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I wasn’t feeling creative at all. Everywhere I went, the mood was tense and full of uncertainty and stress levels were contagiously high. I need to ditch some of the stress. It was was time for me to make art.
Not carefully thought out with a focal image and complex techniques. I needed finger painting. This is the kind of art play that relieves my stress and helps me cope with every day life.
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Having my fingers in wet paint and smearing color all around the page is what I needed. Just feeling the paint on my fingers was soothing to my soul.
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Did I create a ground breaking piece of art? Heck no. It will probably be a background for an art journal page. Did I shake off the stress? Absolutely!
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We cannot let anything steal our JOY, enjoy your fingers and paint paint paint!
Great idea for getting rid of stress! I can’t wait to get my hands in some paint?
That’s what I’m doing this weekend Carolyn! It’s been a tough week…
Glad you found your happy place xx
Love it!
I feel some messy play coming my way. Thanks for the reminder to play!
A simple post like this is just what I needed. Thank you.
I would have made a bunch of monoprints of all that paint for sure…..sounds like it time for a tarp, some paint pouring and body rolling! xox
Wow now that looks fun. I need to try that, being a stress head by nature. Thank you x
This is a great, honest post.
There’s an ad out there with a cute little blonde girl with her face and hands covered in similar colors (DecoArt, maybe? I forget)… I’m sure it’s a pic of you when you were little! : ) I still can’t just let go like that. lol
I love the idea of using fingers!