 Hey guys, I wasn't going to get on camera for this, but obviously I am. Anyway, so we are going to put the camera down and it's going to be at a funny angle to protect my privacy, to be honest. We're going to work on another art for therapy video. I made these 4x4 cardboard squares out of, I think they're cut from an Amazon box, but any cardboard box will work. And then I wrote on the front of them. Let me find one. Okay, so I wrote on the front of them in Sharpie and you may be able to sort of read that. And then I used my jelly plate as an ink pad and paint to cover up sort of the words, not completely. Now we're going to use this background that we've created with our negative thoughts and our color to add more positive colors representing gross and peace and light. And I've chosen greens, blues, and a little bit of white. So we've chosen these. And again, my jelly plate. And I've chosen some of my art foamies. I designed for the art foamies company. I'll link them down below. And we're going to stamp some images on here. And then I'm going to use some of the word stickers from my Etsy shop. And I'm going to put a positive transformational hopeful sort of word sticker on here and turn them into something that is part of my journey. I don't want to discount this completely. It's part of who I am. And there's a weird reflection. Sorry. It's part of who I am. But I don't want to dwell on the negative. And I want to acknowledge that it's there, but not dwell. And so we are going to acknowledge that it's there, which we've done this way. And then we're going to transform it into something else, something more positive and use that as sort of a reminder when my brain goes to that negative bad space. It's always going to do that. But then I can stop and take a deep breath and go, OK, wait a minute to myself. So anyway, that's the point behind this. Anyway, I also am trying at a new theory of mine that if when I'm painting on my art foamies with my art foamies, they might be easier to clean if in during the process, I store them face down on something damp. So we have a chamois here that's fitted into my. This is a cafeteria, an old cafeteria, old cafeteria tray. It works great, by the way, if you see him at the thrift shop, pick them up. And we're going to, we're going to try that. So I'm going to set the camera down and I'm going to get to work on a speed forward through the process. If there's any part of this that you guys want better shots of, or you want more of that longer, explainational video on, please leave something down in the comments below. Anyway, let's get started. You know, do the professional thing and perch you on a box, because why not? Anyway, I love the way these turned out, and I will be making more. I do have more of the cardboard because it cut a whole I cut a whole box up because I figured why not. I'll be doing more of these. These turned out better than anticipated. I love the way they came out. Now, I do have a few different sets of words in my Etsy shop. These happened to be print printed on clear label paper because I've used up all the ones printed on white label papers. So I guess I need to do some more printing tomorrow. Anyway, that's why I thought I would back them with the blue paper. But you know what? I really like the way that turned out. So I'm okay with that. So they turned out really well. The art foamies, of course, as always, did a really great imprint. I really love using them with paint, acrylics or gouache. These are matte acrylics from Dick Blick. And the cafeteria tray with the wet chamois in the bottom worked brilliantly. The paint was still nice and moist. It came off really easily off of the art foamy. Some of them are stained in the background just because they're like very well worn, but it came off of here wonderfully. So anyway, I would think about doing something like that. You could use a cookie sheet. You could use a cookie sheet and a rag. I like the chamois because it stays pretty damp and moist and doesn't dry out or anything. And that's just a dollar store chamois. It's not like expensive, so don't spend a ton of money. Use what you have. And if you're going to take one of your husband's chamois from the garage, ask first because otherwise you might get in trouble getting paint all over it. I'm not going to admit how I know that. Anyway, that's it for today. The more of these I do, the better I feel about myself and things. And so I'm going to keep doing them. I did tell my therapist recently that I keep doing these kind of projects with the intention that I'm going to like burn them or throw them away or let go of it when I'm done. I'm starting to get to the point where I regret that I'm no longer in an art gallery. Because how interesting would it be to see really introspective, thought-provoking art for therapy pieces done by artists and creatives on display? It doesn't mean it hasn't happened before, but I haven't done it before. And I think I would love to see somebody else's and I think it would... there's an interesting story to be told. So anyway, that's it for today, I think. Don't forget, I am not a medical professional by any stretch of anyone's imagination. So if you need help and you need counseling, you need medication, please go see the proper professionals. I will have a link that I hope might help you down in the description below. If you have other links that you think might help people, please leave them in the comments or message me and I'll include them. And let's see what we can do to spread the word. There's no shame in needing help. Reach out if you need it. This is art that I'm doing for myself to help myself. So, and I just thought I would share my process with you all. Anyway, that's it for today. Don't forget the most important thing. Stay creative, stay healthy, get messy. Go out and do something nice for yourself because you do deserve it. I'll see you later. Bye, guys.