How Art Heals: Exploring Your Deep Feelings Using Collage

Use this compassionate guide to access your deepest emotions, express them through art, and transform them into tools for healing and understanding. Former psychotherapist turned artist Andy Stanton offers guided meditations, imagery techniques, and collage prompts to open a safe space for not only grief and brokenheartedness, but celebration and thankfulness. First, follow relaxation and imagery techniques to access your feelings; next, use the simple guidelines for making collage art. Inspiring us by example, dozens of contemporary artists offer photographs of their most personally transformative artworks and share heartfelt stories about how those pieces helped them alleviate their difficult emotions. Focusing on the emotional-artistic process rather than specific skill, Stanton offers lessons for artists of all experience levels and mediums. An exclusive online bonus feature offers dozens more artworks and stories.

Author: Tien Chiu, Andra F. Stanton
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
Published: 05/25/2021
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.47lbs
Size: 10.87h x 8.50w x 0.87d
ISBN13: 9780764361463
ISBN10: 0764361465
BISAC Categories:
- Crafts & Hobbies | Mixed Media
- Self-Help | Creativity
- Self-Help | Emotions