Art for Self-Care Create Powerful, Healing Art by Listening to Your Inner Voice

by Swift, Jessica

• ISBN13: 9780760382592
• ISBN10: 076038259X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-08-01
• Publisher: Quarry Books

Summary

Discover the healing power of making art—learn how you can process feelings of stress, change, uncertainty, grief, and fear as you create.

*Winner of the 2023 Gold Foreword INDIE Book Award*

In Art for Self-Care, artist, designer, and online instructor Jessica Swift outlines a path to healing through artmaking for both artists and non-artists alike.
 

• Going Inward offers guidance on how to get quiet, embrace the swirl of emotions and nonlinear thoughts without editing or judging, and identify and tune in to one’s authentic inner voice, along with prompts for expressing those messages.
• Inside Out shares advice on mediums and techniques to try, finding inspiration, and incorporating personal symbols, and emphasizes the value of simply showing up, allowing for mistakes, and focusing on the process rather than on the finished piece.
• Integrating and Honoring reveals how to accept healing and honor one’s truth and make a commitment to engage in an intuitive art practice.

Strengthen your relationship with your inner voice and begin to change your life, one piece of art at a time.

Author Biography

Jessica Swift is an artist and fabric and surface pattern designer who creates colorful, uplifting artwork intended to inspire others to live courageous, honest, hope-filled lives. In addition to creating and manufacturing her own products to sell in her Portland, Oregon, studio, she licenses her artwork for branded products such as fabric, greeting cards, stationery, puzzles, and books. She also designs fabric collections for Art Gallery Fabrics, a premier fabric company, and her fabric is available in independent fabric shops worldwide and through a variety of online fabric stores, including Hawthorne Supply Company, Fat Quarter Shop, and Fabric.com. Jessica is a Top Teacher on Skillshare, where she teaches classes on pattern design, color, and intuitive artmaking. To learn more, visit jessicaswift.com, @jessicaswift on Instagram, and @jessicagswift on Facebook.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
My Story, My Process
Whom This Book Is For
Artmaking for Healing and Processing Feelings
Getting Set Up
My Invitation to You
1 GOING INWARD
Your Journey Begins
Making Your Process Sacred/Taking Your Process Seriously
Sinking Down and Settling In
Getting into Acceptance
Tuning In
Navigating in the Depths
Hearing Your Inner Voice
Ears Outward, Heart Forward, Mind Inward
Your Messages
Prompts
2 INSIDES OUTWARD
Diving In
Trust the Process
Your Inner Child
Techniques and Supplies to Try
Surfaces to Consider
The Process
Finding Visual Inspiration
Incorporating Personal Symbols
There Are No Rules
Showing Up
Focus on the Process
The Importance of Practice
3 INTEGRATING + HONORING
Tracking Your Feelings
What to Do When Your Image Is Complete
Honoring Yourself
Keep Showing Up
Trust Yourself
You Are Magic
Final Words
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
INDEX