Tutorial - Painting for Mindfulness - (English Only)
Mindful painting is about exploring mark making, intuition and being aware of the moment we are in.
It is a way of being, of seeing, on fully experiencing life in here and now. In mindful drawing or painting we focus our mind entirely on the creative process. The simple act of making marks on a page can help our busy, worried, stressed, overacting minds pause for a while and relax.
There is no sense of effort only enjoyment.
It is about being fully present, observing how water is absorbed by paper, how pigments mix together to reveal a new color, how the brush moves across the page following its own path.
When our thinking minds are quieted, when we are totally absorbed in the process of mark making, something magical begins to happen: we become more aware of the world around, we become in tune with life itself.
And all this is open to you, you can experience the joy of mindfully creating too.
In this course we will learn how to draw inspiration from the world around us or from pictures, how to quiet our inner critic and pause our overacting minds, we will explore materials, tools and mark making and we will build a habit of mindfully painting and creating everyday, experiencing a state of relaxation and joy!
Course Curriculum
| Welcome to Mindful Painting | |||
| 0.01 – Welcome | 00:04:00 | ||
| 0.02 – The Student Community, Activity & Forums | 00:03:00 | ||
| 0.03 – Meet Marion | FREE | 00:03:00 | |
| 0.04 – Mindfulness | FREE | 00:05:00 | |
| 0.05 – Supplies & Materials | FREE | 00:05:00 | |
| 0.06 – Questions & Answers | 00:03:00 | ||
| Working with Watercolors | |||
| 0.1 – Be here now | 00:02:00 | ||
| 0.2 – Mindfully Mixing Colors | 00:02:00 | ||
| 0.3 – Color Theory | 00:03:00 | ||
| 0.4 – Primary Colors | 00:07:00 | ||
| 0.5 – Secondary Colors | 00:06:00 | ||
| 0.6 – Tertiary Colors | 00:08:00 | ||
| 0.7 – Tints, Hues and Shades | 00:07:00 | ||
| 0.8 – Color Theory Charts | 00:02:00 | ||
| Color Theory Quiz | 00:05:00 | ||
| Part 1: Finding Inspiration | |||
| 1.0 – Finding Inspiration | 00:02:00 | ||
| 1.1 – Opening To The World Around | 00:02:00 | ||
| 1.2 – The Mindfulness Of Seeing | 00:02:00 | ||
| 1.3 – Using A Camera | 00:03:00 | ||
| 1.4 – Using Books, Magazines or the Internet | 00:03:00 | ||
| 1.5 – The Freedom of Mindfulness | 00:02:00 | ||
| Part 2: Mindful Painting Practice | |||
| 2.0 – Beginning To Paint | 00:01:00 | ||
| 2.1 – Exploring Color | 00:04:00 | ||
| 2.2 – Focusing | 00:04:00 | ||
| 2.3 – Getting In The Flow | 00:06:00 | ||
| 2.4 – Simply Being | 00:07:00 | ||
| Part 3: Exploring Mark Making and Tools | |||
| 3.0 – Preparing to Paint | 00:02:00 | ||
| 3.1 – Collecting Tools | 00:03:00 | ||
| 3.2 – Mark Making | 00:05:00 | ||
| 3.3 – Follow Your Brush | 00:07:00 | ||
| 3.4 – Direct Experiencing | 00:07:00 | ||
| 3.5 – Expressing Part One | 00:07:00 | ||
| 3.6 – Expressing Part Two | 00:06:00 | ||
| Part 4: Experiencing Drawing, Not Thinking it | |||
| 4.0 – Beyond Looking | 00:02:00 | ||
| 4.1 – Finding Simplicity | 00:02:00 | ||
| 4.2 – Practicing Simplicity | 00:06:00 | ||
| 4.3 – Awareness | 00:12:00 | ||
| 4.4 – Letting Go of the Ego | 00:02:00 | ||
| 4.5 – Gallery | 00:02:00 | ||
| Part 5: The Art of Mindful Painting | |||
| 5.0 – Out of the Comfort Zone | 00:03:00 | ||
| 5.1 – Exploring New Materials | 00:03:00 | ||
| 5.2 – Painting in Big Scale | 00:02:00 | ||
| 5.3 – Exploring Themes | 00:30:00 | ||
| 5.4 – A way of Being | 00:03:00 | ||
| 5.5 – Always a Beginner | 00:03:00 | ||
