' for Blue Jean"
#davidbowie #blueart
#BlueSkyMonday
#ArtYear #arttherapy
#somaticart
#ImageAndVerse
#badgirlmysticart
#neurodivergentartist
#womanartist
#mixedmediumart
#originalart
#artsky
#artistsofbluesky
Photo of the painting 'Geometric Blossom' with the @SarahRenaeClark.bsky.social 2nd Edition Colour Cube card 998 from Box 4, which depicts two pink smoothies in glasses on a wooden table, against a bottle green backdrop and the six colours in greens, pinks, purples & Warm Gey of the image colour palette on the right. I felt these colours gave muted spring blossom vibes! Geometric Blossom - A4 Abstract Mixed Media Gouache & Watercolour star based Islamic Repeating Tesselated Pattern based on the Friday Mosque (Jama Masjid) of Herat, Afghanistan from 1200 in cool greens, soft pinks & purples in matt & metallic mediums on 250 GSM white watercolour paper. Materials Used Himi Miya Jelly Gouache in Blackish Green (031), Lovely Pink (422), Dark Tan (420) & Allium White (444) Outer Border - MAB Watercolours handmade metallic glitter shimmer watercolour in 'Kaleidoscope' a fine glitter holographic silver from the Holographic series. Coliro.De Pearlcolors metallic watercolour in 'Blackberry' from the Paradise or Fairytale set and 'Mint' from the Silk set. Dracolour handmade metallic glitter shimmer watercolour in 'Petal' a pale metallic pink. Daniel Smith Handmade Artist Quality Watercolour in Perylene Green, Rose of Ultramarine, & Wisteria. Tom's Studio Finest Fountain Pen Water based Ink in Damson (17). Grabie Metallic Glitter Gel Pen in Silver.
Photo of the painting 'Geometric Blossom' with the reverse of the @SarahRenaeClark.bsky.social 2nd Edition Colour Cube card 998 from Box 4, which depicts the six colours in greens, pinks, purples & Warm Gey of the image colour palette on the right. I felt these colours gave muted spring blossom vibes! The palette colour names and hex codes: Charleston Green - #243030 Dark Burgundy - #44111d Dark Raspberry - #881f5e Amaranth Pink - #e296c1 Alabaster - #e3eae1 French Bistre - #86785f Geometric Blossom - A4 Abstract Mixed Media Gouache & Watercolour star based Islamic Repeating Tesselated Pattern based on the Friday Mosque (Jama Masjid) of Herat, Afghanistan from 1200 in cool greens, soft pinks & purples in matt & metallic mediums on 250 GSM white watercolour paper. Materials Used Himi Miya Jelly Gouache in Blackish Green (031), Lovely Pink (422), Dark Tan (420) & Allium White (444) Outer Border - MAB Watercolours handmade metallic glitter shimmer watercolour in 'Kaleidoscope' a fine glitter holographic silver from the Holographic series. Coliro.De Pearlcolors metallic watercolour in 'Blackberry' from the Paradise or Fairytale set and 'Mint' from the Silk set. Dracolour handmade metallic glitter shimmer watercolour in 'Petal' a pale metallic pink. Daniel Smith Handmade Artist Quality Watercolour in Perylene Green, Rose of Ultramarine, & Wisteria. Tom's Studio Finest Fountain Pen Water based Ink in Damson (17). Grabie Metallic Glitter Gel Pen in Silver.
#Geometric #Blossom - #Abstract #MixedMedia #Islamic #Pattern using card 998 of the 2nd Edition of the @sarahrenaeclarke.bsky.social #ColorCube see alt text for info.
#PinkMon #ColourADay #Art #Artisan #AbstractArt #Painting #MindfulArt #IntuitiveArt #Artist #ArtTherapy #DailyArt #ArtSky #ArtYear
Geometric Blossom - A4 Abstract Mixed Media Gouache & Watercolour star based Islamic Repeating Tesselated Pattern based on the Friday Mosque (Jama Masjid) of Herat, Afghanistan from 1200 in cool greens, soft pinks & purples in matt & metallic mediums on 250 GSM white watercolour paper. The colour palette was chosen to match card 998 from the Sarah Renae Clark 2nd Edition Colour Cube Box 4 Materials Used Himi Miya Jelly Gouache in Blackish Green (031), Lovely Pink (422), Dark Tan (420) & Allium White (444) Outer Border - MAB Watercolours handmade metallic glitter shimmer watercolour in 'Kaleidoscope' a fine glitter holographic silver from the Holographic series. Coliro.De Pearlcolors metallic watercolour in 'Blackberry' from the Paradise or Fairytale set and 'Mint' from the Silk set. Dracolour handmade metallic glitter shimmer watercolour in 'Petal' a pale metallic pink Daniel Smith Handmade Artist Quality Watercolour in Perylene Green, Rose of Ultramarine, & Wisteria. Tom's Studio Finest Fountain Pen Water based Ink in Damson (17) Grabie Metallic Glitter Gel Pen in Silver
Close up of the painting 'Geometric Blossom' to better see the pattern design, granulation of the watercolours and metallic sheen Geometric Blossom - A4 Abstract Mixed Media Gouache & Watercolour star based Islamic Repeating Tesselated Pattern based on the Friday Mosque (Jama Masjid) of Herat, Afghanistan from 1200 in cool greens, soft pinks & purples in matt & metallic mediums on 250 GSM white watercolour paper. The colour palette was chosen to match card 998 from the Sarah Renae Clark 2nd Edition Colour Cube Box 4 Materials Used Himi Miya Jelly Gouache in Blackish Green (031), Lovely Pink (422), Dark Tan (420) & Allium White (444) Outer Border - MAB Watercolours handmade metallic glitter shimmer watercolour in 'Kaleidoscope' a fine glitter holographic silver from the Holographic series. Coliro.De Pearlcolors metallic watercolour in 'Blackberry' from the Paradise or Fairytale set and 'Mint' from the Silk set. Dracolour handmade metallic glitter shimmer watercolour in 'Petal' a pale metallic pink Daniel Smith Handmade Artist Quality Watercolour in Perylene Green, Rose of Ultramarine, & Wisteria. Tom's Studio Finest Fountain Pen Water based Ink in Damson (17) Grabie Metallic Glitter Gel Pen in Silver.
