 Okay, hey guys, so be doing so many other things, but I'm not going to we're gonna work on this because that's where my brain and creativity for the moment wants to go I don't know what I'm gonna call this Technique or idea if you have thoughts on that. I would love if you put them down in the comments below For the moment, we're gonna just call the video Whatever I decided to title it art as therapy. I don't know Anyway for this technique, you're gonna need a few things. It's gonna be messy. So How messy is totally up to you and maybe you don't want to take the precautions I'm doing because you don't want to do it inside you want to do it outside that totally works But I'm doing it inside. So I took a couple of boxes and made trays out of them And then I lined them with some parchment paper. I have some mini four by four canvases I have a whole bunch of them ones that are black ones that are white and I don't have enough push pins But I do because I do occasionally do acrylic pouring I have push pins to put on the back of the canvas so that when you set it down It's up off of the bottom of the box. So things can drip off So we're gonna just use what we have and some of them will be up and some of them won't and we're gonna Just go with whatever happens. But anyway It's probably a good idea to have something to hold the canvas up off of whatever you're resting it on You don't again, you don't have to have that you could just see where this goes You're gonna need some Watery paint now I have pouring medium because I used to do acrylic pours So you'll see a variety of colors here next to me and they have pouring medium and then they're just your basic acrylic paints You can thin out your paints with pouring medium if you have it if you don't have it use Slow dry medium or use a fluid matte medium or just use water. This is an art therapy technique That doesn't mean that for me anyway, and that doesn't mean you're going to Save it for posterity. Maybe you're gonna make it. Let it dry and then burn it I know, you know, I wouldn't don't go out of your way and buy anything special and in that regard We're gonna pause here for a disclaimer. I am not a mental health professional by any stretch of anyone's imagination I suffer from generalized anxiety disorder and depression. I myself am on medication and under counseling now This is what I'm doing to help myself If you are struggling with mental health issues, I do recommend you go reach out and get some help Talk to a professional get medication if you need it I will include a resource in the video description down below. Please go get help if you need it I am not a professional. All right. All right. That being said, let's continue Alright, so something else I'll put in the video description is where I got this now This is a chart of colors and emotions that you can associate with the colors Do you have to stick to something like this? Of course not and there's a lot of these all over the internet This is the one that I thought spoke to me I did laminate it because I do think I want to use this for future reference And like when we did the emotion zombie dolls with my art foamy zombie Stamp We are going to associate colors with feelings and emotions. So I Before I got started I took some just plain old note paper and I sat and I just started writing and They don't have to make sense They don't have to can you even see that? Hold on? There we go. They don't have to make sense to anybody about you I would keep them my canvases are only four by four So I kept them pretty small and I did go ahead and pre-cut them out And we are going to use these in our piece and I'll show you how All right, so I'm going to take a piece and I do think I'm going to start with a black one I'm going to start with a black one. I'm going to start with this one and So strong emotions Anger passion Danger like all of those I associate with a red red colors, so we're going to start with red and I have like an orangey red and then I'm going to Now I'm using a thin paper on purpose because it'll sort of embed itself into the paint It may absorb tone of the paint the writing might get blurry as you can see right there I got my got some paint on the glove and it's on the I'm okay with all of that So I don't want you to try to make a certain kind of a picture I don't want you to try to make a certain design. I just want you to express your emotions and colors on the little canvases I'm going to do that. I'm going to fast-forward through the process for you all here on YouTube The patrons will get more of a chatty as I'm doing it Video, so if you want more chatty about what I'm doing and why I'm using the colors I'm choosing for the other canvases Then join patreon they get a little bit longer videos for these plus they also get a sneak peek on some stuff So anyway the link for my patreon is down in the video description and my link tree links list of links along with all the Rest of my social media. All right. That's it. Let's get going. We're going to do this this way You're in my hand like it anyway, so the pieces are dropped mostly dry They're not completely dry, but they are drying up for me to take them out of the boxes Trim the edges a little bit where the paint spilled over made lumps and drips on the back that I didn't want now if this is sort of an art therapy piece that you're going to Work on getting all of your emotions and feelings out And then you're going to let them go by burning the piece And there's no shame in that then you don't have to go through any of those steps Just let it dry and then go shove it in a fire somewhere Safely, of course, and I don't recommend Yeah, safely, of course, I don't know that I recommend doing that for me. It doesn't necessarily work, but yeah do things with precaution I also spent some time Cutting apart a cardboard box If you're like me, especially because of the pandemic you're ordering some things in because you can't find them at the store So I cut a part a cardboard box Amazon box from my coffee because that seems to be one thing I can't find anyway four by four square tiles And you definitely could do what we did on these. You also could do a version of this by doing expressive splatters of colors of your emotions on these on the jelly plate Right, so I have another idea that we're going to use these for that's a bit different It'll involve four by four square tiles and the jelly plate and a sharpie marker Stay tuned for that video. Anyway, I hope that this helps you all. I'm going to pan or I'm gonna switch to the vision of the pieces all set up in order and With a top or weight of the piece Being positive and the bottom part the positive sort of crushing the negative right well for me That's what that symbolizes. Anyway Yeah If I can do this you can do this So anyway, I hope it helps you out. I hope that you find some piece that you get some help if you need it check your local doctor and Get some help get some counseling if you need it. There is a website down below I will put down for reference For anybody in the US that needs it if you are outside the US and you have a mental health Sort of helpline website address or phone number. You want me to add to the video description on these videos I'm more than welcome to do that please either private message me or leave it in the comments and Yeah, please stay safe stay healthy stay creative Go out and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it reminder I am not a mental health professional. I'm a patient. This is what I'm doing to help myself if you need help go get it All right, that's it. Let's go see what they look like. I'll see you later