 Hey guys we're going to work on another art for therapy piece or series. I've got seven wooden boards here. I think these are yeah they're eight by eight. I've got a Sharpie. I've got my sort of temperature chart colors that are associated with emotions and I don't stick to this like religiously but I do use it as a guide because we are going to end up coloring these and making an abstract painting series out of them. So yeah let's get started. We're going to just set this aside for the minute although it's not going to be too far because I do want I mean I don't want all the emotions to be of a certain caliber where all of the boards are the same color because say they're all anger emotions. So I am going to be thinking of different things that I'm feeling and writing them down to start with. All right so I'm going to speed forward through that. I'm going to show you what I'm writing I'm not going to explain it and let's see where we go with that. Okay so the next thing I'm going to do and I know some of these are kind of harsh and shocking but anyway I'm not again no explanations. I'm not going to explain you don't need to explain it not to me or anybody else except yourself. Anyway the first first thing I'm going to do is write on the back probably just in a big pen what I wrote on the front. So like the other art therapy pieces when all is said and done you won't be able to read these but I do want some documentation of what I was feeling or where it was going what I wrote on the front on the back. All right so that's next. So I'm going to pick seven paint colors to go with each one of the canvases and we're going to paint them the whole solid color this front part and probably also the sides. So let's go get some paint shall we? I'll be right back. All seven of them are painted now we just need to let them dry and then we can move on to the next step because yes there is a next step I'll be back. Okay now I'm going to have to probably put you down here at the table at an angle like this. I'll show you how I'm doing one like right under the camera and then we'll I'll show you how I'm going to do all of them from this angle you'll never see it from the way the tripod is right now. So the journaling on the boards and the color are representing my feelings and thoughts about myself and different things and that's all that explanation you're going to get from me. I do suffer from anxiety and depression so anyway. If you are a like sufferer please get help there's no shame in that reach out to your GP or another professional and get some help that's what I'm doing and I do a lot of art as a way of helping myself with therapy. This is one of those projects. So the colors represent my thoughts, mood and feelings and so do the journaling underneath. Now there's going to be a consistent white textured stripe across the center of all of the canvases which is why they're lined up so that the line matches up. There may be some pattern and texture in the white stripe which some of which I may get from some of my stencils. Now some of the stencils are from my own design line like this one and this one. This one I think is a TCW stencil I think. Don't remember and then this is mine and then this one I think is from Mike Deacon. I have a lot of stencils so we're going to I think use some of those and then some different tools I have. I mixed some white paint with some molding paste to really thicken it up and give it texture so that when I create different movements with it it stays as it's drying. So let's see how it goes. I did do this sort of by accident on the base of another painting I was working on and as I was covering it up I thought you know I shouldn't really be covering this up. I kind of like the way it looks. If I can find it I'll put a picture here. All right now that you've seen that let's get started. If you get some in a place that you don't like grab your baby wipes comes right off. Maybe you don't like the stencil pattern or something else but we're going to just use the stencils and the brushes and the tools to make marks across all the canvases. Okay so I'm going to change the direction of the camera and I'll be right back. Left to right yet again I don't think this went where I thought it was going to go. Not that I really knew where it was going to go to begin with but yeah I like the way it turned out. It was a surprise to me I had the instinct to pull out the gold flakes and the different glitters and powders that I have because yeah that's also not something I pull a lot out of. In fact I've perched a lot of them that I've had but there you have it. Think if it is a temperature chart of my soul. I don't know what that says about me but yeah we're going to just let it dry. I have to clean up my mess now because there's glitter everywhere but that's it for today. Okay guys so here's the thing. I was thinking last night when we closed out the video that these were done but I think they need a little something else. I'm getting the feeling and impression to do a little something else to them so we're going to do that. I'm going to show you what I'm doing and I'll be right back. Okay that's better just toning the white a little bit with some ink and or fluid acrylics except for that one because that's the calm space I think. Well as calm as my mind ever is anyway. I love the way they turned out all in a row like that. What do you think? All right now we're really at the end. How are you doing art for therapy for yourself? Are you doing art for therapy? And if you're not and you need to why not? If you again need any mental health help please get it. I will include a link for what appears to be a website here in the US that can get you some help. If you have better suggestions or a suggestion for a link that people can use on the internet in the country where you live please message it to me and I will put it in the video description on all the art for therapy videos. That's it for today. Please stay safe, stay healthy, stay creative, go out and do something nice for yourself because you really do deserve it and I'll see you later. Bye guys.