Detailed Close up of the painting 'Geometric Blossom' to better see the granulation of the watercolours and metallic sheen Geometric Blossom - A4 Abstract Mixed Media Gouache & Watercolour star based Islamic Repeating Tesselated Pattern based on the Friday Mosque (Jama Masjid) of Herat, Afghanistan from 1200 in cool greens, soft pinks & purples in matt & metallic mediums on 250 GSM white watercolour paper. The colour palette was chosen to match card 998 from the Sarah Renae Clark 2nd Edition Colour Cube Box 4 Materials Used Himi Miya Jelly Gouache in Blackish Green (031), Lovely Pink (422), Dark Tan (420) & Allium White (444) Outer Border - MAB Watercolours handmade metallic glitter shimmer watercolour in 'Kaleidoscope' a fine glitter holographic silver from the Holographic series. Coliro.De Pearlcolors metallic watercolour in 'Blackberry' from the Paradise or Fairytale set and 'Mint' from the Silk set. Dracolour handmade metallic glitter shimmer watercolour in 'Petal' a pale metallic pink Daniel Smith Handmade Artist Quality Watercolour in Perylene Green, Rose of Ultramarine, & Wisteria. Tom's Studio Finest Fountain Pen Water based Ink in Damson (17) Grabie Metallic Glitter Gel Pen in Silver
#Geometric #Blossom - #Abstract #MixedMedia #Pattern #Himi #Gouache #Coliro.De #MABWatercolours #DanielSmith #Dracolour #Watercolour #TomsStudio #Ink #Grabie #GelPen #PinkMon #ColourADay
#Art #Artisan #AbstractArt #Painting #MindfulArt #IntuitiveArt #Artist #ArtTherapy #DailyArt #ArtSky #ArtYear
So, yeah. I decided I didn't like how the clouds were, so I redid them.
Very close now. One more day of the super bright highlights.
#arttherapy #artsky
Season 2 of "Art Therapy with @charoa1974.bsky.social
is a 15-week guided journey to support mental wellness through #art & #meditation.
This week, enjoy Episode 11: Honoring Your Story. Watch: youtu.be/PDDSsG5y9L0?...
#SDG3 #mentalhealth #arttherapy #outreach #creativity
"Many, if not most, artworks are self-explanatory, and are in no way improved by convoluted explanations. Art is about feeling. And feelings are hard to convey." Art Against Mental Illness Podcast Ep. 25 Mind Your Language
#Art #Artists #Podcast #ArtTherapy #MentalHealth #ArtPodcast #ArtQuotes #ArtQuotes #QuoteOfTheDay #ArtistQuotes #CreativeQuotes
"You can?t help but absorb approaches and ideas from people who you work with. And they in turn absorb from you. They take your ideas and expand on them based on their experiences and interactions, and when you work with them again you absorb your own ideas back again, but now expanded, mutated, maybe even improved." Art Against Mental Illness Podcast Ep. 12 ? How to be creative part 1 - All that jazz!
#Art #Artists #Podcast #ArtTherapy #MentalHealth #ArtPodcast #ArtQuotes #ArtQuotes #QuoteOfTheDay #ArtistQuotes #CreativeQuotes
Thea Dacke is an #SDG Contributor with an educational background in international programs & operations. This week, she discusses the #health & #community benefits of #drumming to shift your mindset for the better in 2026.
Read it here: bit.ly/4bnH5HZ
#SDg3 #mentalhealth #arttherapy #music
Episode 2 of the Art Theme on Talks with Summer, The Truth About Being an Artist with Jill Cliffer Baratta, releases Wednesday, April 15.
Background music used under a royalty-free Creative Commons license.
Original creator unknown.
#artpodcast #artistjourney #arttherapy #talkswithsummer #nawa
"Flow happens when you get out the way of your subconscious. Voice in turn naturally emerges when you do so. You can only really achieve flow when your mastery is of sufficient level to achieve what your voice desires. Therefore you need to practise to achieve either." Art Against Mental Illness Podcast Episode 15 ? Finding Your Voice
#Art #Artists #Podcast #ArtTherapy #MentalHealth #ArtPodcast #ArtQuotes #ArtQuotes #QuoteOfTheDay #ArtistQuotes #CreativeQuotes
103/365 "Many Hands..." 2x3in/ 5x7.6cm #2026tinyart
'...Make Light Work" Inspired by
Idea that im community even the impossible can be possible.
#dailyart #tinyart #watercolor #ArtYear #smArtist #arttherapy
#mixedmedia52
34gallery.org Artist Simone Behrsing: “A quiet portrait of becoming, where curiosity, softness, & thought meet.”
More: linktr.ee/simonebehrsing
#SDG3 #mentalhealth #arttherapy #innerchild
34gallery.org Artist Lady Light: “This artwork is a return to my #childhood. We bent wire & turned scrap into moving dreams. A simple wire car was more than a #toy. It was invention, pride, imagination and freedom."
More on IG: @lady_light_zm
#SDG3 #mentalhealth #arttherapy #innerchild
